Boracay turning green with algae
Should tourists fear the algae that turns green the water in some areas of Boracay Island?
Comelec offers special registration for women
To mark International Women’s Day today, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in this city is conducting a special registration for women voters and young girls for the Sangguniang Kabataan.
POLICE WARY OF ‘MAJOR CRIMES’
Can the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) keep this city crime-free for the duration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meetings?
Illegal connections, leaks bug metro water district
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
ILOILO City – Summer is fast approaching. Water scarcity is possible. For Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD), not a...
Better security for Bacolod call center agents eyed
Police are finding means to better secure business process outsourcing (BPO) workers in light of the reported rape and robbery of a call center agent in Barangay Mansilingan last week.
Meeting seeks more engaged ASEAN
The two-day meeting of the Senior Officials Committee for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (SOCA) Socio-Cultural Community (ASSC) in this southern city centers on six thematic priorities of ASEAN this year.
TIGHT SECURITY FOR ASEAN GAB
Amid tight security, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ two-day 22nd Senior Officials Committee for the ASEAN (SOCA) Council Meeting kicks off today at the Iloilo Convention Center in Mandurriao district.
Cops hunt ‘armed, dangerous’ road rage suspect in Boracay
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO
Monday, March 6, 2017
MANILA – The Philippine National Police (PNP) deployed a team to the island of Boracay in Aklan province...
Illegal drugs supply down ‘50%’ – PDEA
If the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) were to be believed, the supply of illegal drugs in Western Visayas dropped by “50 percent” due to relentless antidrug operations since July last year.
Dismissal of criminal raps on Escalante killings hit
The legal counsel of the alleged victims of extrajudicial killings in Escalante City, Negros Occidental lambasted the court’s decision dismissing the criminal charges – three counts of murder and one frustrated murder – against now Cong. Melecio Yap of the 1st District and his co-accused for lack of probable cause.










