PRO-6 wary of peace and order in 133 towns

ILOILO City – The peace and order situation in 133 Western Visayas municipalities is the Police Regional Office 6’s (PRO-6) top concern as the...

ILOILO WOWS CHINA: Mayor Joe leads successful China trade mission

ILOILO City – Mayor Jose Espinosa III has just concluded a successful trade mission to Quanzhou City in China’s Fujian province, leading a delegation...

‘State of calamity’ mulled; villages fear water scarcity

ILOILO City – The City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) has agreed to recommend placing this city under a state of calamity. Dry...

Will Iloilo City be declared under state of calamity?

ILOILO City – Today the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) is convening to determine whether to recommend a declaration of...

Market racket? 2 village chiefs welcome probe

ILOILO City – The barangay captains of Rizal Pala-pala I and Rizal Pala-pala II near the Iloilo Terminal Market denied insinuations they have anything...

Healthy lifestyle lowers risk of getting cancer – DOH

ILOILO City – Leading a healthy lifestyle lowers the risk of getting cancer, according to the Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas. “Stop smoking....

‘BETTER TRANSPORT’: It is key to attract investors to Iloilo City – Baronda

ILOILO City – Once elected into office, congressional frontrunner Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda vowed to work with the Department of Transportation (DOTr) and other agencies...
Farmers in Iloilo town harvest palay. Iloilo governor Arthur Defensor Jr. on Thursday said the province will offer loans to farmer cooperatives, which in turn, will purchase the produce of small farmers at premium prices. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

El Niño-hit farmers seek rice subsidy

ILOILO – Suffering from the adverse effects of the El Niño phenomenon, a group of farmers appealed for rice subsidy and other assistance from...

2 die in Black Saturday drowning incidents

ILOILO – Two persons died in separate drowning incidents in this province on Black Saturday, April 20. The first case happened in Barangay Agdayao, Passi...

Soldier faces probe for alarm and scandal, indiscriminate firing

ILOILO – A member of the Philippine Army is under investigation for allegedly firing a gun in his house in Barangay Salihid, Barotac Nuevo town. Policemen...