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I didn’t steal a cent from school program – Gorriceta

ILOILO – Cong. Arcadio Gorriceta of the 2nd District denied pocketing funds from the P5-million Education For All project when he was the mayor...

‘Possible to reduce earthquake impacts’

ILOILO City – It is possible to reduce the impacts of earthquakes to human lives and properties, according to Undersecretary Reynaldo Mapagu of the...

Iloilo children’s nutrition status improving – PHO

ILOILO – The nutrition status of children in this province is improving, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO). In 2018 the prevalence of undernutrition...

50 mobile force cops undergo training on case investigation

ILOILO City – Fifty personnel from various police mobile forces across Western Visayas are wrapping up today their five-day Public Safety Forces (PSF) Investigation Response...
READY FOR THE ‘BIG ONE’? The medical staff of Iloilo Mission Hospital in La Paz, Iloilo City rehearse the basic earthquake response “duck, cover and hold” in preparation for today’s (Feb. 21, 2019) national simultaneous earthquake drill. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

NAT’L QUAKE DRILL: Is Iloilo ready for another ‘Lady Caycay’ 8.2 tremor?

ILOILO City – In Jan. 25, 1948 around 1:46 a.m. a magnitude 8.2 tremor jolted Panay Island and its sleeping people. It destroyed 55...

Anti-graft court suspends Gorriceta

ILOILO – The Sandiganbayan’s Fourth Division has ordered the preventive suspension of Cong. Arcadio Gorriceta (2nd District) for 90 days while it hears the...

Treñas’ outburst forces Dinagyang exec to quit

ILOILO City – Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc. (IDFI) vice president Marissa Segovia tendered her irrevocable resignation after being subjected to a humiliating outburst by...

Ganzon sees politics in Ombudsman complaint

ILOILO City – The criminal and administrative charges filed against him were politically-motivated, according to Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon. Ganzon has been charged with gross...

Food terminal seeks to improve farmers’ marketing system

ILOILO City – Farmers in Panay Island now have the chance to improve their marketing system and income via the newly-established regional local food...

‘HOT MEAT’ ALERT: Iloilo City ‘lechon’ safe for consumption?

ILOILO City – Are the lechon produced in this city safe for human consumption? Beginning next month, the city government’s Local Economic Enterprise Office...