Rationing mulled if water gets scarce
ILOILO City – If water becomes scarce due to the El Niño phenomenon, the city government would be rationing water.
Mayor Jose Espinosa III directed...
Karapatan-Panay seeks probe on arrest of 3 Igbaras farmers
ILOILO City – Militant group Karapatan-Panay will request the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to investigate the arrest of three suspected rebels after a...
Cloud seeding assessment in NegOcc ongoing
BACOLOD City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) and Bureau of Soils and Water Management (BSWM) are assessing areas to be covered by the proposed...
Illegal posters test Comelec’s patience
ILOILO City – Between Feb. 25 and March 16 the Commission on Elections (Comelec) removed 1,560 illegal election campaign materials in this city and...
Most wanted person in MIMAROPA falls in Iloilo
ILOILO City – The No. 1 most wanted person in the MIMAROPA region (Region 4-B or Southern Tagalog region) has been arrested in Barangay...
Bacolod City’s Bing not a narco-politico – Duterte
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and MAE SINGUAY
MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte denied linking Mayor Evelio “Bing” Leonardia of Bacolod City to the illegal drug...
Chickenpox downs 35 Tubungan school kids
ILOILO – Thirty-six cases of chickenpox were recorded in Barangay Cadabdab, Tubungan town since Jan. 1 this year.
The cases involved 35 schoolchildren of Cadabdab...
Rice pests cause P11.5-M damage in Negros crops
BACOLOD City – Pest infestations have incurred P11.544 million crop damages to rice farmers in Negros Occidental.
According to the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist...
5 more towns report losses due to El Niño
ILOILO – Five more municipalities reported losses in agriculture due to the prevailing El Niño phenomenon. These were Estancia, Leganes, Maasin, Miag-ao, and San...
Graft rap filed vs LTO-6 chief; director denies allegation
ILOILO City – A complaint for graft, conduct prejudicial to the best interest of the service, gross neglect of duty, grave abuse of authority,...