Comelec reminds BSKE candidates to submit SOCEs, not to wait for deadline
ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Region 6 is reminding the nearly 150,000 candidates from the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections...
New SK officials tasked with key community roles
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has outlined a series of expectations for newly-elected Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials in the province, emphasizing their crucial...
Weary, hungry rebels wish to rebuild family in peace
BY JEN BAYLON and RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO – Wishing to reunite with their child and live in peace, a couple suspected of being members of...
P30 wage hike disappoints labor groups in Region 6
ILOILO City – Labor groups have expressed disappointment over the P30 increase in the daily minimum wage for private workers in Region 6.
On Thursday,...
Over 50 Bacolod homes face demolition
BACOLOD City – In Barangay 12, Purok Malipayon, a demolition of over 50 houses is scheduled in anticipation of a rehabilitation project by a...
Iloilo City’s P3.6-B 2024 budget OK’d
ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved yesterday the city government’s proposed annual budget for 2024, which amounts to P3,600,043,764.
This is 21.88 percent...
P1.4-M illegal fish seized in major anti-poaching ops
BY JEN BAYLON
ILOILO – In a significant move against illegal fishing, the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) successfully conducted a week-long operation, culminating on...
Coastguard grapples with resource challenges to keep drugs out of Iloilo
BY MARY JOY CAVAÑAS
ILOILO City – Scant resources are making it challenging for the Philippine Coast Guard to address the porous security of this...
DILG-Iloilo City: SK Federation polls peaceful, bets unopposed
BY MARY JOY CAVAÑAS
ILOILO City – The 2023 Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation election in this city yesterday was overall peaceful, according to the Department...
Treñas proposes P20-M confidential fund for 2024
BY MARY JOY CAVAÑAS
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has proposed a confidential fund of P20 million for next year.
“I think it was P18...