District jail wardens face revamp if…
ILOILO – There won’t be a revamp of district jail wardens for now, according to Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6...
City gov’t-run hospital, dialysis center mulled
ILOILO City – The sorry state of government hospitals has prompted him to propose a city government-run hospital and dialysis center, according to Mayor-elect...
Practical, short-term solutions to Diversion Road mishaps pushed
ILOILO City – Having an intelligent transport or traffic system is a long-term solution to traffic congestion and vehicular accidents here but this could...
Bulalacao leaving WV without solving 5 ‘salvage’ cases
ILOILO City – Western Visayas police director Brigadier General John Bulalacao is retiring from the police service this June 27 without solving five recent...
BFP mulls door-to-door search for fire-prone boardinghouses
ILOILO City – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) is girding for a door-to-door inspection of houses and boardinghouses here.
This campaign is in line with...
Ilongga nun from Molo on path to sainthood
ILOILO City – Ilongga nun Maria Beatriz del Rosario Arroyo, known fondly as Madre Sayong or Mother Rosario, is another step closer to sainthood.
Madre...
Control over seaport fare scheme mulled
BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Real Estate Development Corp. (Bredco) plans to regulate the fare scheme at the Simplicio Palanca Seaport Terminal in this...
Election period, gun ban end; violators reach 529
ILOILO City – The election period has ended, and so has the election gun ban.
A total of 529 violators were arrested from Jan. 13...
Dengue cases surge, blood supply drops
ILOILO – Dengue cases here are rising while the local Philippine Red Cross blood bank’s blood stocks are dwindling.
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) finds...
Iloilo not lucrative to sex workers anymore?
ILOILO City – The number of commercial sex workers in this southern city has dwindled, according to the city government’s Task Force on Morals...