A personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Region 6 prepares these boxes of illegal drugs for incineration. Confiscated between 2016 and 2018, these had been presented as evidence in drug related court cases and of no more use. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

PDEA-6 incinerates P8.8-M illegal drugs

ILOILO City – Confiscated illegal drugs and expired medicines valued at P8.8 million were destroyed through thermal incineration at the crematorium of a funeral parlor yesterday...
Personnel of the Iloilo Provincial Veterinary Office bury in Barangay Inaladan, Cabatuan, Iloilo boxes of imported canned pork confiscated at the Iloilo Airport. The items were from African swine fever-hit areas of Hong Kong and Singapore. African swine fever is a highly contagious viral disease that affects pigs, warthogs and boars. It is not considered a human health threat. However, humans can become carriers of the virus once tainted pork is ingested or if people get close to the infected meat. PHOTOS BY DR. DAREL TABUADA

Pork products from ASF-hit areas seized at Iloilo Airport

ILOILO – A total of 198 canned pork products seized from airline passengers at the Iloilo Airport in Cabatuan town have been disposed by the Bureau...
Firecracker vendors must secure special permits from the Bureau of Fire Protection, from the Business Permits and Licensing Office of city hall, and from the Firearm and Explosive Office of the Police Regional Office 6 in Camp Delgado, says Senior Fire Officer 4 Aquilino Sampiano, chief of operation of the Iloilo City Fire Station. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Only 3 ‘cracker zones in city

ILOILO City – Firecracker and pyrotechnic vendors are allowed to sell in only three areas here this holiday season – Circumferential Road C1 in Arevalo district,...
Iloilo City Treasurer Jinny Hermano receives this check amounting to P134.9 million from Panay Electric Co. administrative manager Marcelo Cacho as the company’s payment for a decade of long-overdue real property taxes. CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

Threat of auction forces PECO to finally pay P134-M tax dues

ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) finally paid its real property tax (RPT) yesterday. The city government threatened to auction P90-million worth of PECO assets on...
Photo by Ian Paul Cordero/PN

29 towns to dump garbage in Passi City

ILOILO – Twenty-nine municipalities will be dumping their solid waste at the 12-hectare sanitary landfill of Passi City when the facility is finally operational. The P308-million integrated...

‘NO HOLIDAY TRUCE’ Army’s 3ID ‘not cool’ to Christmas ceasefire with NPA

ILOILO City – As Christmas Day draws near, Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division – which operates in the islands of Panay and Negros – is standing pat on...

Bacolod City gov’t honors 3 SEA Games medalists

BACOLOD City – The local government unit of this city has paid tribute to homegrown athletes who have brought honor to the Philippines in the ongoing 30th...

Police eye old grudge, drugs in killing of resort caretaker

ILOILO City – The police are looking at personal grudge or illegal drugs as the motives behind the killing of a resort caretaker in Barangay...
Iloilo City Hall. Panay News

Salaries of city gov’t workers up 10% in 2020

ILOILO City – Beginning January 2020, the salaries of city government employees would increase by 10 percent. The increase is contained in the P2.7-billion 2020...
GLOW IN THE DARK. Glowing Christmas lights attract people to the Iloilo provincial capitol on Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City. The provincial government officially switched on the holiday lights last night, Dec. 2, 2019. Ian Paul Cordero/PN

House rules set for capitol lights visitors

ILOILO – No smoking. No chewing gum. No vendors. These are just some of the dos and don’ts the provincial government enforced inside the Iloilo provincial...