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...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Receliste “Tanoy” Escolin was reelected in President Roxas town, Capiz province, despite the three-term limit. The Commission on Elections proclaimed Escolin as mayor after defeating Vice Mayor Braulio Godfrey “Botoy” Asis and Bart Locsin. Escolin maintained that he...
ILOILO CITY — Paolo Z. Roxas, son of former Interior and Local Government Secretary Mar Roxas, was defeated in the Capiz first district congressional race by Pinuno party-list Rep. Howard Guintu. “Nag-husga na ang mayorya. Tapos na ang eleksyon. Bisan indi pabor sa akon ang desisyon, hugot ko...
ILOILO CITY – The May 12 mid-term elections in Capiz province were marked by the death of a female senior citizen and the arrest of two people for taking photos of their ballots. Reports from the Capiz Police Provincial Office said the death was recorded in President Roxas town while the two...
