Waste-to-energy conversion of garbage mulled

ILOILO City – How do you solve a problem like the piling garbage at the city’s dumpsite in Barangay Calajunan, Mandurriao district? Mayor Jerry Treñas is...

Panic buying? Stores run out of mosquito repellents

BY IME SORNITO and GLENDA TAYONA ILOILO – Demand for mosquito repellents has surged as dengue cases continue to rise. Stores here are running out of...
CONVENIENT TRANSPORT SERVICE. These buses are part of the premium point-to-point bus services in Western Visayas that the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board will be launching today, July 11, 2019, at the Iloilo Business Park in Mandurriao, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

WV’s first premium P2P bus services roll out today; Megaworld opens P350-M Transport Hubs

ILOILO City – The first premium point-to-point bus services in Western Visayas are rolling out today with the Iloilo Business Park of property giant Megaworld as...

MORE Power to challenge RTC ruling in higher courts

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) will ask the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court to review the ruling of the Regional...

Urban poor leader’s ‘attempted abduction’ hit

ILOILO City – Progressive groups picketed outside the Police Regional Office 6 in Camp Delgado here yesterday morning to protest what they claimed were the harassment,...
TURNOVER OF COMMAND. Police Brigadier General John Bulalacao (center), outgoing police director of Western Visayas, turns over to his successor, Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan, the Regional Director’s Personal Flag during yesterday afternoon’s (June 27, 2019) turnover ceremony in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City. Looking on is the Philippine National Police’s deputy chief for operations, Police Lieutenant General Archie Francisco Gamboa. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Will Pamuspusan succeed where predecessors failed?

ILOILO City – Will the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), now under Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan, finally succeed in arresting top drug suspect Ernesto Bolivar...
The Iloilo City hall has been home to many first-timer public officials. The Department of Interior and Local Government currently monitors newly elected officials in their first 100 days in service. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

DILG: First 100 days in public service crucial

ILOILO – The first 100 days in service of newly elected officials are crucial, according to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Winning candidates in...

NEDA sets higher growth target for WV in 2019

ILOILO City – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) set a 6.5 percent growth target for Western Visayas this year, higher than the 6.1 percent...

Jerry does a Joe: Hires, fires job hires

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas announced the city government would rehire job hires who were fired by his predecessor, former mayor Jose Espinosa III. “Pasulod ko lang...

Antique police brutality? 2 arrested drug suspects cry foul

SAN JOSE, Antique – Two drug suspects arrested in Barangay San Angel here claimed policemen mauled them. The 28-year-old Raymund “Nonoy” Juala of Barangay 5, San Jose...