The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Western Visayas bestowed a plaque of appreciation to Panay News Defense beat reporter Ruby Silubrico on PDEA's 17th anniversary on Monday, Sept. 2 at Jubilee Hall, City Proper, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO

PDEA cites Panay News’ reporter

ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Western Visayas bestowed a plaque of appreciation to Panay News Defense beat reporter Ruby Silubrico for helping...
Passersby checkout tropical fishes being sold on the sidewalk of Ledesma Street, Iloilo City. Nearby is a sidewalk fruit stand. These and other sidewalk vendors would be removed, according to Mayor Jerry Treñas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

SIDEWALK VENDORS MUST GO – TREÑAS

ILOILO City – This city’s sidewalks will be cleared of vendors. This is part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s order for local government units to reclaim public...
Commissioned personnel of J.S Layson & Co., Inc. collect garbage of residents in Barangay Burgos-Mabini, La Paz, Iloilo City on Tuesday morning. Republic Act 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, mandates local government units to adopt proper segregation, collection, transport, storage, treatment, and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adoption of the best environmental practices. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Solid waste management? Capitol wants to walk the talk

ILOILO – “Let us treat our capitol like a barangay. We can’t tell barangays to come up with solid waste management plans if we don’t have...

Utility man denies working as ‘fixer’ for ‘fake’ marriages

ILOILO City – A utility man at the Municipal Trial Court in Cities, Branch 7 here denied working as fixer for marriages allegedly solemnized by a...
Activists in Iloilo City protest during the recent National Day of Mourning – a call for a stop to the killings in Negros Island and elsewhere in the country. According to the human rights group Karapatan, of the 87 reported killings in Negros since 2016, 55 were confirmed to have been perpetrated by State forces. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Group slams ‘de facto martial law’ in Negros

ILOILO City – According to the human rights alliance Karapatan, most of the killings it documented in the first two quarters of 2019 were concentrated in...
BEGGING FOR BENEVOLENCE. Two Badjao men beg for alms from this taxi stuck in traffic on Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Mandurriao, Iloilo City. Begging and giving alms to beggars are punishable under City Regulation Ordinance 2002-400. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

WHO’S EXPLOITING POOR BADJAOS? NBI, police to investigate proliferation of beggars

ILOILO City – Are there persons or groups behind the proliferation of mendicant Badjaos in this city? A city ordinance punishes any person, syndicate or group...
Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director Police Colonel Roland Vilela. IME SORNITO/PN

New tack vs drugs: brgy info network

ILOILO – “We need to strengthen our barangay information network.” This, according to new Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director Police Colonel Roland Vilela, is what he...
(From left) Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas, Ambassador Roberto R. Romulo (National Resiliency Council convenor), Kevin Andrew Tan (CEO, Alliance Global Group Inc. and chief strategy officer, Megaworld) and National Resiliency Council president Ma. Antonia Yulo Loyzaga join hands in a symbolic gesture of partnership after the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the Adopt-a-City Initiative for climate and disaster preparedness. The goal is to make Iloilo City more resilient.

Iloilo City gets P8-M fund for resilience initiatives

ILOILO City – The city government stands to benefit from the help of tycoon Dr. Andrew L. Tan’s Alliance Global, Inc. (AGI) that will extend a...

Training program seeks to reduce joblessness, job mismatch in Iloilo

ILOILO – The Public Employment Service Office (PESO) of the provincial government hopes to reduce unemployment and job mismatch through the free JobStart Philippines’ Life Skills...
NEDA Region 6 Director Ro-Ann Bacal

No funds for projects? Go PPP, local gov’ts told

ILOILO City – Public-Private Partnership (PPP) is a strategic source of investment, can attract private investment, and respond to the needs of local government units (LGU),...