25 mayors support P11.2B Jalaur project

By Montesa Griño Caoyonan | March 8, 2014 - 12:00am

Calinog town Mayor Alex Centena, together with other mayors of 22 towns and two cities in Iloilo province, will come up with a resolution of no objection over the P 11.2-billion Jalaur Multi-Purpose Project II in...

Military: No NPA recruitment in Panay, Negros

By Jennifer P. Rendon | March 8, 2014 - 12:00am

From last year to this day, the New People's Army was unable to recruit new members from its areas of operation in Panay and Negros islands.

Indigenous people protest Iloilo dam project

By May Joven | February 28, 2014 - 12:00am

At least 60 indigenous people (IPs), who are members of TUMANDUK (Indigenous Farmers in Defense of Land and Life), went down from their ancestral lands in the mountains, and then travelled for five hours to hold...

Stable water supply seen in Panay

Stable water supply seen in Panay

February 24, 2014 - 12:00am

Farmers and residents of Panay Island in Western Visayas can expect a more stable source of fresh water and rice when the...

Iloilo dam to boost Phl rice sufficiency

February 23, 2014 - 12:00am

Farmers and residents of Iloilo can expect a more reliable irrigation system and bigger harvest when the second phase of the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project (JRMP-II) comes into stream in 2016.

W. Visayas preps

By Montesa Griño Caoyonan | November 8, 2013 - 12:00am

Iloilo's Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) had put 37 response teams on standby for possible search, rescue and response operation as Yolanda is expected to make landfall over the...

Iloilo town's No. 1 fugitive falls

By Dennis Carcamo | October 7, 2013 - 1:11pm

Police have arrested the No. 1 wanted person of Calinog, Iloilo, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Monday.

Iloilo village head survives attack; kin dead

By Jennifer P. Rendon | October 3, 2013 - 12:00am

A village chief cheated death after at least five people opened fire at him yesterday morning in Barangay Tabucan, some five kilometers from the town proper of Calinog this province.

DA expands aromatic white rice plantation in W.Visayas

By Montesa Griño Caoyonan | September 20, 2013 - 12:00am

Western Visayas is now expanding its plantation of aromatic white rice variety to export market abroad, according to Department of Agriculture -6 director Larry Nacionales.

8 dead, 21 hurt in LPA rains, floods

8 dead, 21 hurt in LPA rains, floods

By Camille Diola | August 8, 2013 - 12:02pm

Eight people were confirmed killed and 21 more were injured to continuous rains in several parts of the country, the National...