Guv names 3 heads of Iloilo disaster operations center
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. appointed three executive assistants to lead the provincial government’s 24/7 Civil Defense Operations Center (CDOC).
Defensor recently converted the...
P157-M cash aid up for displaced WV workers
BACOLOD City – Around P157 million has been allotted for workers in Western Visayas displaced by job retrenchments and closure of businesses due to...
21 Iloilo towns report crop damage due to ‘Quinta’
ILOILO – Typhoon “Quinta” left the province with P37.6 million in damage to palay production, according to the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO).
Elias Sandig, assistant...
Iloilo City to resume ‘Oplan Hawan Kalsada’
ILOILO City – Road clearing in this southern city is set to resume seven months after this was suspended due to the coronavirus disease...
Top councilor new Binalbagan vice mayor
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Councilor Ursecio Inodeo, with the most votes in the last elections, took over as vice mayor of Binalbagan,...
MBCCI head to bizmen: ‘Hang on, we’re almost there’
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry head Frank Carbon told fellow businessmen to “hang on” as Western Visayas...
Gambling banned at wakes, Iloilo top cop reiterates
ILOILO City – Gambling during wakes in the province are prohibited, Police Colonel Gilbert Gorero, Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director, reiterated yesterday.
“Gambling during...
Sipalay tourism to reopen by Nov. 6
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA
BACOLOD City – The city of Sipalay in Negros Occidental is reopening its doors to tourists beginning Nov. 6.
Under Executive Order...
DSWD-6 readies 34K family food packs
ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 has readied its stockpile of family food packs for those who...
PCG ship visits Bacolod City
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The Philippine Coast Guard’s (PCG) biggest and newest naval asset arrived yesterday in this city.BRP Gabriela Silang is...