Wanted: Barangay doctors
ILOILO City – The city government will
be hiring 15 doctors beginning next month to boost its delivery of basic healthcare
services to 180 barangays.
The ideal...
‘BIZ PERMIT IS NOT A FRANCHISE’
ILOILO City – A business permit is not
a franchise and so is a provisional Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity (CPCN), thus Panay Electric Co.’s...
Drug-related? Gunmen ambush brod of ex-Bacolod councilor
BACOLOD City – An elder brother of
former councilor Ricardo “Cano” Tan was ambushed by motorcycle-riding gunmen at
around 9:45 a.m. yesterday on CL Montelibano Avenue,...
Traditional ‘simbang gabi’ starts today
ILOILO City – The traditional simbang gabi starts today. It is a
nine-day predawn mass leading to Christmas Day.
The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6)
is...
Iloilo provincial gov’t’s 2020 budget approved
ILOILO – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan
(SP) has approved the P4.080-billion 2020 budget of the provincial government.
The General Fund has a P3.029-billion
allocation while for Local...
ANTI-INSURGENCY DRIVE: Miag-ao, Igbaras, San Joaquin next ‘focus towns’
ILOILO City – Three towns in Iloilo province
will be the next focus of the campaign to end local communist armed conflict
(ELCAC), according to the...
COPS EVERYWHERE
ILOILO City – Christmas is around the
corner, and so are pickpockets, snatchers and robbers.
Anticipating a rise in snatching and
robbery cases this Yuletide season, police...
Simulated terror attack shows Iloilo airport’s readiness
ILOILO – What would happen if terrorists planted a bomb, went on a shooting
rampage, and took hostages at the Iloilo Airport in Cabatuan town?
Authorities...
Rabid dog attacks 4 persons in Concepcion
ILOILO – A dog infected with rabies
attacked and bit four residents in Barangay Poblacion, Concepcion, Iloilo.
All the victims in these different
biting incidents on Thursday...
DILG WON’T BUDGE Vendors still banned from sidewalks this holiday season
ILOILO City – The
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Western Visayas rejected
appeals to allow the return of vendors on sidewalks here this...