CAMPAIGN SPENDING LIMIT: Stick to P3-P5 per voter or face raps, Comelec warns candidates
ILOILO – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is cracking down on excessive campaign spending ahead of the May 12 midterm polls, reminding candidates and...
HS graduates’ ‘functional illiteracy’ alarms DepEd-Iloilo
ILOILO – The Department of Education (DepEd) in Iloilo is raising red flags after a nationwide survey revealed that over 18 million Filipino students...
DA-6 calls on LGUs to formalize interest in P20 rice program
ILOILO City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas is urging local government units (LGUs) across the region to formally signal their...
Gun ban arrests, heightened patrols mark final election countdown in WV
ILOILO City – As the May 12 midterm elections approach, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has escalated its security operations in Western Visayas,...
Purok 1 wins carabao carroza race in Pavia’s 53rd Carabao Carroza Festival
PAVIA, Iloilo – Cheers erupted from spectators as Barangay Purok 1 claimed the championship title in this year’s much-anticipated carabao carroza race, the highlight...
Over P100K worth of catfish stolen from fishpond in Mina
ILOILO – More than P100,000 worth of catfish, locally known as pantat, were stolen from a fishpond in Barangay Abat, Mina town, early morning...
Live-in partners yield P408K ‘shabu’ in Cabatuan drug sting
CABATUAN, Iloilo – Authorities apprehended a high-value suspect and his live-in partner in a buy-bust operation in Cabatuan town on Saturday, May 3.
The primary...
PRO-6 nabs 509 violators in April
ILOILO City – With just days to go before the May 12 national and local elections, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has intensified...
LOCALIZED DENGUE OUTBREAK FEARED: Clustering persists in Iloilo despite drop in cases
ILOILO – Even as overall dengue infections continue to decline in this province, health authorities are closely monitoring six municipalities where clusters of new...
Iloilo P20/kilo rice rollout delayed until after elections: Administrative hurdles, poll ban cited as...
ILOILO – The highly anticipated rollout of the P20-per-kilo rice sales in this province will not commence before the May 12 midterm elections, with...