Flood-hit brgy gets evacuation center
ILOILO City – A multipurpose building that would serve as a health and evacuation center has been inaugurated in Barangay Dungon A, Jaro district.
The...
Voting precincts at Bacolod malls?
BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) brought up the idea of installing “special precincts” in the city come barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Election...
88 Iloilo barangays election ‘hotspots’
ILOILO – Eighty-eight barangays in this province are in the “election watch list” of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO).
Senior Superintendent Marlon Tayaba, IPPO...
Comelec extends filing of COCs for one day
ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has extended for a day the period for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COCs) for...
POLICE WARY OF CRIME SURGE
BORACAY – This island resort’s closure for six months may drive displaced laborers to engage in illegal activities such as drug pushing for easy...
Mandurriao ‘kaps’ pressure Joe, too
ILOILO City – Barangay captains of Mandurriao district appeared to have become frustrated with Mayor Jose Espinosa III.
They wanted him to swap posts with...
Lightning kills 6 in Sipalay
BACOLOD City – Six people died while several others were injured when lightning struck Sitio Barasbaras, Barangay Manlucahoc, Sipalay City, Negros Occidental.
Mostly sugarcane field...
Peryahan operator ignores PCSO order
BACOLOD City – The Peryahan Draw Center on Burgos Street continues to operate.
Its operator, Global Tech Mobile Online Corp., insisted that their business is...
Emergency jobs for 5T Boracay workers
ILOILO City – For Boracay Island’s impending closure for six months, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is readying an emergency employment scheme...
‘Pusher’ linked to cattle rustling
ILOILO City – A drug pushing suspect was arrested in a buy-bust operation of the police in Barangay Jelicuon Montinola, Cabatuan, Iloilo yesterday.
The 59-year-old...