Supreme Court ruling, placing power supply agreements submitted by Meralco and other distribution utilities under the Competitive Selection Process, will likely place more than 13 million consumers at a disadvantage. VIDEOBLOCKS

‘Two-day power outage unplanned’

ILOILO City – The power outage on Oct. 29 and 30 was unplanned, stressed the two big power generation firms in Panay Island, Palm Concepcion Power...
The town of Toboso in Negros Occidental recently declared members of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing New People’s Army as persona non-grata. Lieutenant Colonel Emelito Thaddeus Logan, commanding officer of 79th Infantry Battalion, said terrorist group destroy peace and development of the communities in tshe province. PH.VLTRENDS.COM

Simultaneous peace covenant signing vs Reds held across WV

ILOILO City – All city, provincial and municipal police units in Western Visayas held simultaneous support rallies and peace covenant signing to end the local communist...
UNANNOUNCED DRUG TEST. A bus driver submits a urine sample to Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 6 personnel for drug testing. This “surprise” drug test at a transport terminal in Molo, Iloilo City on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, is part of government measures to ensure the safety of travelers marking All Saints’ Day on Nov. 1 and All Souls’ Day on Nov. 2. The drug test has the support of the Land Transportation Office and Police RegiOnal Office 6. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

No flunkers in PDEA’s ‘surprise’ drug test

ILOILO City – Surprise, surprise! None of the 277 taxi, van, tricycle, and bus drivers and conductors subjected to unannounced drug tests in Aklan, Iloilo city and...

Concepcion fish port rehab to start in March 2020

ILOILO – The rehabilitation of the fish port in Concepcion town is seen to spur economic development in the municipality. Mayor Raul Banias announced yesterday that the...

‘WRONG SOLUTION’: Jail cell phone signal jamming questioned

ILOILO – Jamming the cell phone signal at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Barangay Nanga, Pototan town is not the solution to the smuggling...
Classified as an international airport, the Iloilo Airport is the first airport in both Western Visayas and the island of Panay to be built to international standards, and it is also considered to be the primary gateway into the region. Located in Cabatuan, Iloilo, it has a 13,700-square-meter main passenger terminal. It is divided into three levels: arrivals and baggage claim on the first floor, check-in on the second floor and departures on the third floor. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo int’l airport among Asia’s best

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Airport ranked 18th in the 2019 Sleeping In Airports’ “Best Airports in Asia” list, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines...
PHOTO BY ILOILO CITY TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OFFICE

IFFI to scale down Dinagyang food kiosks

ILOILO City – Less than 400 downtown food kiosks would be made available for the January 2020 Dinagyang Festival – a sharp drop from the...
Agricultural output contracted by 1.27 percent in April to June. Crop production was led by a decline in palay output, which fell by 5.82 percent. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

More Iloilo farmers selling ‘palay’ to NFA

ILOILO – Between September and October, the National Food Authority (NFA- Iloilo) was able to buy 598,000 bags of palay (unhusked rice) from farmers across the province. The...

Region 6 remains free from ASF – DA

ILOILO City – A national television reported the other day that the siomai from Rizal province confiscated here tested positive for the African swine fever (ASF) virus. Not true,...
READY FOR THE ‘BIG ONE’? The medical staff of Iloilo Mission Hospital in La Paz, Iloilo City rehearse the basic earthquake response “duck, cover and hold” in preparation for today’s (Feb. 21, 2019) national simultaneous earthquake drill. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

LGUs ordered to come up with ‘earthquake action plans’

BY GLENDA TAYONA and IME SORNITO ILOILO City – The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas ordered all local government units (LGUs) to craft “earthquake action...