ILOILO CITY – A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel surrendered to the police in Capiz province on Friday, August 18. Felecesimo Garbosa Garotche, alias “Ka Roque,” turned himself in to the 2nd Capiz Provincial Mobile Force Company, the Dumalag Municipal Police Station, and the Capiz Police...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) confirmed Friday, July 7, that Capiz province no longer has a case of bird flu.  DA Memorandum Circular No. 27 said Capiz is free from Avian influenza, more than seven months after the first bird flu case in Western Visayas region was...
ILOILO CITY – Roxas, the capital city of Capiz province, is celebrating its 72nd founding anniversary. RESIDENTS raise their barangay (village) flags during the 72nd founding anniversary of Roxas City, the capital of Capiz province, on Friday, May 12. (Mayor Ronnie Dadivas Facebook) “Padayon...
ILOILO CITY – Archbishop Victor Bendico presided over his first Sunday Mass as the newly installed head of the Archdiocese of Capiz. BENDICO (Pamati-Archdiocese of Capiz) In his homily delivered mostly in the Hiligaynon dialect, Bendico urged the faithful to choose the narrow road like Jesus...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government has warned the people of non-existent tourist sites in Capiz being promoted in social media. ONE of the Facebook accounts posting contents of fake tourist destinations in Capiz province. Several accounts of what seemed to be social media influencers were...
House Senior Deputy Speaker and Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (Rep. Arroyo's office) House Senior Deputy Speaker and former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has credited an unpopular law signed during her administration for the economic growth being enjoyed by the province of...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte asked the local government of Capiz province to boost its tourism and disaster preparedness system while calling on communities to prioritize peace and order and education for children. (Photo from Inday Sara Duterte/Facebook) The official was the...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Capiz commemorated on Saturday, April 15, the 75th death anniversary of President Manuel A. Roxas. VICE President Sara Duterte and House Deputy Speaker Gloria M. -Arroyo join Capiz officials in commemorating the 75th death anniversary of President Manuel Roxas in...
Vice President Sara Duterte met her supporters from Roxas City, Capiz, on Saturday, April 15, to talk about the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) programs that bring livelihood and aid to the marginalized. Vice President Sara Duterte (left) attends the wreath-laying ceremony for former president...
ROXAS CITY – To promote and nurture the health and wellness of communities, the SM Foundation recently conducted a medical mission in two provinces where SM businesses are located. THE SM Foundation holds a medical mission in Barotac, Nuevo, Iloilo. On March 28, the SM Foundation held a...
ILOILO CITY – Police in Capiz seized suspected shabu valued at P1.7 million from an online seller in a buy-bust operation in the provincial capital of Roxas on Thursday, March 30. This haul came a day after suspected shabu was also seized from five individuals worth P816,000 in Pontevedra, Capiz....
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested two former drug convicts and three others and seized suspected shabu valued at P816,000 in a buy-bust operation in Pontevedra, Capiz on Wednesday night, March 29. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 identified the two former drug convicts as 48-year-old Ermelio...
