‘INSULT TO WORKERS’ New minimum wage rates take effect Nov. 26
ILOILO – The new minimum
daily wage rates in Western Visayas will take effect on Nov. 26. The increase
is between P15 to P30. Progressive groups,...
Antique has 467 landslide-prone areas
ILOILO
City – Antique province has the most number
of villages prone to landslide in Western Visayas, according to the Department
of Environment and Natural Resources –...
‘Mercy killing’ for stray dogs
ILOILO City – Not only humans. Stray
dogs, too, are being blamed for vandalizing ornamental plants that the city
government has planted at the Iloilo Esplanade...
Iloilo STL operators could lose franchises
ILOILO City – The Philippine Charity
Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) may terminate the contracts of its Small Town Lottery
(STL) authorised agent corporations (AACs) in this city...
Police stations brace for NPA ‘agaw armas’
ILOILO City – The New People’s Army
(NPA) is planning to stage “agaw armas” attacks on police stations,
particularly those in remote areas, according to intelligence...
Targeted shooting of drug suspects alarms biz group
BACOLOD City – The city’s business
sector expressed alarm over the consecutive shooting incidents involving
drug-tagged individuals here.
“We are wary because this violence
denotes disorder in...
Confiscated siomai from Rizal negative for ASF but…
ILOILO City – Laboratory examination
of pork siomais from Rizal province confiscated here recently showed these did
not have the African swine fever (ASF) virus.
The...
Two high school buildings have structural defects
ILOILO City – Two relatively new
two-storey school buildings of the Iloilo City National High School in Molo
district were found to have structural defects.
The...
Telcos, PECO have until Dec. to fix ‘spaghetti wires’, posts
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has
given concerned companies until next month to fix “spaghetti wires” and
road-obstructing posts.
“Kon
indi pa gid nila maareglo, sya (Treñas)...
Communication is the problem: Disaster simulation uncovers loophole
ILOILO City – “I saw that
communication was the problem,” said Jose Roberto Nuñez, director of the Office
of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas.
He was...