Human rights group slams killings of activists, farmers
MANILA — The Karapatan rights group called out the 15th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IBPA) for a string of killings of peace...
House yields dead body
ILOILO City – He was found dead inside
his relative’s house in Barangay Zone 4, Santa Barabra, Iloilo.
The 63-year-old Hernani Tilo was
believed to have died...
P54.9-M assistance released to ESA-less ‘Yolanda’ survivors
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
Friday, August 18, 2017
ILOILO City – Better late than never.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 has so far...
‘Shabu’ sends 3 suspects to jail
ILOILO City – Three suspects were nabbed in a drug buy-bust
operation in Barangay Tanza Baybay, City Proper.
They were 38-year-old Lala Jane Alidon, 25-year-old Homer...
WV population up 1.14% annually
ILOILO City – The population of Western Visayas increased by 1.14 percent annually from the 2015 to 2020, according to the Commission on Population...
‘Aid projects must be gender-sensitive’
SAN JOSE, Antique – Projects under the Assistance to Disadvantaged Municipalities (ADM) program must be gender-sensitive, according to the Department of Interior and Local...
Junking of de Lima’s drug cases ‘grave error’ – ex-Du30 spox
MANILA – The Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court committed a grave error when it dismissed the third and remaining drug case of former senator...
DOH stresses value of safe drinking water
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The Department of Health in Western Visayas (DOH-6) underscored the importance of safe drinking water amid increasing...
2 Kalibo airport offices on lockdown
KALIBO, Aklan – Two offices at the Kalibo International Airport were placed on lockdown beginning Jan. 11 following reported cases of coronavirus disease 2019...
Soon: Help desks for poor in gov’t hospitals
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
ILOILO City – Soon, each government hospital in Iloilo would have one-stop shop help desks where the poor could...