ILOILO CITY — The second most wanted New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in Western Visayas was nabbed in Miag-ao, Iloilo. PANER mugshot (Miag-ao PNP) Raymund Paner, alias “Panen,” was arrested Sunday, July 3, in Barangay Tig-amaga by the Miag-ao Police Station, Antique Police Provincial Office...
TEACHER Cornelia Castor (right) lets a student borrow her shoes during a high school graduation ceremony in Pototan, Iloilo Friday, July 1. Castor’s kind deed has earned her kudos from netizens. (Krissy Selorio/Cornelia Castor) ILOILO CITY – A teacher in Pototan, Iloilo has been cited for...
BOCALA when she was freed by an Iloilo City court for the peace talks in Norway in 2016. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A court in Metro Manila has sentenced a high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) to life imprisonment for a 1975 murder. A Taguig...
GOV. Arthur Defensor Jr. presents the number of dengue cases in Iloilo during a meeting. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has assured aid for towns badly hit by the mosquito-borne disease dengue from the provincial government. “We are ready to augment and provide what is...
VOLUNTEERS for the Arbor Day bike, hike, and plant activity cross a river on the Maasin Watershed in Iloilo. (DENR-Region 6) ILOILO CITY – Iloilo marked Arbor Day Saturday, June 25, by hosting the bike, hike, and plant activity of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in...
THE League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP)-Iloilo holds a thanksgiving ceremony for 17 outgoing mayors of Iloilo Friday, June 24. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Seventeen Iloilo town mayors are about to end their three-year term on June 30. “We are bidding them farewell. They deserved to...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-Region 6 on Thursday, June 23 confirmed 21 cases of the Covid-19 Omicron BA.5 variant in Western Visayas. Iloilo City had the majority of the Omicron BA.5 cases with 16, followed by Iloilo with four and one from Guimaras. “We are closely coordinating with...
OFIANGA Marianne Kaye Ledesma Ofianga from Iloilo City never expected to top the June 2022 Architect Licensure Examination (ALE). “My first reaction was I didn’t want to believe it. But it’s gradually sinking in,” said Marianne after the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) released the...
THE Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH) in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo is now a 300-bed general hospital. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A sanitarium that used to treat leprosy patients in Iloilo has been elevated into a general hospital. The Department of Health (DOH) inaugurated...
OFFICIALS unveil the Digital Transformation Center (DTC) marker in Passi City, Iloilo Wednesday, June 22. (PIA-6) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) opened Wednesday, June 22, the first Digital Transformation Center (DTC) in Western Visayas (Region 6)...
REGULAR commuters in Iloilo City still scramble to get rides, especially rush hour, as the city government implements a modernized transportation that is supposed to phase out old jeepneys and replace them with mini-buses. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Progressive group Bayan Panay is calling on the...
THE newly renovated Molo Plaza in Iloilo City reopened Friday, June 17, after undergoing renovation. (Arnold Almacen/CMO) ILOILO CITY – The newly renovated Molo Plaza in Molo district here has reopened. The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) officially turned over the Molo...
