Big time drug haul: P15-M ‘shabu’ seized in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – About 500 grams of suspected shabu valued at around P15 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Purok Fatima, Barangay 31. Personnel of...
Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director Police Colonel Roland Vilela. IME SORNITO/PN

New tack vs drugs: brgy info network

ILOILO – “We need to strengthen our barangay information network.” This, according to new Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director Police Colonel Roland Vilela, is what he...

Self-confessed drug ring bagman gunned down

BACOLOD City – A self-confessed drug ring bagman was shot to death in Barangay Pahanocoy. Ricky Serenio, who claimed to be the paymaster of the Berya...
SAFE TOILETS. Toilet bowls and other construction materials are distributed to residents of Sara town on Aug. 22, 2019. The Provincial Health Office of Iloilo province said the barangay and municipalities can pass ordinances to support the zero open defecation campaign. Photo courtesy of Sara LGU

‘Political will’ key to end open defecation in Iloilo

ILOILO – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) pressed the need for political will for the province to achieve a zero open defecation (ZOD) status. PHO chief...

Fire? Alert BFP fast thru new mobile phone application

ILOILO – The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) in Western Visayas developed a mobile application that concerned citizens can use to alert it fast if there...
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Proposed ‘no homework’ policy: good or bad?

ILOILO City – If House Bill 388 becomes a law (No Homework on Weekends Act of 2019), elementary and high school teachers would be prohibited from...
WHEN THE GOING GETS WE AND MUDDY. New police recruits get ready for their pushups during reception rites at the wet and muddy grounds of Camp Delgado, the headquarters of the Police Regional Office 6 in Iloilo City. Four hundred all-male police recruits took oath as members of the Philippine National Police yesterday, Aug. 28, 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘We’ll give the strictest training’

ILOILO City – Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) got a much-needed boost. Four hundred all-male police recruits took oath as members of the Philippine National Police (PNP)...
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

‘Swine checkpoints’ pressed to shield Iloilo from ASF

ILOILO City – As a precautionary measure against the possible entry of African Swine Fever (ASF), the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) pressed for the conduct of checkpoints...
Public Private Partnership (PPP) Center’s Cherry May Manacho (2nd from left) and Gee Maureen Manguera (3rd from left), both project development officers of the Project Development and Monitoring Facility Service; and Christian Placido Calma (5th from left), training specialist of the Capacity Building Division, conducted an orientation-workshop with Iloilo City’s PPP selection team headed by Mayor Jerry Treñas and the technical working group at the city hall penthouse Aug. 22-23.

Wanted: public market investors

ILOILO City – The city government is scouting prospective investors to develop public markets in the metropolis under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model. Mayor Jerry Treñas, however,...
Panay Electric Co., the sole power distributor in Iloilo City for the past 95 years, has vowed exhaust all legal remedies to protect its assets. Though its franchise expired in January this year, it has been allowed to operate by the Energy Regulatory Commission via a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. PECO’s office is on General Luna Street, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Not too late to rectify mistake, PECO tells RTC Branch 37

ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) filed a motion for reconsideration urging Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 37 to reconsider its ruling granting MORE Electric...