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Iloilo Provincial Capitol. Panay News Photo

Capitol offers tax amnesty until Dec. 31

ILOILO – The provincial government is encouraging Ilonggos to avail themselves of its real property tax amnesty until the end of the year. Delinquent taxpayers have until...

Tobacco control ordinances in all WV LGUs pushed

ILOILO – To achieve a totally smoke-free region, the Department of Health (DOH) urged all local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas to have tobacco control...
Iloilo City Hall. Panay News

CITY EMPLOYEE DEFIES TREƑAS: Dumpsite reassignment called ā€˜unlawful, oppressive’

ILOILO City – The city government employee protesting his transfer to the Calajunan dumpsite in Mandurriao district reported back to his mother unit – the civil...
ILLEGAL STRUCTURE REMOVED. Personnel of the Iloilo City government’s road clearing team remove an illegal structure from the sidewalk of JM Basa Street. The city government has until this Sept. 29 to completely remove all obstructions from streets and sidewalks. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo City roads, sidewalks 100% cleared by Sept. 29?

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry TreƱas is hopeful that by Sept. 29 all of the city’s roads and sidewalks would have been cleared of obstructions. Sept. 29...
Mayor Jerry TreƱas. GLENDA TAYONA/PN

TreƱas to civil registry head: explain alleged irregularities

ILOILO City – City Civil Registrar Romeo Cesar ā€œJuncaeā€ Manikan has been issued a show cause order over alleged irregularities in the registration of marriages. Mayor Jerry...

Population of Iloilo province up 0.84 percent

ILOILO – This province’s population increased by 0.84 percent last year from 2017, data from the Provincial Population Office (PPO) showed. The 2018 population, based on the data...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Region 6 director Alex Tablate. PN FILE PHOTO

DRUG-FREE WORK PLACE: PDEA pushes ā€˜holistic approach’ vs illegal drugs

ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement (PDEA) Region 6 has launched an advocacy program dubbed ā€œOplan Kalasagā€ to promote drug-free workplaces in this city. PDEA-6 director...
Agricultural output contracted by 1.27 percent in April to June. Crop production was led by a decline in palay output, which fell by 5.82 percent. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo prov’l gov’t wants extra fund to aid farmers

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. plans to request a supplemental budget to help small farmers affected by falling palay prices. The provincial government, according to Defensor, intends to...

DOH-6: Don’t to be complacent despite leptos cases drop

ILOILO – Though the number of leptospirosis cases in Western Visayas is much lower than last year, the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 still warned...

WVSU med grads all hurdle licensure exam for doctors

ILOILO City – All of West Visayas State University (WVSU) – College of Medicine’s 93 graduates who took the licensure examination for physicians early this month passed,...