P33.1-M foreign-funded projects for Region 6
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – A total of P33.1 million of Australian-funded projects will be implemented in select municipalities of three provinces in Western Visayas this...
Angan: Iloilo police ops vs drugs wanting
By RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City — Chief Superintendent Josephus Angan is not satisfied with Iloilo city and provincial policemen’s operations against illegal drugs.
They have...
FERTILIZER SCAM Sacked Calinog officials scapegoats, says mayor
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The seven officials of Calinog, Iloilo dismissed from government service for their alleged participation in the fertilizer fund scam...
Syjuco: I’m not an alien!
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Former congressman Augusto “Boboy” Syjuco Jr. of Iloilo’s 2nd District asserted he has never been a citizen of Canada...
Grains retailers hold Iloilo congress
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – The Confederation of Grains Retailers Association of the Philippines (Grecon), a private-partner organization of the National Food Authority (NFA),...
Salinas: Where are the checkpoints?
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – “Where are the checkpoints,” Senior Superintendent Cornelio Salinas, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), asked the chiefs...
Pupil, ‘tanod’ die in vehicular accident
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – An eight-year-old boy crossing the street and the barangay tanod assisting him were hit by a speeding passenger...
Gov’t to investigate post-oil spill actions
BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
MANILA – The government will verify the status of the 2006 massive oil spill in Guimaras.
“We will...
Zarraga goes organic
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ZARRAGA, Iloilo – This town will soon be home to an agro-ecotourism site called Garden Area for Initiatives in Action (GAIA).
On August...
DOT: Iloilo next tourism hub
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – “A destination by itself,” said Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 6 director Helen Catalbas of the rising Iloilo Business...