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Charter Day mass today

ILOILO City’s 82nd Charter Day celebration climaxes today with an 8 a.m. mass at the Freedom Grandstand. Mayor Jerry Treñas decided to do away with the...
IS STUDENT ACTIVISM A CRIME? Students of West Visayas State University in Iloilo City stage a picket on Aug. 23, 2019 denouncing the planned deployment of government security forces in schools. Just this Aug. 20, students of the University of the Philippines Visayas in Miag-ao, Iloilo staged a walkout against the plan. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘WE’RE ACTIVISTS, NOT TERRORISTS’ Students oppose military presence in schools

ILOILO City – The Kabataan party-list in Panay Island vowed to oppose the planned deployment of Philippine Army soldiers in schools. “Schools are zones of peace....
Iloilo Provincial Capitol

Capitol offers amnesty to delinquent taxpayers

ILOILO – With primarily small farmers in mind, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved an ordinance granting amnesty to delinquent real property taxpayers. Provincial Ordinance No. 2019-198 aims “to...
Lotto outlets around the country resumed its operation on Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night lifted the suspension of the gaming scheme franchised by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. IFRANCHISE.COM

When will STL resume in Iloilo city, province?

ILOILO City – Without a written order from its central office, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Iloilo won’t give a go-signal to two Small Town...
STRANGE HAPPENING. Teachers and students of Iloilo City National High School help one another restrain this high school girl who became unusually strong and uncontrollable. She was one of 11 students who behaved strangely yesterday morning, Aug. 22, 2019. Were they possessed by evil spirits? IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Spirit possession? 11 ‘wild’ students disrupt classes

ILOILO City – Eleven students – all girls – of Iloilo City National High School in Molo district started behaving strangely at around 10 a.m. yesterday. Some...

‘PREVENTIVE MEASURE’ Army to deploy troops in schools vs NPA recruitment

ILOILO City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) based in Jamindan, Capiz is ready to deploy soldiers in schools to stop the alleged New...
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

City mulls more ‘experiential’ Dinagyang sans Kasadyahan

ILOILO City – For next year’s Dinagyang Festival, the city government wants people to be more involved. “Dinagyang will now be more experiential, (there will be)...

Free internet in Iloilo City plazas, esplanade soon

ILOILO City – The public would soon be enjoying free wireless internet in public plazas, the Iloilo Esplanade and Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Mandurriao...

Police wants to alienate insurgents in Iloilo City

ILOILO City – “I have nothing against the proposal to pronounce the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing, the New People’s Army...

Want to be a topnotch soldier? Take the PMA entrance exam

ILOILO City – The Philippine Military Academy (PMA) will be conducting simultaneous entrance examinations in 41 locations across the country on Sunday, Aug. 25. Here, the exam...