Is your mosquito repellent FDA-approved?

ILOILO – So far, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Region 6, it has not received or monitored complaints against mosquito and other...

Help dengue patients, donate blood today

ILOILO – Blood donors are vital to the lives of those who are in need of blood such as dengue patients. This is why the...

LTFRB warns Vallacar: Don’t stop bus service

BACOLOD City – Land Transportation Franchising Regulatory Board Region 6 (LTFRB-6) director Richard Osmeña warned the management of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) not to suspend its...

Negros-based rebels ‘have new leader’

BACOLOD City – The New People’s Army (NPA) in Negros Island has a new leader, according to 303rd Infantry Brigade (IB) commander Brigadier General Benedict Arevalo. Arevalo...

Waste-to-energy conversion of garbage mulled

ILOILO City – How do you solve a problem like the piling garbage at the city’s dumpsite in Barangay Calajunan, Mandurriao district? Mayor Jerry Treñas is...

Panic buying? Stores run out of mosquito repellents

BY IME SORNITO and GLENDA TAYONA ILOILO – Demand for mosquito repellents has surged as dengue cases continue to rise. Stores here are running out of...
CONVENIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE. These buses are part of the premium point-to-point bus services in Western Visayas that the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board will be launching today, July 11, 2019, at the Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

WV’s first premium P2P bus services roll out today; Megaworld opens P350-M Transport Hubs

ILOILO City – The first premium point-to-point bus services in Western Visayas are rolling out today with the Iloilo Business Park of property giant Megaworld as...

MORE Power to challenge RTC ruling in higher courts

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) will ask the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court to review the ruling of the Regional...

Urban poor leader’s ‘attempted abduction’ hit

ILOILO City – Progressive groups picketed outside the Police Regional Office 6 in Camp Delgado here yesterday morning to protest what they claimed were the harassment,...
TURNOVER OF COMMAND. Police Brigadier General John Bulalacao (center), outgoing police director of Western Visayas, turns over to his successor, Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan, the Regional Director’s Personal Flag during yesterday afternoon’s (June 27, 2019) turnover ceremony in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City. Looking on is the Philippine National Police’s deputy chief for operations, Police Lieutenant General Archie Francisco Gamboa. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Will Pamuspusan succeed where predecessors failed?

ILOILO City – Will the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), now under Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan, finally succeed in arresting top drug suspect Ernesto Bolivar...