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Private firms want to operate city’s slaughterhouse

ILOILO City – There are now eight private firms interested to upgrade and operate the slaughterhouse in Barangay Tacas, Jaro district through a public-private partnership with...
Police Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan. PN FILE

STL resumption may fuel illegal gambling

ILOILO City – The resumption of Small Town Lottery (STL) could intensify illegal gambling. That’s because for a hassle-free operation, operators of illegal numbers games such...
Philippine Drug Enforcement Region 6 director Alex Tablate. PN FILE PHOTO

Bolivar’s drug operation crippled down – PDEA-6

ILOILO City – The operation of the region’s top drug suspect Ernesto “Erning” Bolivar had been crippled down by 80 to 90 percent, according to the Philippine Drug...

Charter Day mass today

ILOILO City’s 82nd Charter Day celebration climaxes today with an 8 a.m. mass at the Freedom Grandstand. Mayor Jerry Treñas decided to do away with the...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol

Capitol offers amnesty to delinquent taxpayers

ILOILO – With primarily small farmers in mind, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) approved an ordinance granting amnesty to delinquent real property taxpayers. Provincial Ordinance No. 2019-198 aims “to...
Lotto outlets around the country resumed its operation on Wednesday. President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday night lifted the suspension of the gaming scheme franchised by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office. IFRANCHISE.COM

When will STL resume in Iloilo city, province?

ILOILO City – Without a written order from its central office, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) Iloilo won’t give a go-signal to two Small Town...
DINAGYANG GRAND WINNER. Tribu Ilonganon of Jalandoni Memorial National High School ends an 11-year drought in the Dinagyang Festival. It is this year’s grand champion. The last time it topped the festival’s dagyang tribe dance competition was in 2007. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

City mulls more ‘experiential’ Dinagyang sans Kasadyahan

ILOILO City – For next year’s Dinagyang Festival, the city government wants people to be more involved. “Dinagyang will now be more experiential, (there will be)...

Free internet in Iloilo City plazas, esplanade soon

ILOILO City – The public would soon be enjoying free wireless internet in public plazas, the Iloilo Esplanade and Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Mandurriao...
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Spike in ‘leptos’ cases feared this harvest season

ILOILO – This rice harvest season farmers could catch the leptospira bacteria in contaminated rice fields, warned the Department of Health (DOH). A surge in leptospirosis cases...
Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director Police Colonel Roland Vilela. IME SORNITO/PN

Past scandals shouldn’t define Iloilo stint – new IPPO director

ILOILO – The incoming director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) won’t let his colorful past get in the way of his future and that...