Ferry operators not feeling oil price drop
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Ferry operators serving the Bacolod-Iloilo and Bacolod-Dumangas routes said they were not feeling the recent rollback in...
Around 2.2M learners to enroll in WV
ILOILO City – The Department of Education (DepEd) is expecting around 2.2 million learners in Western Visayas for school year 2022-2023.
Enrollment started yesterday.
Parents have...
5 NegOcc capitol workers in ‘hot water’
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The Provincial Legal Office (PLO) of Negros Occidental issued show cause orders to five personnel from the...
Policeman’s death baffles colleagues
ILOILO City – Investigators of the Jaro district police station want to get to the bottom of their colleague’s death.
Was it suicide or accidental...
Return of MassKara excites local business community
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The business community here is excited. The MassKara Festival is returning this October after a two-year hiatus...
Sugar shortage looms: Panay sugar mills told to open early for next milling season
ILOILO – Sugar mills in Panay Island were asked to open early for next milling season to address the impending shortage in supply of...
Over P1.4-M ‘shabu’ seized in Molo
By Ruby Silubrico and Rhenjie Marie E. Calantas
ILOILO City – Around P1.438 million worth of suspected shabu was seized in separate drug buy-bust operations in...
Traffic academy to ‘professionalize’ traffic enforcers
ILOILO City – Iloilo City and selected national government offices on Wednesday signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) for the establishment of the Traffic...
Ordinance regulating bar bouncers mulled
ILOILO City – Councilor Plaridel Nava has suggested that an ordinance be crafted regulating club/bar bouncers.
According to Nava, the would-be measure should determine the...
Close to 3K WV schools ready for F2F classes
ILOILO City – More than 50 percent of the 5,068 public and private schools in Western Visayas have passed the evaluation for the implementation...