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City gov’t doctor wary of ‘miserable life’ at city hall

ILOILO City – City Health Office (CHO) chief Dr. Bernard Caspe has asked the Office of the Ombudsman to place Mayor Jerry Treñas and City Administrator...
AMBUSH MARKS. These are some of the bullet holes sustained by the vehicle of Roxas City human rights lawyer Criselda Azarcon-Heredia from armed men who ambushed her yesterday, Sept. 23, 2019, in Sigma, Capiz. Human rights alliance Karapatan says the ambush was indicative of the deteriorating human rights situation in the country where critics who raise legitimate demands, including human rights defenders, are deemed as targets. Photo courtesy of Atty. Criselda Azarcon-Heredia, Bulatlat

Red-tagged Capiz human rights lawyer survives slay try

ROXAS City – A human rights lawyer here survived an ambush yesterday morning after attending a court hearing. Atty. Criselda Azarcon-Heredia posted on her Facebook page that...
ILLEGAL STRUCTURE REMOVED. Personnel of the Iloilo City government’s road clearing team remove an illegal structure from the sidewalk of JM Basa Street. The city government has until this Sept. 29 to completely remove all obstructions from streets and sidewalks. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo City roads, sidewalks 100% cleared by Sept. 29?

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas is hopeful that by Sept. 29 all of the city’s roads and sidewalks would have been cleared of obstructions. Sept. 29...
Mayor Jerry Treñas. GLENDA TAYONA/PN

Treñas to civil registry head: explain alleged irregularities

ILOILO City – City Civil Registrar Romeo Cesar “Juncae” Manikan has been issued a show cause order over alleged irregularities in the registration of marriages. Mayor Jerry...
Agricultural output contracted by 1.27 percent in April to June. Crop production was led by a decline in palay output, which fell by 5.82 percent. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo prov’l gov’t wants extra fund to aid farmers

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. plans to request a supplemental budget to help small farmers affected by falling palay prices. The provincial government, according to Defensor, intends to...

DOH-6: Don’t to be complacent despite leptos cases drop

ILOILO – Though the number of leptospirosis cases in Western Visayas is much lower than last year, the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 still warned...

Should Region 6 be placed under martial law?

ILOILO – Should Western Visayas provinces be placed under martial law to contain the possible spread of killings in Negros Island? There is no need to rush...
NEVER FORGET, NEVER AGAIN. An effigy of President Rodrigo Duterte is displayed at Iloilo City’s Sunburst Park as activists mark the 47th anniversary of the declaration of martial law. It was on Sept. 21, 1972 when then President Ferdinand Marcos placed the country under military rule to supposedly quell communist rebellion. But yesterday’s (Sept. 20) mass action ahead of the anniversary today was not only about Marcos’ martial law. The protesters also pressed for the resumption of the peace talks between the national government and communists, and a halt to extrajudicial killings and corruption. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo activists mark martial law anniv with ‘National Day of Action’

ILOILO City – Activists here joined yesterday’s National Day of Action to mark the 47th anniversary of the declaration of martial law. They marched from the...
STILL SAFE. A vendor at the Iloilo Terminal Market inspects the meat and pork he is selling. They are safe, he insists. The deadly African swine fever virus has reached the country. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo bans hogs, pork products from ASF areas

ILOILO – This province remains free from the African swine fever (ASF), a contagious hemorrhagic swine disease with no known cure. As a preventive measure, however, Gov. Arthur...

Iloilo air quality remains good — EMB

ILOILO City – Based on the latest air quality monitoring of the Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) Region 6, the air quality in the city and province...