Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

‘SCRAP OF PAPER’ Civil registrar to Treñas: Junk ‘white paper’

ILOILO City – There is no basis to impose disciplinary action on him, according to Local Civil Registrar Romeo Caesar Manikan Jr. Responding to the show cause...
Iloilo City Hall. Panay News

City gov’t doctor wary of ‘miserable life’ at city hall

ILOILO City – City Health Office (CHO) chief Dr. Bernard Caspe has asked the Office of the Ombudsman to place Mayor Jerry Treñas and City Administrator...
This unidentified New People’s Army fighter is a casualty in an encounter between rebels and troops of the Philippine Army’s 61st Infantry Battalion in Barangay Ongyod, Miag-ao, Iloilo yesterday morning, Sept. 23, 2019. After this rebel’s companions retreated, soldiers recovered an M16 rifle, antipersonnel mine, medicines, backpacks, kitchen utensils and subversive documents of high intelligence value. 61ST IB PHOTO

Rebel killed, soldier hurt in Miag-ao clash

ILOILO – Government troops and rebels clashed in Barangay Ongyod, Miag-ao town yesterday morning, three days after a skirmish there Friday last week. A New People’s Army...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol. Panay News Photo

Capitol offers tax amnesty until Dec. 31

ILOILO – The provincial government is encouraging Ilonggos to avail themselves of its real property tax amnesty until the end of the year. Delinquent taxpayers have until...

Tobacco control ordinances in all WV LGUs pushed

ILOILO – To achieve a totally smoke-free region, the Department of Health (DOH) urged all local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas to have tobacco control...
Iloilo City Hall. Panay News

CITY EMPLOYEE DEFIES TREÑAS: Dumpsite reassignment called ‘unlawful, oppressive’

ILOILO City – The city government employee protesting his transfer to the Calajunan dumpsite in Mandurriao district reported back to his mother unit – the civil...
ILLEGAL STRUCTURE REMOVED. Personnel of the Iloilo City government’s road clearing team remove an illegal structure from the sidewalk of JM Basa Street. The city government has until this Sept. 29 to completely remove all obstructions from streets and sidewalks. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo City roads, sidewalks 100% cleared by Sept. 29?

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas is hopeful that by Sept. 29 all of the city’s roads and sidewalks would have been cleared of obstructions. Sept. 29...
Mayor Jerry Treñas. GLENDA TAYONA/PN

Treñas to civil registry head: explain alleged irregularities

ILOILO City – City Civil Registrar Romeo Cesar “Juncae” Manikan has been issued a show cause order over alleged irregularities in the registration of marriages. Mayor Jerry...

Population of Iloilo province up 0.84 percent

ILOILO – This province’s population increased by 0.84 percent last year from 2017, data from the Provincial Population Office (PPO) showed. The 2018 population, based on the data...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Region 6 director Alex Tablate. PN FILE PHOTO

DRUG-FREE WORK PLACE: PDEA pushes ‘holistic approach’ vs illegal drugs

ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement (PDEA) Region 6 has launched an advocacy program dubbed “Oplan Kalasag” to promote drug-free workplaces in this city. PDEA-6 director...