Vape crackdown: 7 nabbed in W. Visayas
ILOILO City – Three days after President
Rodrigo Duterte ordered the outright ban on the public use and importation of
electronic cigarettes, police apprehended at least...
‘Drug-free’ tag up for 101 Iloilo City barangays next month
ILOILO City – Around 101 villages here will soon be declared free from illegal
drugs, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-6 (PDEA-6) regional director Alex
Tablate said.
He...
DPWH urges contractors to follow road work safety rules
ILOILO City – The Department of Public Works and Highways in Western
Visayas (DPWH-6) will strictly monitor contractors across the region on the
specified guidelines for...
Farmers need buy-back of produce, says ex-DA chief
ILOILO City – Former Agriculture secretary and now Bohol Gov. Arthur
Yap said farmers need the assurance that their palay produce would be purchased.
Yap added...
Defensor highlights gains on children’s welfare
ILOILO City – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has assured that children in the
province enjoy their rights for survival, protection, participation, and
development.
He said underscored that survival...
DOTR HALTS 2020 JEEPNEY PHASEOUT
ILOILO City –
The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has dropped the plan to totally phase
out old public utility jeepneys (PUJ) by July 2020. Local transport...
Prov’l ordinance regulates single-use plastics, Styrofoam
ILOILO – In this province, no business
establishments, market vendors, food kiosks, sari-sari stores, ambulant vendors, and the like will be allowed to
utilize or provide...
Vendors arrested for returning to sidewalks
ILOILO City – Thirteen vendors were arrested for returning to sidewalks.
Personnel of the city government’s
Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PSTMO) confiscated their
tables and...
23 LGUs declare NPA ‘persona non grata’
ILOILO City –
Twenty-two municipalities and a city in Panay Island have declared the New
People’s Army (NPA) persona non grata, according to the Armed Forces...
SC upholds guilty verdict vs Drilon critic
ILOILO City – The Supreme Court (SC) affirmed
with finality the conviction and imprisonment of blogger Manuel Mejorada over
libellous articles against Senate Minority Leader Franklin...