PLAZAS OFF-LIMITS TO ‘CRACKERS?
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) wants all public plazas in this city off-limits to vendors selling firecrackers this...
‘Pushers’ caught on ‘day of the dead’
BY RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO – Two of the 11 high-value targets (HVTs) in the regional police’s antidrug campaign were arrested on All Saints’ Day. One...
Bacolod eyes using old slaughterhouse
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – The city government might use its old slaughterhouse to discourage the unregulated slaughter of chickens.
Its slaughterhouse in Barangay Handumanan...
No major crimes on Nov. 1-2 – Gentiles
BY RUBY SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – No major crimes happened during the observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day in Western Visayas, the...
ILOILO ‘TREASURE’ SAVED FROM RUIN
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO – Greed almost ruined one of Iloilo’s national cultural treasures – the ancient camposanto (cemetery) of the southern town of...
Embalmer demystifies profession: ‘It’s about compassion’
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – It is said that embalmers must have a strong stomach for dealing with unusual sights and smells. Thus...
House sets hearing on Negros Region
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
BACOLOD City – A newly formed committee in the House of Representatives will hold a hearing on the status of the...
‘DON’T BE RUDE IN CEMETERIES’
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – No gambling. No drugs. No liquor. No deadly weapons. No loud music.
These are all prohibited in cemeteries, according...
Flower business thrives on death
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – “Basta may patay, may mabakal gid na ya bulak.”
People will buy flowers for their dead, said flower vendor...
‘Teach villages waste mgt ’
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act states that garbage must be segregated at source. But most Bacolodnons are not...