Calinog candidate for mayor denies driver mauled ‘trisikad’ driver
ILOILO – A mayoral candidate in the town of Calinog, Iloilo, Sangguniang Bayan member Francisco Calvo, denied that his driver was among the group...
Policemen shoot dead suspected gun-for-hire
ILOILO City – A suspect in the assassination of a former mayor of Pulupandan, Negros Occidental in 2010 was shot to death by policemen...
8,000 CONGEST TREÑAS’ RALLY
ILOILO City – As estimated crowd of 8,000 individuals congested the public plaza of Mandurriao district for the grand rally of Team Uswag candidates...
Quake alert: OCD orders region-wide check of infras
ILOILO City – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas ordered a region-wide structural integrity assessment of roads and bridges, schools, government...
No quorum: SP fails to tackle ‘state of calamity’ recommendation
ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) failed to take up yesterday the recommendation to place this city under a state of calamity due...
6,986 ballot boxes delivered to Western Visayas – Comelec
ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has completed the delivery of 6,986 ballot boxes to Western Visayas for the May 13 midterm...
JOE’S COUSIN HITS BACK: ‘Heritage Council must be heard on plaza upgrade’
ILOILO City – Dr. Kristine Gaona Treñas, a renowned pediatrician, yesterday accused Mayor Jose Espinosa III of spreading the rumor that she was blocking...
6.5 earthquake jolts Visayas
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO, IME SORNITO and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – A magnitude 6.5 earthquake of tectonic origin rocked the municipality of San Julian...
Capitol doc warns Ilonggos against summer diseases
ILOILO – Heat stroke. Sore eyes. Chickenpox. Mumps. Scabies and other skin disorders. Flu and other viral and bacterial infections. Even food poisoning and...
3 more Iloilo towns reel from El Niño damage
ILOILO – Three more municipalities declared a state of calamity due to agricultural losses caused by the El Niño phenomenon. These were Janiuay, Maasin...