DENGUE KILLS 38

ILOILO City – Thirty-eight people in Western Visayas died of dengue as the number of cases reached almost 6,000, according to the Department of...

Jerry trumps Joe in RACI survey

ILOILO City – Cong. Jerry Treñas is the voters’ preferred choice for city mayor, a recent survey showed. In face-to-face interviews as method of data...

Oops!…City gov’t now wants to legitimize barkers

ILOILO City – Just days after announcing it would arrest “barkers”, the Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PSTMO) proposed a plan to legitimize...

Phone signal jammers installed at Iloilo jail

ILOILO City – To disrupt the illegal drug transactions of inmates, mobile phone signal jamming devices were installed at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ)...

Autopsy: Guimaras lass raped, killed

ILOILO City – The dead woman found in Barangay San Miguel, Jordan, Guimaras on Aug. 2 was indeed raped. The autopsy conducted by Dr. Owen...

Iloilo hosts summit on SoKor’s social reform initiative

ILOILO – The provincial government, in partnership with the Philippine Saemaul Undong (PSMU) and the Embassy of Korea, will host the 1st Saemaul Undong...

96 suspected cases of chikungunya in Alimodian

ILOILO – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 104 suspected cases of chikungunya, a mosquito-borne disease similar to dengue, in this province. Ninety-six of...

‘GROUND IS MOVING’

ILOILO City – The number of displaced people in the landslide-hit barangay of Igpigus in Igbaras, Iloilo could further increase. “Sige pa hulag sang...

Revamped PDEA targets new drug players in Region 6

ILOILO City – Drug-clearing operations in barangays would be sustained, according to new Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 director Emerson Margate. While effective,...

Rabid dogs from province enter city

ILOILO City – Rabid dogs from adjacent towns must be prevented from entering this city, according to Mayor Jose Espinosa III. The city managed to...