Bigger, better Iloilo Airport ‘much needed’ – Arroyo

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Airport, built in 2007, was designed to accommodate 1.2 million passengers a year. “Now it is serving 2.4 million passengers....

Gratuity benefits for Bacolod daycare workers pushed

BACOLOD City – The city government will grant gratuity benefits to all qualified daycare and early childhood development workers once they retire from service. Councilor...

Biron poll protest won’t prosper – Defensor

ILOILO – The election protest of defeated gubernatorial candidate Cong. Ferjenel Biron (4th District) won’t prosper, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. whose son...

SP may declare state of calamity tomorrow

ILOILO – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) may place this province under a state of calamity tomorrow, May 31. SP member Marcelo Valentin Serag, chairperson of...

DTI warns vs ‘panic buying’ for school supplies

ILOILO – There is more than enough school supplies in the province, stressed the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), so parents need not...

Another ‘salvage’ victim found

ILOILO City – A woman with a gunshot wound on the chest was found dead in Sitio Buol, Barangay Talusan, Dumangas, Iloilo yesterday morning....

‘Poll winners should undergo DILG training before June 30’

ILOILO City – Newly elected officials in Western Visayas should undergo training before they assume office on June 30, according to Department of Interior...

‘Peryahan ng Bayan’ not illegal – Globaltech

BACOLOD City – “Peryahan is not illegal.” This was the official statement of Atty. Bernard Vitriolo, legal counsel of Globaltech Mobile Online Corp., following the...

‘No vigilantes in Western Visayas’

ILOILO City – Are there vigilantes in Western Visayas? There are none, according to Police Brigadier General John Bulalacao, director of the Police Regional Office...

Court suspends expropriation hearing vs PECO

ILOILO City – The Regional Trial Court (RTC) here granted Panay Electric Co.’s (PECO) motion to suspend the hearing of the expropriation case filed...