ILOILO CITY – Two-hundred twenty-five students were hospitalized after eating spoiled spaghetti served during a gathering at the main campus of the Guimaras State University (GSU) in Buenavista town on Nov. 15. THE main campus of the Guimaras State University in Buenavista town, Guimaras...
ILOILO CITY — Mayor Samuel Gumarin and several officials of Buenavista town, Guimaras province are facing administrative complaints before the Office of the Ombudsman for purchasing a P2.6-million water tanker. GUARIN Complaints of grave abuse of authority, grave misconduct, and conduct...
ILOILO CITY – The official website of the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras Project was launched during the recent “Kaangtanan: Celebrating Intersections Across Western Visayas” conference here. WEBSITE for the Cultural Mapping of Panay and Guimaras Project. (https://cmpg.online)...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has urged the Philippine National Police to issue guidelines on the proper uniform of policemen assigned to maritime patrols following the death of a police officer last week. MARITIME police conduct search and retrieval operation on a police officer who...
ILOILO CITY – A 42-year-old policeman drowned after he fell overboard during a patrol in the island-province of Guimaras on Wednesday night, Oct. 16. GATINAO The Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO) identified the victim as Police Staff Sgt. Mechael Gatinao. Gatinao, from Buenavista...
ILOILO CITY – The lone power distributor on the island-province of Guimaras and two of its suppliers are facing a complaint over high electricity rate. The complaint against Guimaras Electric Cooperative (GUIMELCO) and suppliers Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC) and GN Power Kauswagan (GNPK)...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of the President on Thursday released cash aid to more than 62,500 farmers and fisherfolk affected by the El Niño climate phenomenon in Panay and Guimaras Islands. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. leads the distribution of cash aid to farmers and fisherfolk affected by...
ILOILO CITY – Art is a vehicle against the dangers of illegal drugs in Jordan, the capital of the island-province of Guimaras. YOUTH participants in the art workshop conducted by the SUBLI Artists Guimaras in Jordan town, Guimaras province. (SUBLI Artists Guimaras) Since the last week of May, the...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman in the Visayas has been asked to probe Mayor Cresente Chavez Jr. of Jordan town, Guimaras province over the alleged illegal passage of a resolution with a P9.9-million funding. CHAVEZ (Jordan LGU) A resident of the municipality wrote a letter of...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Rhea Santos, chief of the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO), has ordered a deeper probe on the brutal killing of an elderly couple in San Lorenzo, Guimaras. MAP of Guimaras with the town of San Lorenzo highlighted. Santos said that the GPPO...
ILOILO CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos has vowed to provide P10 million as additional funding to upgrade a district hospital in the island-province of Guimaras. SEN. Imee Marcos (second from left) meets Gov. JC Rahman Nava (right), Rep. Maria Lucille Nava (third from left), and Vice Gov. John Edward...
ILOILO CITY – Residents of this city, Iloilo province, and the island-province of Guimaras will not have a convenient and easy Sunday as the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines will impose a 12-hour blackout in these areas to conduct maintenance activities. In an advisory, the power...
