Kids banned from riding motorcycles

Monday, May 22, 2017   ILOILO City – A new law prohibits any person from driving a motorcycle with a child on board on all roads. The...

BFP checks boardinghouses as schools set to reopen

Monday, May 22, 2017   ILOILO City – As the resumption of classes draws near, the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) has started inspecting boardinghouses once...

180 barangays’ drug-clearing operations face review

Monday, May 22, 2017   ILOILO City – This city has 180 baranngays. How many village councils have succeeded in making their areas drug-free? The Oversight Committee...

719 VILLAGES DRUG-FREE? | ‘We’re winning war vs drugs’

The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) claimed to have cleared of illegal drugs 719 barangays in this province. The next challenge is how to maintain these villages’ drug-free status.

Task force prepares for Boracay terror attacks

Sunday, May 21, 2017   BORACAY – Simulations of a kidnapping, bomb attack and terror attack were held yesterday morning on the beach of this world-famous...

Chinese bizmen explore opportunities in Iloilo

Sunday, May 21, 2017   ILOILO City – A total of 14 investors from China and Hong Kong are here until May 20 in a return...

PASSI BRGY WELLS CONTAMINATED

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Saturday, May 20, 2017   ILOILO – Communal wells in Barangay Tubod in the component city of Passi tested positive for E. coli and...

‘Anti-Distracted Driving law to keep motorists safe’

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Saturday, May 20, 2017   ILOILO City – Drivers are the obvious beneficiaries of the Anti-Distracted Driving Act, which prohibits the use of cellphones...

Gentiles ‘good but not outstanding’

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Saturday, May 20, 2017   ILOILO City – Iloilo governor Arthur Defensor Sr. was not really impressed with Chief Superintendent Jose Gentiles, the Police...

PANAY TAXIS BUCK JEEPNEY STRIKE | Transport holiday counterproductive – ATOP

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA Friday, May 19, 2017   ILOILO City – The Association of Taxi Operators in Panay (ATOP) is not joining the two-day strike of public...