ILOILO CITY – The Ombudsman suspended Mayor Receliste Escolin of President Roxas town, Capiz province, for three months without pay due to misconduct. ESCOLIN (DA-6) Associate Ombudsman Arita Lapitan has issued an order to Gov. Fredenil Castro to implement Escolin’s suspension. The order...
ILOILO CITY – A man from Capiz province was arrested for violating the gun ban as this city celebrated the highlight of the Dinagyang Festival this weekend. A GUN and bullets were confiscated from a man as Iloilo City was celebrates the Dinagyang Festival. (PNP Iloilo City) The Iloilo City...
ILOILO CITY – A new Capiz provincial capitol is rising. Construction commenced following the groundbreaking ceremony on January 18. THE new Capiz provincial capitol will rise in the Pueblo de Panay in Roxas City. (Capiz provincial government Communications Group) Capiz Gov. Fredenil Castro led...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Capiz suffered P552 million in economic loss from the January 2 to 5 blackout that affected Panay Island, data submitted by the Capiz Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) to the Capiz Provincial Board said on Wednesday, January 10. ROXAS City is...
ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested the most wanted person in Dao town, Capiz province. Apprehended on Wednesday, December 27, in an operation in Barangay Jambad for homicide was alias “Kalboy.” KALBOY’S mugshot. (Dumarao PNP) Kalboy was nabbed by a tracker team of the Dumarao...
ILOILO CITY – Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province, was named as one of the country’s “Tastiest Travel Destinations” by travel booking website Agoda. Dubbed as the “Seafood Capital,” Agoda picked Roxas due to its fresh oysters and squid as well as a wide selection of dried fish....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has launched a mobile food facility in Western Visayas. The Food on-the-road Innovation and Processing Facility (FoodtrIP) was one of the key programs on exhibit during the recent National Science and Technology Week here. The...
ILOILO CITY – Capiz has received P448.6 million from the recovery programs of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and its partners across the globe 10 years after super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name “Haiyan”) battered the province in 2013. SENIOR Red Cross Youth volunteers from the...
CAPIZNON HISTORY HAVEN Exterior shot of Capiz Museum My paternal great-great-grandmother Concepcion Talintin was a tuba drinker. She enjoyed it very much and believed it was a cure-all. When my great-grandfather Daniel Arcilla Romualdez decided to move his family from Pandacan, Manila to...
After a long time, President Marcos was able to meet his long-time friend, former Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas in an event in Roxas City, Capiz. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and former Liberal Party standard bearer Mar Roxas exchange pleasantries during the distribution of...
ILOILO CITY – A father died after he was accidentally stabbed while trying to break up a fight between two sons in Barangay Ilawod, Cuartero, Capiz, on Monday night, October 2. Police identified the victim as 53-year-old Ruben Sibug. The Sibugs were attending a gathering of relatives when...
ILOILO CITY – A nine-year-old boy died and 31 others were hospitalized due to suspected red tide poisoning in Capiz province. “The identified cases manifested the following signs and symptoms: Numbness, vomiting, dizziness, abdominal pain, and diarrhea, amongst others, after consumption of...
