Town execs sacked for ‘fertilizer scam’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Three retired and four still active employees of the municipality of Calinog, Iloilo were fined and dismissed from government service, respectively,...
PRIVATIZE MIWD House resolution filed
BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter and FREDA MAE SORSANO
MANILA – Calling the water distribution problem in Iloilo City “the only stumbling block” to the rapid...
‘Probe P537-M Baciwa loan’
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – A city councilor here urged the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) to investigate the P537-million loan of the Bacolod...
PNoy term extension OK – Iloilo solons
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Three Iloilo congressmen are pushing for the extension of President Benigno Aquino III’s term.
Inclusive growth can be achieved if...
Appoint interim Baciwa GM now, LWUA urged
By MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City — Now is the best time for the Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) to appoint an interim general manager for...
‘PAY US!’ Guimaras recalls oil spill horrors, demands compensation
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Today marks the eighth anniversary of the country’s worst oil spill, but victims have yet to be fully compensated...
SM to build houses for ‘Yolanda’ survivors
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The SM Group is building houses for survivors of super typhoon “Yolanda” (international name: Haiyan) in northern Iloilo.
The groundbreaking on Saturday...
Maasin mayor may face dismissal
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City — Will Mayor Mariano Malones of Maasin, Iloilo be dismissed from the service for illegally terminating the town’s assistant...
Angry father torches daughter
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – An angry 35-year-old father sprayed his 17-year-old daughter with gasoline and set her on fire in Barangay Mansilingan here.
The...
Iloilo team ‘no show’ at Little League tilt
BY HERBERT VEGO
ILOILO City – The much-vaunted softball girls’ team of Zarraga, Iloilo, which is supposed to represent the Philippines and the entire Asia-Pacific region in...