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Laborer kills drinking pal

ILOILO City – What started as a drinking spree turned deadly between two laborers in Barangay Lumbia, Estancia, Iloilo. The 25-year-old resident Arman Carno bore...

Drinking spree leads to stabbing

ILOILO City – A pedicab driver got stabbed in Barangay Poblacion West, Oton, Iloilo. The 41-year-old resident Jose Dude Prudente was recuperating at the Western...

Man flees after shooting cousin

BACOLOD City – The police of Calatrava, Negros Occidental are hunting down a 24-year-old man suspected of shooting a cousin in Barangay Dolis. Jennifer Bargamento...

P108K ‘shabu’ seized in Silay

BACOLOD City – Nine sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P108, 800 were confiscated in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Mambulac, Silay City,...

Sexual assault suspect nabbed

BACOLOD City – Charged with sexual assault, a man was arrested in Barangay Tangub. Police identified him as Joemarie Vargas, a resident of the village. Vargas...
The stoppage of operation of wooden motorboats serving the Iloilo City – Guimaras route has caused long queues of passengers at the wharves in both the island province and Iloilo City. Some 400 boatmen also lost their daily source of income.

Phase-out of wooden boats full speed ahead

JORDAN, Guimaras – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) is standing firm on its decision to cease the operation of wooden-hulled motorboats servicing the Iloilo...
Despite the absence of the new COVID-19 variant in the country, the Department of Health calls on all local government units and transport regulators to continuously implement and follow minimum public health standards such as wearing of facemasks and frequent hand washing.DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION PHOTO

No new coronavirus variant in PH – DOH

MANILA – The new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) identified as B.1.1.7, has not yet reached the Philippines,...
“We should protect each other. Hindi po kami ang kalaban ninyo dito...ang mga rebelde po,” Western Visayas top cop Brigadier General Rolando Miranda tells the public. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘BRACE VS NPA ASSASINS’: PRO-6 slams Reds’ slay plot, calls for vigilance

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PR0-6) is bracing for possible attacks of the New People’s Army (NPA), armed wing of the Communist...
Councilor Archie Baribar. Photo courtesy of Politiko Visayas

Baciwa workers’ ‘illegal dismissal’ hit

BACOLOD City – “Illegal.” This was how Councilor Archie Baribar described the recent retrenchment of 60 Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) employees. In its Dec....
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Private hotel parties? Treñas warns of ‘one-strike’ policy

ILOILO City – The failure of hotels and similar accommodation establishments to enforce quarantine protocols to stem the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...