NO BUSINESS PERMIT: City gov’t to auction P90-M PECO assets
ILOILO City – The city government will
be holding a public auction for P90-million worth of assets of Panay Electric
Co. (PECO) on Dec. 12. According...
Communication is the problem: Disaster simulation uncovers loophole
ILOILO City – “I saw that
communication was the problem,” said Jose Roberto Nuñez, director of the Office
of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas.
He was...
Ex-‘Kap’ linked to NPA raid of Maasin police station
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO City – Operatives of the Iloilo
Police Provincial Office (IPPO) raided the house of a former barangay captain
of...
Finding rural doctor a struggle for Tubungan
BY FLORY ANN TACUBAN
ILOILO – Tubungan being a geographically-isolated and disadvantaged area, its rural health unit (RHU) has been operating with temporary doctors after...
Fishermen’s wives turn discarded fishnets into saleable handicrafts
BY ANGELIKA N. BUERGO
MIAG-AO, Iloilo – Fishermen’s wives
are turning nets that litter their coastlines into sources of income. They are
repurposing them into corsages, decorations...
PECO BACKPEDALS ON SABOTAGE YARN
ILOILO City – A
day after Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), the National Grid Corp. of the
Philippines (NGCP) and Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC) issued...
Building assessment spots quake ‘red flags’
ILOILO City – Several buildings in
Western Visayas – some located in schools – have cracks, according to the
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 6,...
Dinagyang 2020 tickets available beginning Dec. 9
ILOILO City – Some 3,600 stage/viewing
stand tickets for the Dinagyang Festival tribes competition on Jan. 26, 2020
will be made available beginning Dec. 9.
According...
6 YEARS AFTER SUPER TYPHOON: SAFETY ISSUES BUG ‘YOLANDA’ HOUSES
ILOILO – Of the 1,000 mass housing units that the National Housing
Authority (NHA) constructed in the municipality of Concepcion for survivors of
November 2013’s super...
30% of ‘Yolanda’ houses in WV still to be completed
ILOILO City – Six years after super
typhoon “Yolanda” hit Western Visayas, 70.71 percent of the housing projects
for displaced families have been completed as of...