Treñas mulls private-public partnerships

ILOILO City – Through the public-private partnership scheme the city government may yet be successful in finally upgrading its slaughterhouse and redeveloping its public...

Gunman on wheels shoots DAR surveyor

ILOILO City – A provincial survey aide of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) was shot to death in Barangay Tagbak, Jaro district. He was attacked...

4T expected to show up at PESO job fair today

ILOILO – Between 3,000 to 4,000 job hunters are expected to show up at the provincial capitol lobby and Casa Real today for the...

Muslims in Iloilo feel no discrimination

ILOILO City – Almost a thousand Muslims here gathered at the public plaza of La Paz district to celebrate yesterday’s Eid al-Fitr, the end...

Iloilo Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr

ILOILO – At 7 a.m. today members of the Muslim community here will gather at the public plaza of La Paz district to celebrate...

Antique, Negros Occ. not yet malaria-free

ILOILO City – Of Western Visayas’ six provinces, only Antique and Negros Occidental have yet to achieve malaria-free status. To be declared as such, the...

Proposed anti-counterflow ordinance hit

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Loop Alliance of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association (ICLAJODA) is against the proposed ordinance prohibiting counterflowing. It is “balik-awot”...

CHO to monitor ambulant vendors outside schools

BACOLOD City – The City Health Office (CHO) will monitor ambulant vendors selling foods outside public schools as classes resume. CHO Environment and Sanitation Division...

Iloilo City gets WHO award for multi-pronged drive vs tobacco

ILOILO City – For its noteworthy efforts on tobacco control, the city government received a prestigious award from no less than World Health Organization...

DOJ to begin probe on ‘Sagay 9’ massacre

BACOLOD City – The Department of Justice (DOJ) will send a probing team to conduct preliminary hearing in this city on the “Sagay 9”...