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New prexy vows proactive municipal mayors’ league

ILOILO – Mayor Rosario Mediatrix Fernandez of San Enrique vowed to make the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Iloilo chapter proactive. Elected chapter president...

PRO-6 chief wants to neutralize 374 drug personalities

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is running after 374 drug personalities. The targets are mostly in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental, according to...

Iloilo City intensifies preps vs dengue

ILOILO CITY – The city government here is anticipating the increase in dengue cases while it awaits the arrival of the equipment it acquired following the declaration...
DEADLY SEA MISHAP. Coast guard officials brave the rough waters to search for victims after three motorized boats capsized off Iloilo Strait in separate incidents around noontime yesterday. According to disaster-mitigation authorities, 11 people were confirmed dead. IAN PAUL CORDERO

SEA TRAGEDY: 3 boats capsize off Iloilo Strait

ILOILO City – At least 16 people died after 3 boats capsized off Iloilo Strait in separate incidents around noontime yesterday.  Disaster-mitigation authorities said at least...
ICPO director Police Colonel Martin Defensor Jr. PN FILE PHOTO

More security enforces for Smallville

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) will tap the services of police auxiliary to augment forces securing Smallville – a popular rest and recreation...
This is the evacuation center of Zarraga, Iloilo located in Barangay Gines. Neighboring towns may also use the center in times of disasters. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Zarraga town gets P32-M evacuation center

ILOILO City – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has opened a P32-million evacuation center in Barangay Gines, Zarraga, Iloilo yesterday. Zarraga and neighboring towns may...
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

ONE-STRIKE POLICY | It’s final: Treñas to revoke EO 146

ILOILO City – Operators of business establishments dispensing alcoholic beverages finally met Mayor Jerry Treñas and a mutual decision was agreed: Executive Order 146 which imposed...
NOT AT THIS TIME. “Ako, as of now, hindi ko nakikita na kailangan eh. But let us wait for the recommendation,” says Defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana when asked by reporters in Iloilo about a possible declaration of martial law in Negros Oriental due to a spate of killings. Lorenzana led the inauguration of a multimillion-peso evacuation center in Zarraga, Iloilo yesterday, Aug, 2, 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Gov’t not rushing martial law in Negros Oriental

ILOILO City – The government is not in a hurry to place Negros Oriental under martial law. The military, police and local government units are assessing...

Residual spraying at capitol today

ILOILO – Today residual spraying will be conducted in various offices at the provincial capitol to get rid of mosquitoes. This aims to protect some 2,000 capitol employees...
ILLEGAL FISHING. Personnel of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Philippine Coast Guard and Philippine National Police – Maritime Command apprehend an illegal commercial fishing vessel in this simulation of an anti-illegal fishing operation at the Iloilo Fishing Port Complex on Aug. 1, 2019. PHOTO BY JOSELITO VILLASIS

‘N. Iloilo illegal fishing hotspot’

ILOILO – Northern Iloilo is an illegal fishing hotspot in Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR). Most of the violations...