2 wounded in Arevalo shooting; gunman at large
ILOILO City – Two men were wounded after a 48-year-old man opened fire during an altercation in Barangay Dulonan, Arevalo district on Monday night,...
Passi City brothers wounded in late-night duel
ILOILO – A drunken altercation between two brothers in Passi City, Iloilo ended in a violent duel that landed both in the hospital with...
DESPITE WV TOPPING PH ECONOMIC GROWTH POVERTY GAPS PERSIST; DEPDev-6 presses LGUs: Bring gains...
ILOILO City — Western Visayas has emerged as the Philippines’ fastest-growing regional economy, expanding by 6.4 percent to ₱683.44 billion, but development officials warned...
Poor Iloilo households face 12.5% inflation
ILOILO City – Rising prices are hitting low-income families in Western Visayas particularly hard, with Iloilo province posting a 12.5-percent inflation rate among households...
Bacolod council urges stronger police, barangay patrols amid theft, snatching
BACOLOD City— The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has urged intensified police and barangay patrols across the city amid reported cases of theft, snatching, akyat-bahay...
PSA: 1,685 confidential fund payees have no civil registry records
MANILA — Nearly two-thirds of the names listed as recipients of confidential funds from the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and Department of...
IPPO gets 7.5/10 rating but PRO-6 says arrests alone do not measure police performance
ILOILO — Solving crimes and delivering justice to victims — not merely putting suspects behind bars — must be the ultimate measure of police...
Iloilo air quality improves to ‘good’ – EMB
ILOILO City – This city’s air remains safe to breathe despite persistent haze affecting parts of the Philippines and concerns that smoke from fires...
Air quality blind spots: Antique, Capiz, Guimaras have no monitoring stations; equipment costs at...
ILOILO City – Large portions of Western Visayas remain without permanent air-quality monitoring stations, prompting the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) to urge local governments...
Hundreds converge at CPU for 3-day 2026 Bar Exams
ILOILO City – Hundreds of aspiring lawyers from across Western Visayas and the Negros Island Region converge at Central Philippine University (CPU) in Jaro...