ILOILO CITY – The provincial government assured Monday, July 18, that district hospitals in Iloilo are ready to admit patients amid the surge in Covid-19 cases. THE Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan, Iloilo. (Tara Yap) Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. said that a system is in place for...
ILOILO CITY – Former Vice President Leni Robredo said Thursday, July 14, that more programs under the volunteer-based Angat Buhay can be done for this city and Iloilo. FORMER Vice President Leni Robredo interacts with supporters in Iloilo City who showed her a standee of herself. (Tara Yap)...
ILOILO CITY – The body of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel who died of nervous breakdown from the relentless pursuit of government soldiers was recovered in a shallow grave in Leon, Iloilo. SOLDIERS recover the remains of a New People’s Army (NPA) rebel in Leon, Iloilo. (61st IB photo) Lt....
ILOILO CITY – Vice Mayor Jesry Palmares of Passi City, Iloilo has resigned after he was appointed undersecretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. DAR Undersecretary Jesry Palmares (fourth from left) meets officials of DAR Western...
ILOILO CITY – The first university in Western Visayas has conferred a doctorate degree to an Ilonggo philanthropist and entrepreneur. The University of San Agustin (USA) bestowed an honorary Doctorate in Humanities to Eugenio Michael “Mike” O. Plana as part of its graduation ceremony...
AN aerial view of the new road that traverses mountain barangays in Alimodian, Iloilo collectively known as ‘Seven Cities.’ (DPWH Region 6) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a road project that will boost agri-tourism in Alimodian, Iloilo. The...
SUSPECTED drug pusher Joenard Babon Briones (seated) is taken into custody after he was arrested in Bingawan, Iloilo. (IPPO-DEU) ILOILO CITY – Police arrested and seized P102,000 worth of shabu from a suspected drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Bingawan, Iloilo Friday, July 8. The suspect...
LAGDAMEO (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Jaro Archdiocese Archbishop Emeritus Angel Lagdameo, a former president of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), passed away Friday, July 8, at the age of 81. “Archbishop Angel Lagdameo returned to our Creator just this 8:30 a.m. at the...
REGIONAL Director Remelyn Recoter (right) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in an urban farm in Iloilo City. (DA-6 PIO) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas (Region 6) has urged farmers in the regional capital of Iloilo City to craft a development plan for urban...
MUGSHOT of Bacong (San Dionisio Police Station) ILOILO CITY – Police arrested Iloilo’s No. 1 most wanted person Tuesday, July 5. The suspect, Aren Fernandez Bacong, 45, resident of San Dionisio, Iloilo, is wanted for 15 counts of rape. Judge Jose Mauricio Gomez of the Regional Trial Court (RTC)...
ILOILO CITY – President Duterte signed Republic Act (RA) No. 11891 creating the Iloilo City Hospital before stepping down last June 30. Under RA 11891, “the City Government of Iloilo shall manage the ICH, and prepare, in consultation with the Department of Health (DOH), a hospital development...
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...
