28 Region 6 jails now drug-free
ILOILO City – Twenty-eight of the 37
prison facilities in Western Visayas have been declared drug-free, according to
the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)...
Bacolod allots P10M to task force vs nCoV
BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang
Panlungsod (SP) ratified Resolution No. 02, series of 2020 of the City Disaster
Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) approving the funding...
Iloilo prov’l capitol chooses 125 new college scholars
ILOILO – A total of 125 beneficiaries
or 25 per district make up the provincial government’s new batch of Iskolar
sang Iloilo Program (ISIP) students.
All college...
Airports, seaports urged to use thermal scanners
ILOILO City – To help detect people
possibly infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), airports and seaports
should use thermal scanners that measure body temperature, according...
Authorities scout for nCoV isolation facilities
ILOILO City – This city and Iloilo
province have no confirmed novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infections but local
authorities are not leaving anything to chance.
They have...
Leave or stay: 994 Ilonggos work in China
ILOILO – There are 994 Western Visayans working in China, data
from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) showed.
With the ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak in...
Comelec ditches Biron poll protest
ILOILO City –
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) dismissed the election protest filed by
defeated Iloilo gubernatorial candidate and former congressman Dr. Ferjenel
Biron against Gov. Arthur...
P6.3-M ‘shabu’ seized in Pavia antidrug op
ILOILO City – Suspected
methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) weighing 420 grams and valued at P6.3
million was confiscated in Barangay Ungka II, Pavia, Iloilo late afternoon
yesterday.
A mother...
300 police officers to secure Jaro fiesta
ILOILO City – Hundreds of police
personnel have been deployed to secure today’s expected gathering of thousands
of Marian devotees for the Feast of the Nuestra...
3 feverish Chinese nat’ls quarantined in Banate
ILOILO – Three Chinese nationals were placed under house quarantine in
the town of Banate after exhibiting flu-like symptoms after
their
vacation in China last week.
Town...