ILOILO’S BUDGET HANGS: Over 1T hospital workers may not get salaries in 2019
ILOILO – The non-approval of the provincial government’s proposed 2019 budget of P3.7 billion could adversely affect 1,660 personnel of 11 district hospitals and...
Bacolod City needs more tour guides – Catalbas
BACOLOD City – This city needs more tour guides, according to Department of Tourism regional director Helen Catalbas.
Catalbas attended the 2018 MICECON (Meetings, Incentives,...
Boatmen from Mararison island get financial aid
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Disadvantaged boat operators and their boatmen on Mararison Island in Culasi town were given financial assistance by the...
Bacolod ‘enhances appeal’ to be premier MICE destination
BACOLOD City – As the host of the MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) Conference 2018, Bacolod City is positioning itself as a premier...
Iloilo City prepares metro transport plan
ILOILO City – This city will beat the February 2019 deadline for a Local Public Transport Route Plan Manual, according to the head of...
GOAL: ZERO MALARIA
ILOILO City – Western Visayas could be declared a malaria-free region next year. Four of its six provinces – Guimaras, Aklan, Iloilo, and Capiz...
Richard Garin gives way to wife in 1st Dist. congressional race
ILOILO City – At 4:59 p.m. yesterday, Iloilo 1st District’s Cong. Richard Garin withdrew his certificate of candidacy (COC). He was not seeking reelection...
Most Negrenses don’t want coal plants – Marañon
BACOLOD City – Majority of Negrenses are against coal-fired power plants.
That’s what Negros Occidental governor Alfredo Marañon Jr. believes.
“We have been advocating this for...
DSWD targets 11T poor families for livelihood program
ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 is confident of hitting its target of 11,555 poor family beneficiaries...
Soldier injured as fire razes Army bunkhouse
ILOILO City – A Philippine Army bunkhouse in Barangay Libot, Calinog, Iloilo caught fire on Wednesday. A soldier was injured.
Staff Sergeant Adonis Mesias was...