BJMP spox, bro of slain fish port worker, dies

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The assistant regional director for administration and spokesperson of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology 6 (BJMP-6) died of cardiac...

City dad bats for brgy agri committees

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Councilor Lyndon Acap is proposing a committee on agriculture in each of the 180 barangays here. Under a proposed measure he filed,...
A health worker (R) puts a swab into a tube after collecting a sample for COVID-19 coronavirus testing in Gombak on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on April 22, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

Santa Barbara family faces probe over ‘fake’ swab test results

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ILOILO – A family caught with alleged fake reverse transcription- polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test results is under investigation. According to Santa Barbara, Iloilo municipal...
Farmers use a stationary machine thresher to separate the grains from the straw. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Acap plans agri committees for Iloilo city barangays

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A committee on agriculture in each of the 180 barangays, according to City Councilor Lyndon Acap. The Councilor plans to include these...
Public Works secretary Mark Villar announced on Facebook on Feb. 13, 2021 that, “We have already completed the prefeasibility study for the 32.47-kilometer Panay Guimaras Negros bridge project. We are now on the final stages of the feasibility study.” He accompanied his post with an artist’s perspective (drawing) of the proposed bridge. FROM THE FACEBOOK PAGE OF PUBLIC WORKS SECRETARY MARK VILLAR

‘NOT A PRIORITY’; Economic returns of proposed Iloilo-Guimaras bridge ‘not best’

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ILOILO City – The projected economic returns of the proposed bridge linking Iloilo and Guimaras provinces were “not as best” as the other proposed...
The P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project – Stage II being constructed in Calinog, Iloilo. NIA-6 PHOTO

NIA: Jalaur mega dam operational by 2024

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ILOILO – The P11.2-billion Jalaur River Multipurpose Project – Stage II (JRMP II) in Calinog town may be operational by the first quarter of...

Justice remains elusive for slain activist

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Today marks the first death anniversary of veteran activist Jory Porquia who was shot to death in his rented house in Barangay Sto....
A traffic enforcer directs the flow of vehicles and pedestrians in Molo, Iloilo City. The city will now fully compensate traffic auxiliaries for their 26 days of duty every month. However, some of them will be retrenched. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Traffic aides’ salary slashed due to ‘lack of funds’

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Due to lack of funds, the city government slashed the salary of its traffic aides, according to Jeck Conlu, head of...

Over 5,000 vacancies await jobseekers in Labor Day job fair

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ILOILO City – Looking for a job amid this pandemic? The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 6 is urging applicants to join...
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Police tap 6,000 force multipliers vs criminality, insurgency

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Station 1 tapped around 6,000 force multipliers in the City Proper district for its campaign against criminality...
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