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The Provincial Engineer’s Office conducts a topographic survey using a sophisticated drone equipped with LiDAR technology at the proposed project site for the construction of 30 units of housing and land development under the Purok Resilience Program in Barangay Nangka, Batad. ILOILO PPDO / FACEBOOK PHOTO

30 housing units under Purok Resilience Program to rise in Batad

ILOILO – The Iloilo provincial government, through the Provincial Engineer’s Office (PEO) and the Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO), began its pre-construction works...

ECONOMIC DIVIDE; 414,000 families in WV live below poverty threshold

ILOILO City – Approximately 414,000 families, or 20.5% of all families in Western Visayas, live below the poverty threshold, according to the Philippine Statistics...
The first day of the dry run for Iloilo Province’s proposed Provincial Public Transport Route Plan proceeded smoothly on Thursday, Feb. 15. Photo shows the Provincial Planning and Development Office team gathering data from a passing modern jeepney such as plate number, passenger count, arrival time at the survey area, dispatch time from the terminal, and turnaround time. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Day 1 of Iloilo’s transport route plan’s dry run goes smoothly

ILOILO – The Provincial Planning and Development Office (PPDO) reported a smooth execution of the first day of a province-wide simulation exercise, or “dry...
Fonderic Mate, a store attendant at the Iloilo Terminal Market, says they source their eggs from Metro Manila and Batangas. Their egg prices range from P7 to P10. AJ PALCULLO/PN

WV maintains balanced egg supply – DA

BY IME SORNITO and MA. THERESA LADIAO ILOILO City – Western Visayas’ egg supply is well-balanced with consumption needs, according to the Department of Agriculture...
Energy Regulatory Commission chairperson Monalisa Dimalanta directs the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines to attend the clarificatory hearing on Feb. 21 relative to the show-cause order issued against the latter for delayed implementation of its approved capital expenditure projects. ERC PHOTO

ERC summons NGCP over delayed transmission projects

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – What’s stopping the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) from implementing its proposed 37 power transmission projects...
The Department of Public Works and Highways Region 6 stations survey teams beneath the Ungka flyover to primarily monitor any movements, especially on piers 4, 5, and 6. PN PHOTO

Public can’t trust DPWH-6 to fix ‘sinking’ Ungka flyover – Nava

BY GEROME DALIPE ILOILO City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6 has started repairing the defective P680-million Ungka flyover in...

Vendor found dead in Mandurriao; pal suspect

BY MA THERESA LADIAO ILOILO City – Police are still searching for a potential motive behind the death of 37-year-old Gino Dubria, an ambulant bread...
Villaflor (left); Wanky (right)

Villaflor out, Wanky in as PRO-6 director

ILOILO City – Police Brigadier General Sidney Villaflor was relieved from his post as director of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) effective yesterday. Villaflor,...
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Nava Jr. considers self as ‘fiscalizer, fighter’ in city council

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – Councilor Sumakwel Nava Jr. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, vowed to “speak for the truth” and “defend the oppressed”...
A total of 50 couples in Pototan, Iloilo tie the knot on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, in a mass civil wedding officiated by Mayor Rafael Enrique Lazaro. POTOTAN - MSWDO FACEBOOK PHOTO

50 couples say ‘I do’ in Pototan mass wedding

ILOILO – Fifty couples took part in a mass civil wedding in Pototan town on Valentine's Day. Held at the town’s coliseum, the mass wedding...