ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) awarded six tourism industry players in the Western Visayas region for gender equality as part of the National Women’s Month celebration. AWARDEES of the Icons of Sustainable Tourism Awards and Recognition (ISTaR) with Department of Tourism...
ILOILO CITY – Five-hundred seven policemen assigned to Iloilo province were promoted on Monday, March 25. FIVE-hundred seven policemen in Iloilo were promoted to the next higher rank. (PNP IPPO) The donning of ranks was conducted in a ceremony led by Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, director of the...
ILOILO CITY – This city has declared an outbreak of the contagious respiratory disease pertussis also known as whooping cough. GRAPHIC via ICDRRMO The Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) headed by Mayor Jerry Treñas declared an outbreak during a Monday...
ILOILO CITY – A P12-million super health center is under construction in Lambunao town, Iloilo province. Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, led the March 22 groundbreaking in Barangay Pasig. SEN. Bong Go (second from left) poses for a selfie...
ILOILO CITY – The Local Lady Legislators' League of the Philippines (Four L) led by its president, Iloilo Vice Gov. Christine "Tingting" Garin, converged in the province and city of Iloilo for a national summit that coincided with National Women’s Month. THE Local Lady Legislators' League of...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a drug pusher and seized shabu worth P1 million in a buy-bust operation in this city on March 21. Police identified the suspect as Estanislao Henojales, alias Shaolin. SUSPECTED shabu worth more than P1 million was seized from suspected drug pusher Estanislao...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) chief Police Col. Ronaldo Palomo has ordered an intensified campaign against illegal gambling in Iloilo. PALOMO (IPPO) Palomo told police units in the 42 towns and component city of Passi to intensify monitoring of illegal numbers games...
ILOILO CITY — A total of 71 fishermen from four fishing vessels were arrested for illegal fishing off the coast of Carles, the northernmost town in Iloilo province. ONE of the four fishing vessels impounded by the task force for illegal fishing in Carles town, Iloilo province last March 19....
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. wants the performance of Police Col. Ronald Palomo as Iloilo police chief validated. “We have to validate and assess. Categorically, we cannot say what our recommendation. We have to be fair,” said Defensor on Wednesday, March 20, after...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Police Regional Office-6 chief, has warned Police Col. Ronaldo Palomo of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) over his alleged non-performance in the campaign against illegal gambling. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (right) of the Police...
ILOILO CITY — Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, police chief here, said there is no reason to be alarmed over the big haul of shabu in this city recently. CORONICA (Tara Yap) “We have to consider that Iloilo City is only a transshipment point and not mainly for consumption in the city,” said...
ILOILO CITY – More than P7.1-million worth of shabu was seized by the anti-drug unit of the Police Regional Office-6 in a buy-bust operation here on Monday, March 18. SUSPECTED shabu worth P7.1 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City on March 18. (PRO-6/RPDEU-6) The PRO-6...
