Iloilo City’s 5 public plazas to get facelift from TIEZA

ILOILO City – The city government is waiting for funds from the Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) to start the rehabilitation of five public plazas...
PRO-6 spokesperson Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong

Odicta, Prevendido drug groups joining forces?

ILOILO City – Raw information reached the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) that remnants of the Odicta and Prevendido drug groups operating here and in Iloilo province are...

BIG WIN FOR MORE POWER: Supreme Court issues TRO vs RTC Mandaluyong, PECO

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) is inching closer to finally taking over the power distribution system here. In a unanimous decision, the...
ILOILO JOB HUNTERS TRY THEIR LUCK. These people hope to find gainful employment at the Iloilo provincial government-organized job fair yesterday (Dec. 4, 2019) at a hotel in Iloilo City. A total of 42,327 employment opportunities were made available. The job fair was timely. The number of unemployed Filipinos climbed to 21.5 percent in the third quarter of 2019, according to a recent Social Weather Stations survey. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

125 applicants hired on the spot at PESO job fair

ILOILO – A total of 125 applicants were hired on the spot at yesterday’s job fair of the Iloilo provincial government’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO). These...
Passersby checkout tropical fishes being sold on the sidewalk of Ledesma Street, Iloilo City. Nearby is a sidewalk fruit stand. These and other sidewalk vendors would be removed, according to Mayor Jerry Treñas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

VENDORS’ WISH: SIDEWALK RETURN

ILOILO City – Vendors wish the city government would allow them to return to the sidewalks this holiday season even for just a few days. To...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, PRO-6 spokesperson

Abduction of Iloilo schoolchildren fake news – PRO-6

ILOILO City – There was no truth to reports about a group of men abducting Iloilo schoolchildren, harvesting the latter’s internal organs and selling these to...

DepEd orders catch-up classes

ILOILO – Local government units and schools in this province suspended classes in elementary and high school levels yesterday due to typhoon “Tisoy”. Schools must conduct catch-up...
‘SURPRISE’ DRUG TEST. Policemen queue to submit urine samples for drug testing at the Iloilo City Police Office. A total of 250 police personnel and anti-illegal drugs operatives of the city police were subjected to an unscheduled drug testing yesterday, Dec. 3, 2019. “We want to show to the public that our police officers are drug-free,” says Police Colonel Martin Defensor, city police director. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

250 city cops subjected to drug test

ILOILO City – A total of 250 police personnel and anti-illegal drugs operatives of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) were subjected to an unscheduled drug testing yesterday. “We want to show...
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FOOD AND WATER SHORTAGE FEARED: Typhoon-wary island barangays dig in

ILOILO – The whole of Panay Island and the northern part of Negros Occidental have been placed under typhoon signal No. 2. Residents of island barangays,...

Diversion Road as ‘traffic discipline zone’ mulled

ILOILO City – Imagine the 14-kilometer stretch of the Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue (Diversion Road) from Mandurriao to Jaro district teeming with traffic auxiliaries enforcing...