ILOILO CITY – A 30-year-old policeman died after he accidentally shot himself with his wife’s gun in Jaro, this city, Friday, July 22. POLICE Corporal Paul Eric Uyaco. (Photo courtesy of Jessie Labiste Jr.) The victim was identified as Police Corporal Paul Eric Uyaco, assigned to the San...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized P1.19-million worth of suspected shabu from two alleged drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay San Antonio, Molo district here before dawn Friday, July 22. TWO suspected drug pushers – Jejomar Benosa Pineda and Michael Jaynos Capero (seated) – were...
ILOILO CITY – A well-known Catholic priest urged graduates of the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas in Miagao, Iloilo to fight for truth. MONSIGNOR Meliton Oso speaks to graduating students of the UP Visayas during the Thursday, July 21 baccalaureate service. (UP Visayas PIO) “Protect...
THE clergy and the laity pay respects to the urn of Archbishop Emeritus Angel Lagdameo who was laid to rest inside the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo City Tuesday, July 19. (Jaro Archdiocese-Commission on Social Communications) ILOILO CITY – Former Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the...
ILOILO CITY – Vice Mayor Jesry Palmares of Passi City, Iloilo has resigned after he was appointed undersecretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. DAR Undersecretary Jesry Palmares (fourth from left) meets officials of DAR Western...
ILOILO CITY – The first university in Western Visayas has conferred a doctorate degree to an Ilonggo philanthropist and entrepreneur. The University of San Agustin (USA) bestowed an honorary Doctorate in Humanities to Eugenio Michael “Mike” O. Plana as part of its graduation ceremony...
LAGDAMEO (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Jaro Archdiocese Archbishop Emeritus Angel Lagdameo, a former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), passed away Friday, July 8, at the age of 81. “Archbishop Angel Lagdameo returned to our Creator just this 8:30 a.m. at the...
REGIONAL Director Remelyn Recoter (right) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in an urban farm in Iloilo City. (DA-6 PIO) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas (Region 6) has urged farmers in the regional capital of Iloilo City to craft a development plan for urban...
ILOILO CITY – President Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11891 creating the Iloilo City Hospital before stepping down last June 30. Under RA 11891, “the City Government of Iloilo shall manage the ICH, and prepare, in consultation with the Department of Health (DOH), a hospital development...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-Region 6 on Thursday, June 23 confirmed 21 cases of the Covid-19 Omicron BA.5 variant in Western Visayas. Iloilo City had the majority of the Omicron BA.5 cases with 16, followed by Iloilo with four and one from Guimaras. “We are closely coordinating with...
OFIANGA Marianne Kaye Ledesma Ofianga from Iloilo City never expected to top the June 2022 Architect Licensure Examination (ALE). “My first reaction was I didn’t want to believe it. But it’s gradually sinking in,” said Marianne after the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released the...
OFFICIALS unveil the Digital Transformation Center (DTC) marker in Passi City, Iloilo Wednesday, June 22. (PIA-6) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) opened Wednesday, June 22, the first Digital Transformation Center (DTC) in Western Visayas (Region 6)...
