Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on Monday assures the public at large that there is adequate supply of fresh banknotes to meet the growing demand for the holiday season next month. PN

No banknotes shortage for Christmas – BSP

ILOILO City – The public can expect enough supply of banknotes during the Christmas season. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP)-Iloilo said the metro’s currency...

Iloilo City ‘47% drug-cleared’

ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) is ending its 2020 antidrug campaign in this city with 47 percent of the 180...

Airport swab booth mulled for inbound passengers

ILOILO City – People bound for this southern city may soon have themselves tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) upon arrival at the Iloilo...
Locally stranded individuals (LSIs) return home to Negros Occidental from Metro Manila via a sweeper flight that landed at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City last week. Twelve more residents of the province – all either LSIs or overseas Filipino workers – tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

20 Iloilo LGUs halt LSI arrivals

ILOILO – Almost half of the 43 local government units (LGUs) in the province imposed a moratorium on the arrival of locally stranded individuals...
HEAVY TRAFFIC. Vehicles are “bumper to bumper” and slow on Luna Street, La Paz, Iloilo City yesterday. The 50 percent price cut at Petron’s select branches saw motorists flock pump stations all over the metro. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

CHAOTIC TRAFFIC; Oil firm hit over traffic jams caused by 50% off promo

ILOILO City – Thousands of commuters and motorists were immobilized by monstrous traffic jams on major roads here yesterday, three days before Christmas. The gridlock stalled...

Killers on wheels strike again; 3 riding-in-tandem slays in two weeks

BY RUBY SILUBRICO ILOILO City – In broad day light, two unidentified motorcycle-riding assassins shot to death a man in Barangay Sambag, Jaro district yesterday. The 45-year-old painter...
MEJORADA

Sandigan upholds graft conviction vs Mejorada

ILOILO – The Sandiganbayan upheld the conviction of former provincial administrator Manuel “Boy” Mejorada and former General Services Office head Ramie Salcedo for violating the Anti-Graft and...

Capitol workers to get P10K ‘service recognition’ perks

ILOILO City – Over 2,000 eligible employees of the provincial government will be receiving a one-time incentive of up to P10,000 this December. Yesterday, Gov....
MIRANDA

‘CONTROL YOUR EMOTION’; WV cops told: Be discerning, exercise maximum tolerance

ILOILO City – Western Visayas policemen were reminded to perform according to their sworn responsibility and conduct themselves in a manner befitting their position...
‘PHYSICAL DISTANCING LEFT THE GROUP’ Barely observing physical distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease, indigent beneficiaries gather at the Iloilo City Freedom Grandstand on Wednesday for the second day of distribution of financial assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development coursed through the city government of Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

City execs pay fines for breaking distancing rules

ILOILO City – Five city government officials paid fines for violating Regulation Ordinance No. 2020-066 which made physical distancing mandatory in the metropolis to...