IPs affected by mega dam await resettlement
ILOILO – The resettlement project intended for 32 families of Indigenous Peoples (IP) affected by the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project Stage II (JRMP II)...
Liquor ban starts Sunday
ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) election-related liquor ban will start on May 8 until the polls end on May 9.
Under Comelec...
Mark Villar consistently tops senatorial survey
MANILA – Based on the latest survey results from the RP-Mission and Development Foundation (RPMD), former Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) secretary...
NegOcc COVID-19 situation improves despite slow vaxx
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) situation in Negros Occidental is continuing to improve based on the latest...
Iloilo City to vaccinate 70% of dog population
ILOILO City – The City Veterinary Office (CVO) is targeting to vaccinate 70 percent of the metro’s total dog population.
According city veterinarian Dr. Tomas Forteza, the...
P1.7-M ‘shabu’ seized
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – A suspected drug runner was arrested in a buy-bust operation at the Reclamation Area that was already...
Leni, Bongbong to court Ilonggos one last time
BY GLENDA TAYONA and IME SORNITO
ILOILO – Presidential frontrunners former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo are returning to Iloilo...
Policemen going after vote buyers and sellers, too
ILOILO City – Aside from maintaining peace and order this election season, the police also help the Commission on Elections (Comelec) stop vote-buying.
“We have...
Gem-Ver fishers finally getting P6M compensation
MANILA - Almost three years after what President Duterte played down as a “little maritime accident,” the 22 fishermen left for dead by a...
Dueñas seismic station: Quake monitoring in Iloilo gets boost
ILOILO City – With the opening of its 115th seismic station in Barangay Punong Pequeño in Dueñas, Iloilo yesterday, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology...