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PRO-6 in full alert after Jolo church blast

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has declared a full alert status following the bombing incident at a Catholic church in...
NIGHT SENTINEL. A policeman guards the entrance of Smallville Complex in Mandurriao, Iloilo City. Smallville is a popular strip of bars, restaurants and discotheques. Panay News Photo

BAD FOR BUSINESS?: Bizmen want alcohol curfew scrapped

ILOILO City – A group of businessmen at Smallville and Boardwalk, two popular strips of bars, restaurants, discotheques, and hotels in Mandurriao district, plans...

No Dinagyang toilets? Criticism helps – Joe

ILOILO City – Shortcomings in this year’s Dinagyang Festival would be addressed for a better festivity next year, said Mayor Jose Espinosa III. He stressed...

Concepcion ‘pusher’ killed in police antidrug operation

ILOILO City – A day after two drug pushing suspects were killed a buy-bust operation of the police in Hamtic, Antique on Saturday for...

Public cooperation cited for keeping Dinagyang peaceful

ILOILO City – The 51st edition of the Dinagyang Festival was generally peaceful, according to the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO). There were no “major...

214 city inmates hurdle drug test

ILOILO City – The 214 inmates of the Iloilo City District Jail male dormitory in Barangay Ungka, Jaro district passed the drug test they...

Dinagyang Festival may tour PH this year

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation, Inc. (IDFI) has proposed to bring the Dinagyang Festival to key cities and provinces. “In the succeeding months,...

Ilongga kid ‘exemplary 4Ps child’

ILOILO City – Fourteen-year-old Kaitlinn Cayne Lubrico of Santa Barbara, Iloilo was adjudged first runner-up in a recent search for Exemplary Pantawid Pamilya Children,...

‘PARENTS BEWARE’: New Iloilo City ordinance punishes negligence

ILOILO City – A new ordinance is holding parents or guardians liable for their children’s illegal activities such as drug trafficking, hazing and joining...
DINAGYANG GRAND WINNER. Tribu Ilonganon of Jalandoni Memorial National High School ends an 11-year drought in the Dinagyang Festival. It is this year’s grand champion. The last time it topped the festival’s dagyang tribe dance competition was in 2007. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Tribu Ilonganon is new Dinagyang champion

ILOILO City – Dinagyang Festival has a new champion – Tribu Ilonganon of Jalandoni Memorial National High School. Last year’s second runner-up in the festival’s...