AFRICAN SWINE FEVER OUTBREAK: 10 Iloilo towns downgraded from red zone to pink zone
ILOILO – The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has downgraded 10 towns in the province of Iloilo from the red to the pink zone...
‘Nutrition programs need to improve’
ILOILO – There is much to improve in the implementation of nutrition programs at the barangay level, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., likening...
Wanted: Renewable energy investors for Western Visayas
BY GEROME DALIPE IV
ILOILO City – With the energization of the 230 kilovolts (kV) Cebu-Negros-Panay (CNP) backbone project 3, Western Visayas is prioritizing the...
Iloilo Airport expansion: Prov’l gov’t awaits updates on redev’t plan
ILOILO – What’s the status of the planned Iloilo Airport redevelopment in Cabatuan town?
The provincial government is seeking updates.
The redevelopment or rehabilitation aims to...
Baronda stripped of committee duties
BY GEROME DALIPE IV
ILOILO City – Councilor Urminico “Nick” Baronda lost three of his committee chairmanships barely 23 days after his daughter, Rep. Julienne...
Cop shot dead during surveillance op
ILOILO City – A police officer was shot dead yesterday while conducting surveillance on a wanted person in Barangay Polot-an, Pototan, Iloilo.
Police Corporal Reo...
WATER SCARCITY; Iloilo City mayor mulls state of calamity but disaster council says situation...
BY GEROME DALIPE IV
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas is considering placing the city in a state of calamity to mobilize resources and support to...
2nd phase of Ungka flyover repair to start by May
ILOILO City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6 is poised to commence next month the second phase of repairs...
CRACKDOWN ON NOISE; City gov’t to publicly crush illegal mufflers
BY GEROME DALIPE IV
ILOILO City – To underscore the city government’s seriousness in curbing noise pollution, Mayor Jerry Treñas has announced that confiscated modified...
Iloilo City thirsting for relief as water supply dwindles
BY NYARIKA DOMANAIS
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has expressed confidence that a state of calamity will be declared in response to the city’s...