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Proposed ‘no homework’ policy: good or bad?

ILOILO City – If House Bill 388 becomes a law (No Homework on Weekends Act of 2019), elementary and high school teachers would be prohibited from...
WHEN THE GOING GETS WE AND MUDDY. New police recruits get ready for their pushups during reception rites at the wet and muddy grounds of Camp Delgado, the headquarters of the Police Regional Office 6 in Iloilo City. Four hundred all-male police recruits took oath as members of the Philippine National Police yesterday, Aug. 28, 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘We’ll give the strictest training’

ILOILO City – Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) got a much-needed boost. Four hundred all-male police recruits took oath as members of the Philippine National Police (PNP)...

Iloilo posts sharp drop in leptospirosis cases

ILOILO – From Jan. 1 to Aug. 17 the Provincial Health Office (PHO) recorded 37 leptospirosis cases with one death. This is a 63 percent drop...
Iloilo City Hall. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Are the Manikans being targeted at Iloilo City Hall?

ILOILO City – Are City Tourism Office assistant department head Eireen “Ayen” Manikan and husband, Romeo Caesar “Juncae” Manikan Jr., the City Civil Registry Office chief,...

‘VERY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS’ Iloilo STL franchisee may not operate anymore

ILOILO City – A new condition that the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) is imposing on its Small Town Lottery (STL) authorized agent corporations (AACs) may...
STILL SAFE. A vendor at the Iloilo Terminal Market inspects the meat and pork he is selling. They are safe, he insists. The deadly African swine fever virus has reached the country. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘Swine checkpoints’ pressed to shield Iloilo from ASF

ILOILO City – As a precautionary measure against the possible entry of African Swine Fever (ASF), the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) pressed for the conduct of checkpoints...
Public Private Partnership (PPP) Center’s Cherry May Manacho (2nd from left) and Gee Maureen Manguera (3rd from left), both project development officers of the Project Development and Monitoring Facility Service; and Christian Placido Calma (5th from left), training specialist of the Capacity Building Division, conducted an orientation-workshop with Iloilo City’s PPP selection team headed by Mayor Jerry Treñas and the technical working group at the city hall penthouse Aug. 22-23.

Wanted: public market investors

ILOILO City – The city government is scouting prospective investors to develop public markets in the metropolis under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Mayor Jerry Treñas, however,...
Panay Electric Co., the sole power distributor in Iloilo City for the past 95 years, has vowed exhaust all legal remedies to protect its assets. Though its franchise expired in January this year, it has been allowed to operate by the Energy Regulatory Commission via a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. PECO’s office is on General Luna Street, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Not too late to rectify mistake, PECO tells RTC Branch 37

ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) filed a motion for reconsideration urging Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 37 to reconsider its ruling granting MORE Electric...
Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

3 city hall officials accused of electioneering

ILOILO City – Four city hall job hires have accused three city government officials of electioneering, according to City Legal Office (CLO) chief Atty. Edgar Gil. The...

OVERLAPPING OUTBREAKS: DOH not lifting measles epidemic declaration

ILOILO City – Five months before declaring a dengue outbreak in Western Visayas in July, the Department of Health (DOH) declared a measles epidemic in the...