P400-M parking building up for construction
ILOILO
City – Mayor Jerry Treñas wants to fast-track the construction of a
P400-million seven-storey multipurpose Legislative Parking Building.
Work
may start by yearend. The funding is included...
Gov’t to release P580M for reintegration of RPA fighters
ILOILO City – The national government
is releasing P580-million worth of social package to 310 members of the
Revolutionary Proletarian Army – Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB)...
Iloilo hosts regional organic agriculture congress
ILOILO – This year’s Regional Organic
Agriculture Congress is being hosted by Iloilo province through the Provincial
Agriculture Office.
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. led the
ribbon-cutting ceremony of...
Vilela to gambling operators: ‘I won’t play your game’
ILOILO – Police Colonel Roland Vilela,
director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), warned illegal gambling
operators they are not welcome in his area of...
Iloilo mustn’t lower guard despite drop in dengue cases – guv
ILOILO –
Based on the record of the Hospital Management Office as of Sept. 12, dengue
patients admitted in 13 province-run hospitals dropped to 250.
Despite this
decline...
DINAGYANG 2020: ‘PERFECT VISION’
ILOILO City –
“We will bring the festival to its next level.” With this declaration, Mayor
Jerry Treñas launched yesterday Dinagyang Festival 2020 with the theme...
Undesirable practices threaten Gigantes island chain; Voluntary closure of islands to tourism activities pushed
ILOILO – Prohibitive prices of seafoods. Lack of serviceable
restrooms. These two concerns threaten the Gigantes group of islands, a
fledgling tourism destination in the northern...
‘Competition to improve service, lower prices’
ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co.
(PECO) took to task Cong. Julienne Baronda for what it described as her
flip-flopping stand on power distribution.
According to PECO,...
No textbooks to bring home from school?
ILOILO – Aside from banning homework, House Bill 3611 of Deputy
Speaker and Sorsogon representative Evelina Escudero also disallows the
bringing home of school textbooks by...
PAO: No safety guarantee on backyard-slaughtered meat
ILOILO – The Provincial Agriculture
Office (PAO) warned against backyard slaughtering that are beyond the
monitoring and inspection of veterinarians.
Hogs need to be inspected first...