WV POLICE SEIZE GUNS, DRUGS ON ‘UNDAS’
BY RUBY SILUBRICO and IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – Police in Western Visayas confiscated various banned items, including deadly weapons and prohibited drugs, on All...
‘RAPE’ AT CEMETERY: Oton woman says 2 men sexually assaulted her
ILOILO City – An 18-year-old woman accused two residents of Oton, Iloilo of raping her at a cemetery in the town on All Saints’...
More than 3,500 COCs filed in Western Visayas
ILOILO City – A total of 3,576 certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the 2019 midterm elections have been filed in Western Visayas, according to...
P20M for poor patients in Iloilo district hospitals
ILOILO City – The provincial government allotted P20 million to aid poor patients in state-run hospitals in Iloilo province.
The amount is intended for the...
3 KILLED IN HOUSE FIRE
ILOILO City – A 74-year-old woman and her two grandsons died in a fire that struck their house in Zone 2, Barangay M.H. del...
18 measles cases in Iloilo in 10 months
ILOILO – From Jan. 1 to Oct. 6 this year, the Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 71 suspected cases of measles. Of these, 18...
Capturing forgotten traditions, culture of Panay, Guimaras
THE ISLANDS of Panay and Guimaras in Western Visayas are storied places and the natives know this. A coffee table book of the anthropological...
USELESS ORDINANCE: No city gov’t solution yet to congestion in public cemeteries
ILOILO City – When will the city government implement the regulation ordinance approved five years ago aimed at addressing congestion in public cemeteries? Regulation...
Oca withdraws bid for congressman
ILOILO – Mayor Oscar “Oca” Garin Sr. of Guimbal town backed out from the race for congressman in the 1st District.
“I withdrew for many...
UPV grad tops fisheries tech board exam
ILOILO City – A graduate of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) - Iloilo City topped the October 2018 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Examination.
Liza...