‘Include leptospirosis in dengue cleanup drive’

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Leptospirosis has claimed 11 lives in Western Visayas as of July 6, data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. The 11 were...

Wife links man’s slay to quarry business

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The wife of slain quarry operator Conrado “Boy” Almarza III of Barangay Cruz, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo believed her husband’s killing had something to...

Amendments to CCTV ordinance sought

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – A proposed amendment to Regulation Ordinance Number 2011- 307 (Closed-Circuit Television Ordinance) requires owners of establishments here to submit to the police the recordings...

2 NPA leaders surrender

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Two New People’s Army (NPA) leaders surrendered to the Armed Forces of the Philippines on July 19 after years of armed struggle and...

DILG: RECLAIM PUBLIC ROADS

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ILOILO – Reclaim all public roads that are being used for private ends, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in Western Visayas urged local...
A REFUGEE CAMP? No. This is the gymnasium of Maasin, Iloilo. It has been temporarily converted into a mini hospital to accommodate dengue patients. The municipality’s rural health unit is already packed with patients. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo City records 251 new dengue cases in a week; State of calamity declaration...

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ILOILO City – In just a week 251 new dengue cases were recorded here, according to the City Health Office (CHO). “Based sa mga figures nga...
Panay Electric Co., the sole power distributor in Iloilo City for the past 95 years, has vowed exhaust all legal remedies to protect its assets. Though its franchise expired in January this year, it has been allowed to operate by the Energy Regulatory Commission via a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. PECO’s office is on General Luna Street, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Top official leaves PECO

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ILOILO City – The assistant vice president for operations of Panay Electric Co. (PECO) has retired. Six months after PECO’s franchise as power distributor here expired...

Quarry operator shot dead

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Two motorcycle-riding assassins ambushed a quarry operator yesterday morning in Barangay Ilaud Poblacion, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. Conrado Almarza III of Barangay Cruz, Barotac Nuevo died...
SPILLOVER PATIENTS. Patients occupy the corridors of the Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan, Iloilo. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has sought the help of private hospitals in Iloilo City as dengue cases continue to rise. The Provincial Health Office’s latest figures: 5,435 cases with 20 deaths. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

State of calamity due to dengue declared in Iloilo

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ILOILO – This province was placed under a state of calamity due to dengue yesterday, 18 days after an outbreak was declared on July 5. The Sangguniang...
Iñigo D. Garingalao. CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY PHOTO

Garingalao back as anti-smoking task force chief

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Some three weeks after sacking Iñigo Garingalao as director of the Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST), Mayor Jerry Treñas announced his reappointment. “People...
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