New Panay road seen to boost agri-ecotourism
ILOILO City – When completed, the new 41-kilometer Panay East-West Lateral Road connecting central and northern Iloilo to the provinces of Antique and Capiz...
Iloilo hopes to cash in on ‘faith tourism’
ILOILO – Religious tourism is a type of tourism motivated by religious reasons. It can also be referred to as faith tourism or spiritual...
High-powered guns seized from rebels
ILOILO – After a five-minute encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Barangay Masaroy, Calinog town early morning yesterday, troops of the Philippine...
NBI help mulled vs ‘Super’ racketeers
ILOILO City – Some people are illegally making money at the Iloilo Terminal Market, popularly known as “Super”, according to Mayor Jose Espinosa III...
Duterte warns new Region 6 drug lord: ‘He’ll die like Odicta’
MANILA – Slain Western Visayas drug lord Melvin Odicta Sr. has a successor and President Rodrigo Duterte is not pleased.
In a speech at a...
Boboy Tupas values public consultations
5TH DISTRICT, Iloilo – “The only way to know the real needs of the people is to spend time talking to them and listening...
PHO on preventing summer diseases: Take a bath daily
ILOILO – It is important to maintain proper hygiene amid the scorching summer heat, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO).
PHO head Dr. Patricia...
Gov’t troops, Reds clash in remote Leon village
ILOILO – For some 20 minutes troops of the Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry (Hunter) Battalion (61IB) traded gunfire with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels...
‘Last town standing’ yields to dengue mosquitoes
ILOILO – It was reported early in March that the municipality of Guimbal was the sole area in this province with no case of...
‘Ilonggos do not cheat in polls’
ILOILO City – Vice President Leni Robredo confidently claimed her victory in the 2016 elections as she reiterated the failure of the electoral protest...