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Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. signs the Pledge of Commitment in support of the Barangay Kapitolyo Smoke-Free Campaign during the program’s launching on Sept. 9. Some mayors, Provincial Board members, provincial government department heads and chiefs of hospitals, and officers of the Association of Iloilo Provincial Government Employees also signed the Pledge of Commitment. VINCENT GEFES, CAPITOL NEWS

PHO mulls anti-smoking advocate in capitol offices

ILOILO – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) is preparing for a massive information drive on the no-smoking policy at the provincial capitol. “We will select a person-in-charge...
Photo by Iloilo Police Provincial Office Community Relations

14 RPA-ABB members surrender weapons

ILOILO – Fourteen members of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa ng Pilipinas / Revolutionary Proletarian Army / Alex Bongcayao Brigade – Tabara Paduano Group (RPM-P/RPA/ABB-TPG) surrendered to...

Dengue deaths recorded in 26 towns, Passi City

ILOILO – The 67 dengue-related deaths in this province (as of Aug. 24) were from 26 municipalities and the component city of Passi, data from the...
A digital rendition of the planned command center in Iloilo City. BUSINESS WORLD ONLINE

P38-M disaster and traffic command center to rise in Mandurriao district

ILOILO City – A P38-million command center for this city’s traffic and disaster risk reduction and management will soon to rise within the Gaisano Iloilo City...
Colonel Roland Vilela, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

7 FREED CONVICTS YIELD TO POLICE: 17 more expected to surrender – IPPO

ILOILO – Twenty-four convicts from this province have been released by the Bureau of Corrections for good behavior in line with the Good Conduct Time Allowance...
CRIME DOES NOT PAY. Syrian Mona Ali Hassoun (left) has been convicted by courts in Syria this year and Kuwait last year for the death of Ilongga overseas Filipino worker Joanna Demafelis (right). Her Lebanese husband Nader Essam Assaf was convicted in Kuwait, too, and is currently undergoing trial in Lebanon where he fled. Both have been sentenced in absentia to die by hanging in Kuwait.

Syria convicts boss of frozen Iloilo OFW

MANILA – The female employer of slain Ilongga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Joanna Demafelis in Kuwait has been convicted for murder by the Syrian...
A member of Humane Society International (HSI) administers the anti-rabies vaccine on a dog as part of their mass vaccination. Dogs are responsible for as much as 99 percent of rabies transmissions to humans, says the World Health Organization. REUTERS FILE PHOTO

Rabies remains a public threat but region short of vaccines

ILOILO City – Rabies remains a public threat in Western Visayas but there is a dearth of anti-rabies vaccines in the region, according to the Department of...

Mayors’ league vows support to Defensor admin

ILOILO – The new set of officers of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Iloilo Chapter vowed full support to the administration of Gov....

City ordinance for point-to-point routes proposed

ILOILO City – Councilor Romel Duron proposed an ordinance “establishing route for point-to-point (P2P) buses and vans in the transport hub at the Iloilo Business Park...
A policeman patrols the Iloilo Esplanade using a bicycle for better mobility. The Iloilo City government plans to put additional lampposts at the esplanade to discourage illegal activities in the area. Vandals have been ruining portions of the esplanade and even stealing streetlights there. PN PHOTO

ESPLANADE ‘SEXCAPADE’| Lovers face ‘grave scandal’ rap for public sex

BY RUBY SILUBRICO and GLENDA TAYONA ILOILO City – For some, the Iloilo Esplanade is more than just a recreational space for walking, jogging, open-air dining, and...