“Village Keeper,” a movie produced by Filipino-Canadian Enrique Miguel Baniqued and directed by Karen Chapman, will be premiering at the 40th Santa Barbara International Film Festival in California. The film festival opened on Feb. 4 and will run until Feb. 15. The poster for the...
ILOILO CITY – The role of Iloilo in the road to Philippine independence against colonial Spain was showcased in Manila on Wednesday, June 12. THE Cry of Santa Barbara of Santa Barbara, Iloilo is performed during the Parada ng Kalayaan (Freedom Day parade) on Wednesday, June 12, at the...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky lauded the confiscation of more than P7-million worth of suspected shabu in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. WANKY (Tara Yap) The Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU) of the PRO-6 seized more than a...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Education denied reports that two teachers recently died of heat stroke in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. The DepEd called the report by Iloilo-based XFM Radyo Patrol Iloilo as “highly inaccurate and misleading.” The radio station reported on Tuesday,...
SANTA BARBARA, Pangasinan – A drug den was dismantled and the maintainer and six of his patrons were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ventinilla here on Monday morning, March 11. MAP of Pangasinan with the town of Santa Barbara highlighted. Police identified the suspects as drug...
SANTA BARBARA, Pangasinan – A python fell off the ceiling of the public market in Barangay Poblacion Sur here on Saturday, March 9. PYTHON (Wikipedia) Vendor Mark Emmanuel Ramos Cabrera, 24, said he was tending to his stall when the reptile dropped off the ceiling. Mark composed himself and...
CAMP FLORENDO, La Union – Two persons were killed and five others were injured in road accidents in Pangasinan on Monday, January 29. MAP of Santa Barbara, Pangasinan. Police said that Jammel Amistad, 27, of Barangay Minien West, Santa Barbara, Pangasinan, died after the motorcycle he was...
BINMALEY, Pangasinan – Two minors drowned while swimming on the Binmaley Beach in Barangay Baybay Lopez here on Sunday, October 8. Police identified the victims as Charisse Pensona Marcillos, 13, and Gladys Abegail Sarol Ballesteros, 16, residents of Barangay Patayac, Santa Barbara,...
SANTA BARBARA, Pangasinan -- A man drowned while catching fish along the Sinucalan River in Barangay Minien West here on Saturday, June 10. The Santa Barbara police identified the victim as Elmer Abuel Quitoles, 43, a resident of Barangay Catablan, Urdaneta City, Pangasinan. The victim’s cousin,...
SANTA BARBARA, Pangasinan – Murder and robbery charges were filed against the suspect in the death of a retired municipal administrator here. Gemalyn Enriquez Fabia, 34, and a resident of Barangay Amansabina, Mangaldan, Pangasinan, was charged with murder and robbery at the Office of the...
THE Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH) in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province is a 300-bed general hospital. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) has been urged to probe the alleged delay of salaries and Covid-19 benefits of health workers at the Western...
PINTURA Catmon art group and their students during the free art workshop in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. (Pintura Catmon) ILOILO CITY — In the spirit of Christmas, a group of artists from Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province conducted a free art workshop for children recently. “We wanted...
