Comelec to set up hubs for repair of voting machines
ILOILO City – To prevent major disruptions during the May 12 national and local elections, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 6 will establish...
Iloilo City Gov’t, Tourism Foundation ink MOA to boost local tourism
ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Government and the Iloilo Tourism Foundation, Inc. formalized their partnership on May 5 through the signing of a...
Two Bacolod residents found dead in La Carlota City
BACOLOD City – Two residents of this city were found dead in a sugarcane field in Hacienda San Roque, Barangay Cubay, La Carlota City,...
Bacolod logs second leptospirosis death
BACOLOD City – The City Health Office (CHO) recorded the city’s second death due to suspected leptospirosis this year.
The 47-year-old male from Barangay Banago,...
PRO-6: No threats from private armed groups as elections near
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has not received reports on regrouping of private armed groups (PAGs) as the May 12...
South Korea-bound plane returns to Kalibo due to power bank
AKLAN – An airplane that was heading for South Korea returned to the Kalibo International Airport in this province because of a power bank...
President Marcos orders probe on NAIA’s bollards
MANILA – President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has ordered an investigation into the installation and procurement of bollards or vehicle barriers at the Ninoy...
Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the infamous former prison on an island near San...
Ugandan opposition bodyguard charged after torture, lawyer says
A bodyguard for one of Uganda's opposition leaders, Bobi Wine, has been charged with aggravated robbery, days after the head of the military said...
Mexican mayor nabbed over alleged links to drug cartel training camp
MEXICO City – Prosecutors in Mexico have arrested the mayor of Teuchitlán in western Jalisco state as part of their investigation into a nearby...