Prov’l gov’t scraps plan for Iloilo-wide state of calamity
ILOILO – The
provincial government has ditched an earlier plan to declare a province-wide
state of calamity.
Not all the 42
towns and component city of Passi...
Iloilo City gov’t puts unruly drivers, pedestrians on notice
ILOILO City – There is no dearth of
national laws and local ordinances regulating traffic. The pandemonium on the
city’s streets, the congestion and accidents here...
WARNING SIGNS REQUIRED Proposed ordinance makes safety signs mandatory on road works
ILOILO – Road signs are designed to provide warnings. But
how do these signages provide proper caution when they are too small to be
readily visible...
Mother of ‘Ursula’ victim says daughter ‘had premonition’ of killer flood
BY IAN PAUL CORDERO AND RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Death premonitions: Do
they happen?
Distraught Andrea De Asis – who lost four family members during Typhoon...
Dengue cases now below alert threshold
ILOILO – With dengue cases dropping,
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. plans to lift the dengue outbreak declaration he made
in July last year.
Data from the provincial...
Will Panay-Guimaras bridge push through this year? Guimaras to seek Duterte assurance
ILOILO City – Will President Rodrigo
Duterte’s plan to link the islands of Panay and Guimaras with a bridge push
through?
The provincial government of Guimaras
wants...
Fiery New Year start in Iloilo, Capiz, Boracay; families flee as fire razes 23...
ILOILO City – On the first day of year
2020 fire razed a total of 20 houses in this city, Iloilo and Capiz provinces.
In...
‘No stray bullets, no major crimes in WV’
ILOILO City – “Generally peaceful.”
This was how the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) assessed the New Year
celebrations across Western Visayas.
There were no major...
‘Ursula’ aftermath: New Year in evacuation centers
ILOILO City – More than 10,000 families displaced by typhoon
“Ursula” on Christmas Day in Western Visayas could be welcoming the New Year in
various evacuation...
Plaza Libertad’s Rizal statue over a century old
ILOILO City – Did you know that the
life-size statue of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal at Plaza Libertad is over a
century old already?
The stone...