PHO on preventing summer diseases: Take a bath daily
ILOILO – It is important to maintain proper hygiene amid the scorching summer heat, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO).
PHO head Dr. Patricia...
Gov’t troops, Reds clash in remote Leon village
ILOILO – For some 20 minutes troops of the Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry (Hunter) Battalion (61IB) traded gunfire with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels...
‘Last town standing’ yields to dengue mosquitoes
ILOILO – It was reported early in March that the municipality of Guimbal was the sole area in this province with no case of...
‘Ilonggos do not cheat in polls’
ILOILO City – Vice President Leni Robredo confidently claimed her victory in the 2016 elections as she reiterated the failure of the electoral protest...
Safer engineering design for Antique’s ‘killer road’ sought
ILOILO City – The accident-prone steep road in mountainous Barangay Igbucagay, Hamtic, Antique needed a better engineering design, according to Antique’s Gov. Rhodora Cadiao...
LTFRB suspends Ceres buses plying Antique-Iloilo route
BY GLENDA TAYONA and RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has suspended for 30 days the operation of...
Comelec targets identity thieves, ‘flying’ voters
ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is introducing a high-tech voter authentication scheme in a bid to catch “flying” voters and identity...
Beware of fake PWDs, senior citizens – DSWD
ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas warned against abuses in the issuance of identification cards to...
Du30 seeks suspension of law on bigger motorcycle license plates
ILOILO City – A month ago President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law a measure requiring motorcycles to have two bigger and readable number plates....
Coastal cleanup rakes in 17.9 kilos of garbage
ILOILO City – From 26 coastal barangays, volunteers were able to gather 17,991 kilos of trash in the recent massive cleanup drive dubbed “One...