Monsoon rains damage roads in 3 provinces
ILOILO City – Heavy monsoon rains since Monday caused road slips and road depressions in the provinces of Antique, Iloilo and Negros Occidental.
The Department...
Rains trigger cancellation of classes, boat trips
BY GLENDA TAYONA and IME SORNITO
ILOILO City – Classes in all levels in this city were suspended yesterday afternoon due to flooding and heavy...
West Visayas’ dengue cases breach 4T mark
ILOILO City – Dengue cases in Western Visayas this year reached 4,009 cases with 29 deaths, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed.
The...
Iloilo drive vs ‘hulbot’ fishing gets boost
ILOILO – The provincial government’s campaign against the prohibited hulbot-hulbot fishing has gotten a big boost.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) approved a proposed update to...
DOT-6 to hold temporary office at Casa Real
ILOILO City – Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 6 will temporarily hold office at Casa Real, the old Iloilo provincial capitol on Bonifacio Drive.
DOT-6’s...
CCTV VS CRIMINALS
ILOILO City – Criminals strike when there’s no one watching them. Security cameras can thus help deter crimes, according to Senior Superintendent Henry Biñas,...
Bulalacao on Kap Dabing: ‘I will never talk to her’
ILOILO City – Chief Superintendent John Bulalacao, Western Visayas police director, won’t waste a second on Barangay Captain Keith “Dabing” Espinosa of Monica Blumentritt,...
Pagasa warns of rains, flooding and landslides
ILOILO City – The southwest monsoon, enhanced by Tropical Depression “Henry”, would bring more rains over Western Visayas and other parts of the country,...
Many unprepared for Boracay closure, says Malay mayor
BY BOY RYAN ZABAL and PRINCE GOLEZ
BORACAY – The closure of this island was sudden and the local government of Malay, Aklan was not...
139 illegal gambling bet collectors caught
ILOILO – From Jan. 1 to July 14 this year, the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) arrested 139 bet collectors of the illegal numbers...