ILOILO CITY – Carles, the northernmost town in Iloilo province, celebrated the inaugural Hinugyaw sa Kadagatan Festival on October 14. NATIVE dancers perform at the Hinugyaw sa Kadagatan festival in Carles town, Iloilo province. (RJ Lens) Coinciding with the town fiesta in honor of patron...
ILOILO CITY — Police arrested a 63-year-old woman in northern Iloilo province for illegal possession of endangered giant clam shells locally known as taklobo worth P4.2 million. GIANT clam shells were seized in Gigantes Sur Island, Carles town, Iloilo province. (Iloilo Maritime Police...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P1.1 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Guinticgan, Carles, Iloilo on Friday, March 8. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P1.1 million was seized from a drug pusher in Carles, Iloilo on March 8. (Carles MPS) Police...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu worth at least P2.1 million was seized from a 24-year-old drug pusher in a buy-bust operation on Friday, September 1, in Carles, Iloilo. Police identified the suspect as “JR” of Estancia, Iloilo. JR, a high-value individual, was apprehended after he sold shabu to...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued seven fishermen from a distressed boat off the coast of Carles, Iloilo. Personnel from PCG substations in Estancia and Carles responded to the half-submerged fishing boat Raj Warrior between Gigantes Island in Carles and Jintutulo Island in...
CAMP MALVAR, Batangas City – Police nabbed a 25-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad (councilor) wanted for rape and lascivious conduct in Batangas in Barangay Poblacion, Carles, Iloilo on Monday, July 17. Batangas police chief Police Col. Samson Belmonte, in his report to Police Regional Office...
ILOILO CITY – The municipality of Carles, Iloilo has organized the largest inter-agency task force (IATF) against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the country. THE inter-agency task force against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. (BFAR-6) “We laud local...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Saturday, Feb. 4, that it has completed the road concreting works in Carles, Iloilo that provides access to the tourist spots in Gigantes Island in the Western Visayas Region. “As both local and foreign tourists flock the well-known...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued 18 individuals from a distressed boat in the vicinity waters between Carles Island and Gigantes Island in Iloilo on Saturday, Jan. 21. Photo: Philippine Coast Guard / PCG An incident report from the PCG said motorbanca “Prince and Mae” was carrying 18...
ILOILO CITY – The airport at the resort-island of Sicogon in Carles town, Iloilo province has officially resumed operations. A 50-seat turbo plane of AirSWIFT rests at the airstrip of Sicogon, the resort-island in Carles town, Iloilo province. The airline resumed its Manila-Sicogon and vice...
ILOILO CITY – Red tide recurred in the waters of popular tourist destination Gigantes Islands in Carles town, Iloilo province, less than two months after the area was cleared of the toxin. WOMEN process scallops in Barangay Gabi, Gigantes Island, Carles, Iloilo. (Tara Yap) In a shellfish...
