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...
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...
