Telcos, PECO have until Dec. to fix ‘spaghetti wires’, posts
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has
given concerned companies until next month to fix “spaghetti wires” and
road-obstructing posts.
“Kon
indi pa gid nila maareglo, sya (Treñas)...
Communication is the problem: Disaster simulation uncovers loophole
ILOILO City – “I saw that
communication was the problem,” said Jose Roberto Nuñez, director of the Office
of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas.
He was...
Ex-‘Kap’ linked to NPA raid of Maasin police station
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO City – Operatives of the Iloilo
Police Provincial Office (IPPO) raided the house of a former barangay captain
of...
PECO BACKPEDALS ON SABOTAGE YARN
ILOILO City – A
day after Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), the National Grid Corp. of the
Philippines (NGCP) and Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC) issued...
Building assessment spots quake ‘red flags’
ILOILO City – Several buildings in
Western Visayas – some located in schools – have cracks, according to the
Office of Civil Defense (OCD) Region 6,...
Dinagyang 2020 tickets available beginning Dec. 9
ILOILO City – Some 3,600 stage/viewing
stand tickets for the Dinagyang Festival tribes competition on Jan. 26, 2020
will be made available beginning Dec. 9.
According...
30% of ‘Yolanda’ houses in WV still to be completed
ILOILO City – Six years after super
typhoon “Yolanda” hit Western Visayas, 70.71 percent of the housing projects
for displaced families have been completed as of...
‘Two-day power outage unplanned’
ILOILO City – The power outage on Oct.
29 and 30 was unplanned, stressed the two big power generation firms in Panay
Island, Palm Concepcion Power...
Iloilo int’l airport among Asia’s best
ILOILO City – The Iloilo Airport
ranked 18th in the 2019 Sleeping In Airports’ “Best Airports in Asia” list, the
Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines...
IFFI to scale down Dinagyang food kiosks
ILOILO City – Less than 400 downtown food kiosks would be made
available for the January 2020 Dinagyang Festival – a sharp drop from the...