Firearms banned during MassKara
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Carrying and transporting firearms will be prohibited during the MassKara Festival next month.
Glass bottles and similar containers, and pointed...
ODICTA’S 2 AIDES BUSTED
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Authorities arrested two men they believed were trusted aides of slain drug lord Melvin...
No widespread Zika transmission – DOH
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Though cases of Zika infection in this city increased, there is no widespread transmission of the mosquito-borne virus, stressed...
Suspended Bacolod workers seek more time
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – A lawyer defending five city government employees suspended over cash advances (CAs) asked for more time to file his...
Martial law survivors hit hero’s burial for Marcos
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Ilonggo activists and survivors of deposed president Ferdinand Marcos’ martial law marked the 44th anniversary of its declaration...
ILOILO ZIKA CASES RISE TO 7
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The total number of Zika virus infections in this city rose to seven with four new cases confirmed by...
Patients overwhelm Calinog district hospital
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO – The 25-bed district hospital in Calinog town is packed with patients, accommodating more than six times its capacity.
Staffers at...
Bacolod drug rehab center takeover pushed
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Councilors want the city government to operate and manage the drug rehabilitation center in Paglaum Village.
The REACH Foundation, a...
No Zika travel ban – DOH, DOT execs
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – A travel advisory on the Zika virus was what the Department of Health (DOH) issued, not a travel ban,...
DPWH justifies Diversion road rehab amid questions
BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter
MANILA – Portions of the Diversion Road (now Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue) in Iloilo City now undergoing rehabilitation were...