ILOILO CITY – Devotees of the patron saint of Western Visayas, Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles), were urged to open their hearts to their fellow human beings. DEVOTEES honor the Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria or Our Lady of Candles, the patroness saint of Western Visayas...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Police arrested two suspected drug pushers and seized shabu worth P312,000 in a buy-bust operation at dawn on Wednesday, Feb. 1, in Sitio Sampaloc Lakers, Barangay Pahinga Norte, here. Suspects Romnick Pasahol, 32, alias ‘’Salbakuta,’’ and Joseph Montenegro, 35,...
Devotees will commemorate on Thursday, Feb. 2, the feast day of the highly revered Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Senora dela Candelaria), the patroness of Western Visayas and Jaro, Iloilo. Our Lady of Candelaria (Facebook) Fiesta masses will be celebrated at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A platoon leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) Apolonio Mendoza Command, Sub-Regional Military Area 4-A, of the Southern Tagalog Regional Party Committee voluntarily surrendered to the police here on Sunday, Jan. 22, after his organization denied his plea for assistance....
CANDELARIA, Quezon – A 34-year-old construction worker was killed in front of his daughter by an unidentified gunman who stormed their house in Barangay Pahinga Norte here Saturday, July 2. Police identified the fatality as Abril Buenavista. Investigation showed that Abril and daughter Khazalhayn...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Police have launched a hot pursuit operation against a man who shot and killed a barangay councilor and wounded a barangay tanod (watchman) in Sitio Tangke, Barangay Masalukot III here Saturday, June 25. Police Lt. Col. Arnulfo Silencio, Candelaria police chief,...
CANDELARIA, Quezon – Two men were killed while a woman was wounded in a gunfight inside a house in Purok 6, Barangay Masin, this town, Friday, June 17. Police said Roel Macasaet, 52, and Dennis Patulot, 36, died on the spot from bullet wounds. One Lucia Macasaet, 52, who was hit by a stray bullet...
Devotees celebrate Wednesday, Feb. 2, the feast day of the highly revered Our Lady of Candles (Nuestra Senora dela Candelaria), the patroness of Western Visayas and Jaro, Iloilo. Presentation of the Lord (Catholic News Agency) Feast masses will be celebrated at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in...
