WARNING SIGNS REQUIRED Proposed ordinance makes safety signs mandatory on road works

ILOILO – Road signs are designed to provide warnings. But how do these signages provide proper caution when they are too small to be readily visible...

Mother of ‘Ursula’ victim says daughter ‘had premonition’ of killer flood

BY IAN PAUL CORDERO AND RUBY SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Death premonitions: Do they happen? Distraught Andrea De Asis – who lost four family members during Typhoon...
THE DOCTOR IS IN. Health secretary Francisco Duque checks a boy with dengue and the latter’s mother at the West Visayas State University Medical Center in Jaro, Iloilo City. They are from Passi City in Iloilo province but the Don Valerio Palmares Sr. Memorial District Hospital is already teeming with patients. The Department of Health has recorded 18,834 dengue cases in the region since January this year. IME SORNITO/PN

Dengue cases now below alert threshold

ILOILO – With dengue cases dropping, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. plans to lift the dengue outbreak declaration he made in July last year. Data from the provincial...
People from Guimaras disembark from a motorboat at the Iloilo Ferry Terminal-Parola in Iloilo City. A proposed bridge connecting Panay (Iloilo City) and Guimaras, if realized, would be another travel option when crossing the Iloilo Strait to go to any point in the nearby island province from Iloilo City. It could curb if not totally eliminate fatal sea mishaps. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Will Panay-Guimaras bridge push through this year? Guimaras to seek Duterte assurance

ILOILO City – Will President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to link the islands of Panay and Guimaras with a bridge push through? The provincial government of Guimaras wants...

Fiery New Year start in Iloilo, Capiz, Boracay; families flee as fire razes 23...

ILOILO City – On the first day of year 2020 fire razed a total of 20 houses in this city, Iloilo and Capiz provinces. In...
Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan. PN FILE

‘No stray bullets, no major crimes in WV’

ILOILO City – “Generally peaceful.” This was how the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) assessed the New Year celebrations across Western Visayas. There were no major...
PAN-AY RIVER BURSTS. This aerial shot of Pontevedra, Capiz shows the Pan-ay River overflowing, its murky water engulfing residential and commercial areas of the municipality, and turning vast rice fields into instant rivers as well. Other towns in Capiz also reported flooding, prompting the provincial government to declare a state of calamity. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘Ursula’ aftermath: New Year in evacuation centers

ILOILO City – More than 10,000 families displaced by typhoon “Ursula” on Christmas Day in Western Visayas could be welcoming the New Year in various evacuation...
A TRUE PATRIOT. This 102-year-old life-size statue of Dr. Jose Rizal at Iloilo City’s historic Plaza Libertad honors his patriotism. Today, Dec. 30, the nation commemorates his martyrdom. Born in June 1861, he would live to celebrate only 35 birthdays, a short but meaningful life that left a lasting imprint on our history. Rizal was executed by firing squad on Dec. 30, 1896 in Bagumbayan (Rizal Park) in Manila. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Plaza Libertad’s Rizal statue over a century old

ILOILO City – Did you know that the life-size statue of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal at Plaza Libertad is over a century old already? The stone...

CATACLYSMIC FLOODING: Forest loss blamed for fatal floods in N. Iloilo

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. believes deforestation in the mountains of northern Iloilo has led to the massive flooding that submerged several towns in the...
The town of Toboso in Negros Occidental recently declared members of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing New People’s Army as persona non-grata. Lieutenant Colonel Emelito Thaddeus Logan, commanding officer of 79th Infantry Battalion, said terrorist group destroy peace and development of the communities in tshe province. PH.VLTRENDS.COM

Tubungan clash not a ceasefire violation, Reds insist

MANILA – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) insisted it did not violate the Christmas ceasefire between the rebels and the government amid the...