ILOILO CITY – Four police officers, including the police chief, in Balasan, a town in northern Iloilo province, were sacked after a prisoner escaped. Police Capt. Renzo Martinez and three other policemen were relieved of their posts on Thursday, Aug. 7. Suspect Jason Navales was on board a police...
ILOILO CITY – Eleven police chiefs were reshuffled in Iloilo province. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) under Police Col. Bayani Razalan has moved almost all police chiefs to different stations and units. Police Major Rolando Araño, IPPO spokesperson, said it is routine to transfer...
ILOILO CITY — The expansion of Carelon Global Solutions Philippines supports the goal of Western Visayas as the capital for Healthcare Information Management Services (HIMS), a type of business process outsourcing (BPO). “With the way Western Visayas is positioned right now—with the...
ILOILO CITY — The town of Miag-ao in southern Iloilo province wants to be included in the services of Razon-owned MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor in Iloilo City since 2020. The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Miag-ao adopted on Monday, Aug. 4, the resolution...
ILOILO CITY – A man from Miag-ao town in southern Iloilo province died from suspected meningococcemia, a serious bacterial disease affecting the bloodstream. The Iloilo Provincial Health Office disclosed on Monday, Aug. 4, the death of the 58-year-old man from suspected meningococcemia. Dr....
ILOILO CITY – An elderly woman was killed in a fire on Saturday morning in this city two weeks after burying her husband. Authorities identified the victim as 75-year-old Teresita Senon Panelo, who was trapped on the second floor of her house in Barangay Oñate in Mandurriao District. The Bureau...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Office has warned a group of teenage boys, including one who was only wearing underwear, while dancing atop a moving tricycle in this city early Thursday morning, July 31. Three of the five teenage boys were served with a show cause order by LTO-6 on Friday,...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has banned a German from driving for one year anywhere in the country after committing two separate violations in Iloilo province. The German, who is temporarily residing in the town of Santa Barbara, Iloilo, was initially stopped by an LTO-6...
ILOILO CITY — The first intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) heart procedure in Western Visayas region was recently performed at The Medical City Iloilo (TMC Iloilo). A 66-year-old woman was the first patient in the region to undergo IVL by a team of specialists — interventional cardiologists Dr....
ILOILO CITY – Police seized more than P1.8-million worth of suspected shabu in this city in 24 hours. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) was able to seize 264 grams of shabu from 10 suspects between 4 a.m. on July 29 to 4 a.m. on July 30. “These accomplishments demonstrate ICPO’s firm...
ILOILO CITY — The Office of the Ombudsman junked the graft and falsification complaints against Vice Mayor Ronaldo “Onal” Golez and seven others of the local government unit (LGU) of Dumangas town in Iloilo province over alleged anomalous purchases of heavy construction equipment and...
To bolster water security in Iloilo City and its neighboring municipalities, the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) has partnered with the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) to explore utilizing the Jalaur River as an additional water source. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed on...
