AQUINO TWITS SC RULING DAP funds 2 Iloilo projects
BY SAMMY JULIAN, Manila News Bureau Chief<br />
and PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter
MANILA – The Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funded two infrastructure projects in Iloilo,...
Bizmen concerned about crimes, drugs
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Crimes and illegal drugs scare tourists and investors away. Authorities and communities should take preemptive measures.
Iloilo Business Club (IBC)...
Negros monitors markets for red tide products
BY EUGENE Y. ADIONG
BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental is on province-wide red tide alert.
Local agriculturists most especially those in coastal areas have been ordered...
‘AMBITIOUS PROJECT’ Defensor cool on proposed Panay LRT
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – “Too ambitious a project” was how Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. described the proposed Light Railway Transport (LRT) system from this city...
Drivers snub new city proposal
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Provincial jeepney drivers rejected the counteroffer of the city government that would allow provincial jeepneys without car passes to...
Monico stonewalling abattoir permit
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Despite the City Legal Office’s favorable endorsement, Mayor Monico Puentevella has refused to issue a business permit to AVM...
Region’s No. 7 ‘most wanted’ man arrested
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Western Visayas’ No. 7 most wanted person was arrested in Barangay Poblacion, Ibajay, Aklan on July 20 after 11 years...
WOMEN CHARGED FOR CYBERSEX
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Four women and the owner of the boarding house which served as a cybersex den in Lapuz district were...
Teen pregnancy on the rise
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – More teenagers are getting pregnant in Iloilo province.
From 8.7 percent in 2012, the teenage pregnancy prevalence rate rose to 9.7 in...
MAYOR FACES ARREST FOR GRAFT
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – The Sandiganbayan has ordered the arrest of Mayor Neptali Salcedo of Sara, Iloilo and three more officials of the town for...