Molo residents offered lots, cash as city clears 7,000-sq.m. site for new justice hub

ILOILO City – Around 180 families in Barangay San Pedro, Molo district are being prepared for relocation to make way for Iloilo City’s planned...
Medical teams performed surgical procedures on patients during the four-day “Libre nga Operasyon” mission at the Valladolid District Hospital in Valladolid, Negros Occidental, on September 2 to 5, 2026. The mission provided free major, minor and special surgical procedures to 517 Negrenses.

Over 500 Negrenses receive free surgical care in Valladolid

BACOLOD City — A total of 517 patients from Negros Occidental received free surgical treatment during a four-day “Libre nga Operasyon” mission at the...
Bacolod police personnel arrested two alleged high-value drug suspects and seized P680,000 worth of shabu seized during a buy-bust operation in Barangay 39, Bacolod City, on September 4, 2026. PRO-NIR PHOTO

Bacolod police arrest 2 high-value drug suspects, seize P680K ‘shabu’

BACOLOD City — Two alleged high-value drug personalities were arrested and about 100 grams of suspected shabu worth an estimated P680,000 were seized in...
Sen. Loren Legarda accuses authorities of weaponizing the law against her and son Cong. Leandro Legarda Leviste of Batangas, asserting that investigations into Leviste’s solar energy ventures are politically motivated.

Legarda cries ‘political persecution’ over solar probe

MANILA — The camp of Sen. Loren Legarda and her son, Batangas 1st District congressman Leandro Legarda Leviste, has accused authorities of weaponizing the...
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. arrived in New Delhi, India to join world leaders at the 18th BRICS Summit and meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to further strengthen the Philippines-India Strategic Partnership. PCO

India eyes PH rail projects, backs disaster resilience, satellite push

MANILA — India is eyeing involvement in three major Philippine railway projects while offering technical support for disaster-resilient infrastructure and the country’s ambition to...
A man stands in piles of rubble and corrugated iron left by a school fire in he Democratic Republic of Congo while three other people stand on the left of the picture. The rubble seems to go on for some distance and the air is hazy. REUTERS

More than 20 children killed in Congo school fire

KINSHASA – At least 24 schoolchildren have died in a stampede as they tried to flee a fire that engulfed two schools in rebel-held...
Map showd Iraq, Saudi Arabia, the Saudi east-west oil pipeline and Yemen with an inset showing Perim island in the Bab al-Mandab strait.

Saudi Arabia shuts key oil pipeline after drone attack WS

RIYADH – Saudi Arabia has closed a critical oil pipeline after it was attacked by drones launched from Iraq, as conflict in the Middle...

3 most wanted for robbery fall in Iloilo City

ILOILO City – Police operatives served warrants of arrest and orders to take custody against three individuals, including two minors, listed as most wanted...
Firefighters respond to a blaze that destroyed an ancestral home in Zone 3, Barangay Botong, Oton, Iloilo, on September 12, 2026. The Bureau of Fire Protection-Oton suspects an electrical failure caused the incident, which quickly consumed the structure. PANAY EMERGENCY PHOTO

Ancestral house gutted by fire in Oton

ILOILO — Fire destroyed an ancestral house in Zone 3, Barangay Botong, Oton, Iloilo, past 2 p.m. on Saturday, September 12. Raul Talaman, one of...
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PRO-6 accounts for 135 firearms in 24 hours

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) accounted for 135 firearms and five explosive devices within a 24-hour period across Western Visayas. Data...