Badiangan ‘kagawad’ faces raps over drugs, loose guns
BY IAN PAUL CORDERO
ILOILO City – Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6 operatives arrested a barangay kagawad and his helper in Sinuagan, Badiangan,...
Mandurriao woman survives strafing
BY IAN PAUL CORDERO
ILOILO City – Mae Arne Meniel was urinating in their toilet in Barangay Calajunan, Mandurriao district at around 11:05 p.m. on Tuesday...
CAPIZ CLASSES SUSPENDED ‘Agaton’ dumps torrential rains
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – After a long holiday break, classes in public and private schools in Capiz province were supposed to resume...
Jeepney operators need money to modernize
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – Two big jeepney associations have formed a cooperative to help members overcome the financial challenges posed by the...
Iloilo City Hall employee yields shabu in buy-bust
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – An employee of the city government yielded shabu in a buy-bust operation of the police in Barangay Poblacion,...
Wanted: Model LGUs in waste mgt
ILOILO City – The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) plans to make six local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas as “pilot model LGUs” in...
WV attracted 1 million foreign visitors in 2017
ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded more than one million foreign tourist arrivals in 2017, according to the Department of Tourism (DOT).
Data from DOT’s...
WV ‘CRACKER INJURIES DOWN Only 1 stray bullet case in Region 6
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – Though their figures vary, police and health authorities agreed there was a drop in...
New Year road crash kills 2 men
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and IAN PAUL CORDERO
ILOILO City – While Ilonggos were busy welcoming 2018, a vehicular accident killed two men and injured...
Cops arrest 5 men for ignoring ‘cracker zones
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Five persons lit firecrackers by the roadside to welcome the New Year. Police arrested them.
They ignored the order...