Scrap on-road parking ordinance? PSTMO retreats

ILOILO City – The Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PSTMO) of the city government has backtracked from its call to repeal Regulation Ordinance 2009-216 that...

Construction of flyover seen to trigger temporary traffic gridlock

ILOILO City – This December the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) may start constructing a flyover at the intersection of the Sen. Benigno S....

10 die in road mishaps each month in Iloilo

ILOILO – Each month an average of 10 persons die in vehicular accidents in this province, data from the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) showed. “We must...
This mural in Barangay Sambag, Jaro, Iloilo City features prominent Iloilo structures such as the provincial capitol, city hall, Iloilo Convention Center, old Jaro municipal hall, the jeepney, and Dinagyang Festival Warriors. The city government will beautify the metropolis with murals, artworks painted or applied directly on walls or other permanent surfaces. The first batch of these murals would be painted in Barangay Sambag, Jaro district. Panay News

City gov’t to beautify Iloilo with murals

ILOILO City – The city government will beautify the metropolis with murals, artworks painted or applied directly on walls or other permanent surfaces. The first batch of these...
THE BEST IS YET TO COME. There is still room for improvement in the Dinagyang, one of the most colorful festivals in the country, according to the National Commission for Culture and the Arts. It can attract more tourists than it already has. How? PN PHOTO

‘Dinagyang sa Calle Real’ to feature costumes made in jail

ILOILO City – Female inmates of the Iloilo District Jail in Barangay Nanga, Pototan, Iloilo will take part in the Dinagyang sa Calle Real on Jan....
‘WHITE ELEPHANT’. Iron grills secure this four-year-old unused elevator of the P19.3-million overpass on Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Mandurriao, Iloilo City. With very few pedestrians using the overpass, the facility has degenerated into a dirty “comfort room”. The homeless have also found it a good place to rest. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Diversion Road elevators to finally operate continuously?

ILOILO City – The city government will hire a total of six personnel to operate the two elevators of the overpass on the Sen. Benigno Aquino...

City gov’t orders 90-day ban on meat from ASF-hit areas

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas ordered a 90-day temporarily ban on live pigs, hog carcasses, pork, and pork products and by-products from and/or processed in...
TRAFFIC VIOLATION. There’s a “No Parking” sign on this part of Timawa Street in Molo, Iloilo City but the drivers of these vehicles are ignoring it. Are there no traffic enforcers in the area to apprehend these violators? IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Repeal of on-road parking ordinance sought but…

ILOILO City – “Sweeping.” This was how Councilor Rommel Duron, chairperson of the Committee on Transportation in the Sangguniang Panlungsod, described the proposal of the Public Safety...

Retired teacher robbed, killed

ILOILO City – A 90-year-old retired teacher living alone was robbed and killed in Barangay Tacas, Jaro district. Rosa Argel was found dead in her kitchen by...

FIRST 100-DAY MARK: W. Visayas execs get thumbs up from DILG

ILOILO – Elected officials in Western Visayas have done their job during their first 100 days in service, according to the Department of Interior and Local...