FIELD INSPECTION. Technical personnel of the National Telecommunications Commission check a phone signal jammer, installed outside the main building of the Iloilo District Jail in Barangay Nanga, Pototan, Iloilo. Residents within the 300-meter radius of the prison facility claim they cannot send text messages or make phone calls or use the internet adequately due to the phone signal jammers. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology requires all jails with over 1,000 inmate-population to have phone signal jammers. The Iloilo District Jail currently has a population of 1,529 inmates. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

JAIL WON’T DITCH SIGNAL JAMMERS

ILOILO – There is no indication that the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) would ditch the phone signal jammers it installed at the Iloilo...
THE BEST IS YET TO COME. There is still room for improvement in the Dinagyang, one of the most colorful festivals in the country, according to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. It can attract more tourists than it already has. How? PN PHOTO

Dinagyang 2020: ‘Don’t bastardize Sto. Niño images’

ILOILO City – Take note of this, all Dinagyang Festival 2020 performers and revelers: Don’t bastardize Santo Niño images. Handle them with care and respect. “Don’t...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol. Panay News Photo

Iloilo’s 2020 budget may be approved before Christmas

ILOILO – The provincial government’s proposed budget of P4.080 billion for 2020 may be approved before the Christmas break, according to the Committee on Appropriations of...

Another airport proposed in Iloilo’s Passi City

ILOILO CITY - Iloilo province’s component city of Passi is considering the establishment of an airport to further promote economic growth in the region. In a...
Mayor Jerry Treñas. IAN PAUL CORRDEO/PN

Treñas bucks ‘mercy killing’ of stray dogs

ILOILO City – Just a proposal. This was how Mayor Jerry Treñas described the “mercy killing” of stray dogs here. “I have not been consulted about...
UGLY AND HAZARDOUS. If this is not a fire hazard, what is? Though these electricity, telephone and cable television cables look more like ugly spider’s cobwebs, residents of this neighborhood in Barangay Baldoza, La Paz, Iloilo City call them “spaghetti wires”. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

PLDT: ‘IT’S A LIE!’

ILOILO City – Aside from courting the ire of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), Panay Electric Co. (PECO) has also angered telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone...

Ilonggos have best sex life – survey

ILOILO City – Ilonggos have the best sex life among Visayans and have a better one compared to the rest of the country, the 2019 PhilCare...

PDEA bats for random drug test in schools

ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Western Visayas urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to conduct random drug test in high schools as...

Ex-Oton MENRO employee arrested in buy-bust

ILOILO – A former employee of the municipal government of Oton, Iloilo was arrested in Barangay Poblacion West, Oton in a buy-bust operation of the police. William...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol

Iloilo named best LGU advocate for statistics

ILOILO – The provincial government was named the country’s Best Local Government Unit Advocate for Statistics. The plaque of recognition was given by the Philippine Statistics Authority...