New ICPO director targets ‘riding-in-tandem’ gunmen
ILOILO City – The new director of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) vowed to solve three killings involving riding-in-tandem assassins. Preventing similar incidents...
Dengue cases down in Bacolod
BACOLOD City – The number of dengue cases in this capital city declined 41 percent from January to Sept. 8 this year, according to...
Round 2: Tupas vs Tupas in 5th Dist.
ILOILO – In the 5th District, the race for congressman in next year’s midterm election is still between the Tupases just like in the...
Potentially powerful storm moves towards PH
ILOILO City – A potentially strong typhoon may enter the Philippine area of responsibility (PAR) tomorrow.
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas...
Soldiers ambushed in central Negros
BACOLOD City – The Mount Cansermon Command of the New People’s Army (NPA) said it successfully rendered “punitive actions” against one unit of the...
Iloilo City willing to take in garbage from Leganes
ILOILO City – The municipality of Leganes, Iloilo wants to dump its garbage at this city’s sanitary landfill in Barangay Calajunan, Mandurriao district.
The Sangguniang...
Sandigan acquits Negros mayor from graft case
BACOLOD City – The Sandiganbayan 7th Division has cleared Cauayan, Negros Occidental mayor John Rey Tabujara of his graft case.
The prosecution has “failed to...
Critically endangered seabird seen in Dumangas
ILOILO – A foreign seabird classified as among migratory species needing tougher protection had been sighted in Dumangas town.
The July 20 sighting was the...
Western Visayas drug war deaths now 67
ILOILO City – Another drug suspect was killed in this city, this time in Barangay Ingore, La Paz district – racking up to 67...
2 gov’t hospitals get P900 million for infras
ILOILO City – Two government-run hospitals in this city received a total of P900 million for landmark infrastructure projects that will serve the medical...