Photo courtesy of Police Regional Office 6

PRO-6 logs 38% drop in focus crimes; rape cases plunge 78%

Metro Ruby P. Silubrico -
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) recorded a 38.09-percent decline in the region's eight focus crimes in July 2026 compared to...
Photo courtesy of Sagay LGU

Minor, 2 others nabbed for illegal fishing in Sagay Marine Reserve

Metro Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City – A 17-year-old boy and two other fishermen were arrested during a joint anti-illegal fishing operation inside the Sagay Marine Reserve in...
Personnel of the Coast Guard Sub-Station Culasi rescued eight crew members aboard the fishing banca "Taga Bukid" after it capsized about 5.7 nautical miles off the waters of Culasi, Antique, late on August 4. All eight occupants were rescued unharmed and the vessel was safely towed to the shoreline of Barangay Lipata. COAST GUARD STATION ANTIQUE PHOTO

Coast Guard rescues 8 crew members after fishing banca capsizes off Antique

Metro Lyndie C. Defacto -
ANTIQUE – Eight people were rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) after their fishing banca capsized off the waters of Culasi, Antique, while...
A scarred mountainside and flooded homes in Barangay Sohoton, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo have prompted the Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office to investigate whether quarry operations and inadequate water management contributed to the unprecedented flooding from July 31 to August 1.

FLOODS PUT BAROTAC QUARRIES ON THE SPOT; PGENRO probes whether operations, poor water management...

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO — Unprecedented flooding that swamped a home in Barangay Sohoton, Barotac Nuevo town for the first time in 70 years has prompted provincial...
The La Castellana Clustered Waste Management Facility in Barangay Manghanoy, Negros Occidental, will serve as the common sanitary landfill for La Castellana and the municipalities of Pulupandan, Valladolid, Pontevedra, Moises Padilla, Isabela, San Enrique, Hinigaran, and Binalbagan under a newly signed inter-LGU agreement supported by the provincial government. BYAHE NI BALBON FB PHOTO

NegOcc, 9 LGUs forge partnership for clustered waste management facility

Region Mae Singuay -
BACOLOD City – The Provincial Government of Negros Occidental and nine local government units (LGUs) have formalized a partnership to strengthen solid waste management...
Roderick Wamil, a former auditor assigned to the Commission on Audit’s Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office, testifies on the 12th day of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s impeachment trial as the prosecution continues presenting evidence on the alleged misuse of confidential funds.

COA auditor flags violations in VP confidential find spending

Nation Adrian Stewart Co -
MANILA — A former Commission on Audit (COA) auditor on Tuesday told the Senate impeachment court that the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP)...
An aerial view as a cargo ship passes a huge exposed sandbar on the Rhine River. The Rhine fell to its lowest ever levels at points in Germany and the Netherlands as heatwave conditions continue. GETTY IMAGES

Drought strains Europe’s rivers; Rhine falls to record low levels

World Panay News -
BERLIN – The River Rhine has fallen to record low levels in several locations in Germany and the Netherlands as prolonged heatwaves continue across...
Passengers crowd the roof and cling to the sides of an overloaded jeepney during its “last trip” from Pavia to Lambunao, Iloilo on July 31. A netizen’s video of this jeepney went viral and caught the attention of the Land Transportation Office. MA. FE EGALAM ALVAREZ/FACEBOOK

LTO suspends jeepney driver in viral overloaded incident; Transport co-ops told to strengthen fleet...

Iloilo Neljoy N. Galigao -
ILOILO – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region 6 has preventively suspended for 90 days the license of a jeepney driver after a viral...
Photo courtesy of Sedfrey Cabaluna

‘SAOT ILONGGO’: Aug. 21 dance contest puts Ilonggo heritage, young performers in spotlight

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City — Ten school and cultural dance groups will battle for honors in the third Saot Ilonggo Dance Competition on Aug. 21, placing...

173 Iloilo City homes get solar tax perk as more property owners urged to...

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City – At least 173 households here have secured a 20-percent discount on their basic real property tax (RPT) after installing solar panels,...
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