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“We demand a stop to these incessant violations of International Humanitarian Law and call on the Commission on Human Rights to conduct a thoroughgoing investigation,” says Cristina “Tinay” Palabay, secretary general of Karapatan. Photo from her Facebook page

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...
Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo.

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...
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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...
Coronavirus-related restrictions are not affecting people travelling via the Kalibo International Airport, says airport manager Engineer Eusebio Monserate Jr. PHOTO BY KALIBO 6TH AVSEU

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...