CHO girds for Dinagyang medical emergencies
ILOILO City – To ensure a speedy response to medical emergencies during the two-day highlights of the Dinagyang Festival (Jan. 26 and 27), the...
UP student crowned Dinagyang queen
ILOILO City – In this city’s annual search for “timeless beauty (and) exceptional heart”, a 20-year-old lass stood out and won the crown.
Among 15...
Señor Santo Niño fluvial procession today
ILOILO City – Around a thousand devotees are expected to join this afternoon’s fluvial procession in honor of the Señor Santo Niño.
The procession, one...
4 armed men kill Prevendido ‘hit man’
ILOILO City – Four armed men shot in Barangay Tolarucan, Mina, Iloilo yesterday a man believed to have worked for slain drug lord Richard...
NTC approves mobile phone signal jamming
ILOILO City – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has approved the request of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) for the temporary suspension of...
Tons of trash collected in Brgy. Singcang-Airport
BACOLOD City – Bacolodnons should observe proper waste disposal to minimize the amount of trash washed up on the coastal area of Barangay Singcang-Airport.
Village...
Festival ‘open season’ for politicos – Espinosa
ILOILO City – Politicians would be allowed to speak during the two-day highlights of the Dinagyang Festival – at the Kasadyahan cultural contest on...
Plaint filed vs Leonardia, 17 others over P1.7-B loan
BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia and 16 other local officials have been slapped with a civil complaint in relation to the city government’s...
Children to become open targets of ‘tokhang’ – group
ILOILO City – Lowering the age of criminal responsibility to nine years old would make children open targets of tokhang or the war against drug...
Minor offenders just ‘victims of circumstances’
BACOLOD City – Juvenile delinquents are just “victims of circumstances,” according to the Department of Social Services and Development (DSSD) in this city.
They are...