Illegal fishers nabbed

ILOILO – Three fishermen with no permits were apprehended by the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force off the coast of Concepcion town. Police Officer...

Task force seeks to curb road mishaps

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO – An inter-agency road safety task force seeks to curb road accidents in this province. Data culled from various agencies showed the...

Capitol names model teen centers in Iloilo

ILOILO – Five public secondary schools with the most outstanding performance in adolescent health advocacy and other activities advancing youth development won this year’s...

‘Electricity enough for Dec. holidays’

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – A power company official claimed the newly inaugurated 150-megawatt (MW) coal-fired plant in Barangay Ingore, La Paz district will...

Carles crash kills 2, injures 4

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO – A crash between a motorcycle and a truck in Carles town left two people dead. Four others, including three...

Council OKs add’l budgets for city hall, LEEO

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod approved during a special session on Friday more than P28 million in supplemental budgets for...

PECO halfway done with pole relocation

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Panay Electric Company (PECO) has relocated more than half of its electric poles affected by massive road-widening projects of...

71 cops miss Napolcom inspection, face probe

BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA ILOILO City – From Sept. 28 to Oct. 12, the National Police Commission (Napolcom) inspected police units across Western Visayas. A total...

Traffic jam after PECO posts fall

ILOILO City – Seven electric poles of Panay Electric Company (PECO) collapsed in Barangay Ungka, Jaro district, creating a traffic jam. A passing container van...

Police station faces power disconnection over unpaid bills

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO – The police chief of Barotac Nuevo town is worried. His police station could lose its power connection due to...