ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P4.5 million was seized from a major drug pusher in northern Iloilo province and border towns in Capiz province. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) identified the suspect as alias Brok Brok. He yielded 650 grams worth of shabu during an anti-drug...
ILOILO CITY — Judy Araneta-Roxas was remembered in Capiz as a philanthropist and a political kingmaker of the Liberal Party (LP) in the home province of her son, former Senator and Cabinet Secretary Mar Roxas. “Tita Judy, you are and will always be a brilliant light that guided me on my...
ILOILO CITY — A soldier was killed in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Capiz province on Monday, Aug. 25. The fatality was identified as Sgt. Jhon Ray Coopera of the 12th Infantry Battalion (IB) and a native of Leganes town in Iloilo province. Coopera died from a bullet wound on...
ILOILO CITY – Soldiers under the 3rd Infantry Division of the Philippine Army recovered five-powered firearms following three encounters with the New People’s Army in Capiz province last week. Seized were two M14 assault rifles, an M16 assault rifle (5.56mm), an AK-47 assault rifle, and a...
ILOILO CITY—A newly discovered plant found only in Capiz and Iloilo provinces may be endangered. Researchers sounded the alarm for Begonia jurgenneae following its discovery published by scientific journal Taiwania this month. Dr. Harold O. Buenvenida, Dr. Lillian Jennifer V. Rodriguez, and Mark...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army recovered two firearms and ammunition left by fleeing New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Capiz province. Troops of the 12th Infantry Battalion retrieved an M16 rifle, one AK-47 rifle, and two magazines after an encounter with NPA rebels in Tapaz town on...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has cancelled the candidacy of President Roxas town, Capiz province Mayor Receliste “Tanoy” Escolin two weeks after his “fourth” term started. The Comelec First Division said Escolin violated the three-term rule when he filed his...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is eyeing the protection of a 160-hectare seagrass bed found in Tucad Reef off the coast of Pilar town in Capiz province. DENR-Capiz Provincial Director Dr. Ernest Federiso said it is essential for the declaration of a...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Capiz has recorded the first positive case of monkeypox (Mpox). The Capiz Provincial Health Office (CPHO) under Dr. Ramon Alex Nolasco confirmed this in a statement on Friday, June 20. According to the CPHO, the case was confirmed through a laboratory test conducted...
ILOILO CITY – The 12th Infantry Battalion, with the 62nd Special Action Company of the 6th Special Action Battalion (SAB), recently recovered a firearm and ammunition in an abandoned camp of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Sitio Naatip, Barangay Lahug, Tapaz town, Capiz province. Troops also...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Capiz is awaiting the approval of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to establish a new aquaculture feed mill plant. This was after the 19th Congress approved the consolidated bills, which will establish an aquaculture feed mill plant in Panay town. The proposal...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has urged other local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas region to adopt the speed limit ordinance of Sigma town in Capiz province. The LGU started implementing the speed limit ordinance using speed enforcement cameras last Sunday, June...