Mayor Jerry TreƱas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

TREƑAS: COURTS CAN’T BE SISSIES

ILOILO City – Already ā€œexasperated with some courtsā€, Mayor Jerry TreƱas appealed for speedy resolution to the dragging legal battle between Panay Electric Co. (PECO) and...
Iloilo City Treasurer Jinny Hermano receives this check amounting to P134.9 million from Panay Electric Co. administrative manager Marcelo Cacho as the company’s payment for a decade of long-overdue real property taxes. CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

Threat of auction forces PECO to finally pay P134-M tax dues

ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) finally paid its real property tax (RPT) yesterday. The city government threatened to auction P90-million worth of PECO assets on...
A WALK THROUGH HISTORY. Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. inspects the ā€œPanaysayon sang Paranublionā€ wall at the redeveloped provincial capitol grounds on Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City. The wall, 15 meters long and two meters high, encapsulates Iloilo’s rich history and heritage through a mix of bas-relief, alto-rilievo (high relief) and fully sculptured figures. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

National Museum cites Iloilo capitol complex

ILOILO – A cultural and heritage landmark. This was how the National Museum of the Philippines described the redeveloped Iloilo provincial capitol complex. ā€œWhat has been realized...

RAILWAY REVIVAL: Hybrid electric train for Panay mulled

ILOILO City – The revival of the Panay railway system has long been proposed. But what type of train would be used if the plan pushes...
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29 towns to dump garbage in Passi City

ILOILO – Twenty-nine municipalities will be dumping their solid waste at the 12-hectare sanitary landfill of Passi City when the facility is finally operational. The P308-million integrated...

ā€˜NO HOLIDAY TRUCE’ Army’s 3ID ā€˜not cool’ to Christmas ceasefire with NPA

ILOILO City – As Christmas Day draws near, Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division – which operates in the islands of Panay and Negros – is standing pat on...

Ham shortage in Iloilo? Won’t happen, says PVO

ILOILO – Will there be a shortage of ham this Christmas? The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) assured this won’t happen. According to Dr. Darel Tabuada, Veterinarian IV at...

LGUs urged to put up brgy employment offices

ILOILO – Local employment offices in barangay levels could be utilized as effective instruments against illegal recruitment, according to Public Employment Services Office (PESO) head Francisco Heler. Heler...

Police eye old grudge, drugs in killing of resort caretaker

ILOILO City – The police are looking at personal grudge or illegal drugs as the motives behind the killing of a resort caretaker in Barangay...

Bingawan best solid waste implementer

ILOILO – For its successful and satisfactory performance in the implementation of solid waste management program, the municipality of Bingawan emerged as winner among the 29 participating local...