P200-M more for displaced Boracay folks
ILOILO City – To address labor displacement due to Boracay Island’s impending closure for six months beginning April 26, the Department of Social Welfare...
‘Check Akelco’s contract as Boracay awaits closure’
ILOILO City – The National Electrification Administration (NEA) will look into the power supply contract of the Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco) as power demand...
PH lawyers ask UN to probe Duterte threat vs Sereno
MANILA – Lawyers urged the United Nations to look into the threat of President Rodrigo Duterte to the Supreme Court chief justice, saying it...
NEW ARCHBISHOP ANTI-CASINO
ILOILO City – Boracay Island flourished without casino and will continue to do well without it, according to new Jaro Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo.
In...
Do Iloilo municipalities have public libraries?
ILOILO – How many municipalities in this province have public libraries?
“Wala kadtoan ang mga estudyante kon mag-research, especially on local history,” said Sangguniang Panlalawigan...
Barangay, SK polls: Nearly 10T COCs filed in Region 6, says Comelec
ILOILO City – Nearly 10,000 persons in Western Visayas have so far filed certificates of candidacy (COCs) for the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan...
Boracay mega casino scrapped?
MANILA – Macau casino operator Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. is not pursuing its plan to build a $500-million casino resort on Boracay Island, according...
JOE: JOB HIRES FACE AXE IF…
ILOILO City – Mayor Jose Espinosa III ordered a review of the performance of all city government job hires.
“All city government offices are covered,”...
‘Unauthorized, illegal’ Bacolod Peryahan padlocked
BACOLOD City – A lottery draw court located along Burgos-Lacson streets in this capital city was ordered shut yesterday.
Executive Assistant IV Manuel Fraginal Sr....
Political rivals exploiting Dengvaxia issue – Garin
MANILA – Former Health secretary Janette Garin accused unnamed political rivals in Iloilo of exploiting the Dengvaxia vaccine controversy to hit her family.
The Garins...