FOOD SHORTAGE: Inclement weather cuts off Carles islands’ food supply
ILOILO – A
week of inclement weather has cut off 18 island barangays from the mainland of
the northern coastal municipality of Carles. Fishermen are not...
Suspect in Ajuy vice mayor’s slay falls
ILOILO – A principal suspect in the death of
Ajuy, Iloilo vice mayor Ramon Rojas Jr. in 2008 was arrested yesterday
afternoon at the Iloilo Airport...
SAFE TRAVEL OPTION: Study for bridge over Iloilo Strait out soon
ILOILO City – Once completed, the
proposed bridge connecting Iloilo and Guimaras Island will be another travel
option when crossing the Iloilo Strait to go to...
Another Guimaras boat capsizes
ILOILO City – A squall hit another
Guimaras boat. But this time it was a fishing boat, according to the Guimaras
Police Provincial Office (GPPO).
The boat’s...
Families of sea tragedy victims receive aid from Du30
ILOILO City – President Rodrigo Duterte last
night released financial assistance to the families of 31 persons who drowned
after three motorboats capsized in the Iloilo...
SC affirms conviction, jail term for libel case vs Drilon critic
ILOILO City – The Supreme Court affirmed the
conviction and imprisonment of an Ilonggo blogger over libelous social
media posts against Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
In a...
Search, rescue and retrieval operation ends; all passengers, crew of capsized boats accounted
ILOILO City – The search, rescue and retrieval
operations for survivors and casualties of Saturday’s capsizing of three
motorboats in the Iloilo Strait have ended. All
the...
Bus falls into ricefield, 10 passengers hurt
ILOILO City – Ten passengers of a bus were
hospitalized. The bus fell off the highway and landed on a ricefield in
Barangay Zerrudo, Sara, Iloilo...
City gov’t gives cash aid to sea mishap survivors
ILOILO
City – The city government gave financial assistance yesterday to survivors and
families of casualties of three capsized motorboats in the Iloilo Strait on
Aug. 3.
Three
families...
GUIMARAS BOATS NOT SEAWORTHY? MARINA grounds all motorboats, starts probe
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and GLENDA TAYONA MANILA – How seaworthy are the motorboats plying the Iloilo-Guimaras route? Following the capsizing of three...