Dinagyang drum and lyre tilt attracts 20 schools
ILOILO City – Twenty schools are competing in today’s drum and lyre contest “Tambor, Trumpa, Martsa, Musika”, one of the features of the annual...
‘BEWARE OF DINAGYANG HECKLERS’
ILOIO City – Politicians running for national elective posts this midterm elections must keep their speeches short during the Dinagyang Festival or risk being...
NTC approves mobile phone signal jamming
ILOILO City – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has approved the request of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) for the temporary suspension of...
Defensor files cyber libel rap vs critic Mejorada
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. filed a complaint for cyber libel (five counts) against former provincial administrator Manuel “Boy” Mejorada.
His legal counsel Hector...
4-day Dinagyang food fest on Delgado St. starts today
ILOILO City – The yearly Dinagyang food festival on Delgado Street, City Proper starts today. Aside from good food, diners will also be treated...
‘Lowering age of criminal liability a good move’
ILOILO – Lowering the age of criminal liability is good, according to Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO).
The...
NO SMOKING ZONE: Dinagyang smokers face imprisonment
ILOILO City – Dinagyang Festival revelers can drink alcoholic beverages to their hearts’ content but they can’t smoke. The city ordinance prohibiting smoking and...
Festival ‘open season’ for politicos – Espinosa
ILOILO City – Politicians would be allowed to speak during the two-day highlights of the Dinagyang Festival – at the Kasadyahan cultural contest on...
Comelec: Local absentee voting for journalists OK
ILOILO City – Media practitioners may avail themselves of the local absentee voting scheme this midterm elections, according to the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
The...
Keeping WV safe not easy but not impossible – Bulalacao
ILOILO City – In his visits to various police stations across Western Visayas, according to Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, regional police director, he always...