PRO-6 SENDS MORE COPS TO MAASIN NPA rebels claim ‘successful’ ambush

BY RUBY SILUBRICO Sunday, November 26, 2017 ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is beefing up forces in Maasin, Iloilo after the New...

American growing marijuana nabbed

BY RUBY SILUBRICO Sunday, November 26, 2017 ILOILO City – Government antidrug agents swooped down on an alleged marijuana plantation in Barangay Iprog, San Enrique, Iloilo...

WV house helps to get uniform monthly wage

Sunday, November 26, 2017 ILOILO City – All house helps, or kasambahay, in Western Visayas are now entitled to a P3,500 minimum monthly wage. The Regional...

MAASIN AMBUSH ‘Terrorist’ tag angers rebels

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – A day after the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) branded insurgents as terrorists, the New People’s Army (NPA) ambushed...

PECO a necessary monopoly?

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Can there be another power distribution utility in this city other than Panay Electric Company (PECO)? Those dissatisfied with PECO’s...

Iloilo a potential ‘digital’ or ‘smart city’

ILOILO City – This city has been named one of 25 key cities in the country with potential to become a digital city or...

‘ACT OF TERROR’ PRO-6 orders offensives after NPA Sibalom ambush

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – An “act of terrorism” was how the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) described the New People’s Army’s ambush...

‘Ilonggo kindness attracts Badjaos’

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – What makes this city attractive to mendicant Badjaos? Ilonggos are kindhearted people, according to City Administrator Hernando Galvez and Jeck...

Defensor’s PDP-Laban oath-taking postponed

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – The swearing in of Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. to Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) of...

City girds for first giant lantern fest

ILOILO City – The City Tourism and Development Office (CTDO) is staging the first ever Iloilo City Giant Lantern Festival next month with the...