DOT gets ready for Boracay opening
ILOILO City – Less than 200 tourism establishments in Boracay were so far able to meet the requirements set by the government’s interagency rehabilitation...
‘Brgy officials important in antidrug campaign’
BACOLOD City – Barangay officials play an important role in the campaign against illegal drugs, according to Special Assistant to the President Bong Go.
They...
Art: What politicking?
ILOILO City – Iloilo governor Arthur Defensor Sr. dismissed the criticism that he was trying to gain political mileage in distributing P16 million worth...
21 police Mahindra patrols not working
ILOILO City – Twenty police Mahindra Enforcer Patrol and a Mahindra Scorpio Patrol in Western Visayas were “not serviceable” anymore, a technical inspection report...
Antique’s legendary river as center of tourism
ILOILO City – Environment secretary Roy Cimatu envisions Malandog River as center of tourism in the province of Antique.
Speaking at a recent meeting of...
Mayor cites health, family for quitting
ILOILO City – Health and family. These were the reasons 71-year-old Mayor Jessie Alecto of Dingle, Iloilo cited for resigning.
“I’ve been in public service...
30 Bacolod ‘riding in tandem’ ordinance violators arrested
BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) said it is strictly enforcing an ordinance regulating riding in tandem on motorcycles.
City Ordinance 832,...
Assassinations upset Iloilo mayors in Du30 list
ILOILO – The assassination of two Luzon mayors that President Rodrigo Duterte linked to illegal drugs has unnerved Iloilo mayors similarly accused.
According to Mariano...
Crackdown on erring Bacolod ‘trike’ drivers
BACOLOD City – Starting today, the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) will apprehend tricycle drivers who are violating Republic Act (RA) 4136, or the...
Second chance for erring cops in W. Visayas
ILOILO City – Forty-six Western Visayas police personnel with administrative charges are being subjected to a month-long retraining in Camp Delgado, headquarters of the...