ILOILO CITY – Women bagged key posts in the province and city of Iloilo in the May elections. DEBUQUE, Garin, Gorriceta, Tupas, Jam-Jam Baronda, Love-Love Baronda, and Treñas. Mayor Nathalie “Lee Ann” Debuque of Anilao town defeated fifth district Rep. Raul “Boboy” Tupas for vice...
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo Police Provincial Office has formed a team to probe an alleged massive vote-buying incident in Dueñas town, Iloilo province. Office of Civil Defense-Eastern Visayas Regional Director Lord Byron Torrecarion was allegedly seen at the site of the incident. THE area where...
ILOILO CITY—Nine people were injured when a passenger jeep flipped over in Leon town, Iloilo province on Thursday, May 8. “They were on their way back home to Barangay Ingay from the town proper when the accident occurred,” said Police Lt. Mark Cortez, deputy chief of the Leon Municipal...
ILOILO CITY – Six chiefs of police in Iloilo and Capiz province were reshuffled ahead of the elections. Police Lt. Col. Arnel Solis, chief information officer of the Police Regional Office-6, said on Wednesday, May 7, that five of them are under the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) –...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued separate show cause orders against Vice Mayor Macario “Doc Mac” Nicer Napulan for alleged non-registration of his social media page and non-disclosure of animated videos generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in his campaign to...
ILOILO CITY — Former Mayor Myrna Causing-Tupas, the matriarch of the Tupas political clan of Iloilo province, has died at the age of 77. THE late Iloilo Gov. Niel Tupas Sr. and his wife Myrna Causing-Tupas. In separate Facebook posts, the politician-children of Causing-Tupas confirmed that she...
ILOILO CITY—First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos launched the “Lab for All” medical outreach program of the Marcos administration in New Lucena town, Iloilo province on Tuesday, April 29. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (second from right) graces the ‘Lab for All’...
ILOILO CITY – The Medical City (TMC) Iloilo based in this city was recently awarded as Secondary Hospital of the Year by Healthcare Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. TMC Iloilo was the first hospital outside of Luzon awarded by Healthcare Asia, the leading industry group of Asia’s hospital...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government is targeting to initially implement the P20 per kilo rice program of the Marcos administration to families with undernourished children in Iloilo. ILOILO Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. holds a copy of his executive order on food security, including...
ILOILO CITY – Jaro Archbishop Midyphil “Dodong” Billones said Pope Francis was the epitome of mercy. ARCHBISHOP Midyphil ‘Dodong’ Billones (left) speaks during the April 26, 2025 Requiem Mass that coincided with the funeral of Pope Francis at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Bayani Razalan is set to exit as the top cop of Iloilo province. RAZALAN (Tara Yap) The Police Regional Office-6 confirmed that Razalan will be replaced as Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director. Razalan oversees police units in 42 towns and a component city....
ILOILO CITY – The city government said no deaths were caused directly by heat stroke here. “We wish to clarify that recent reports regarding heat-related illnesses in Iloilo City do not reflect any immediate heat stroke fatalities,” said the Iloilo city government in an official...
