PRO-6 rejects coup d’etat against Du30
ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6
(PRO-6) remains loyal to the government and won’t support plots to oust
President Rodrigo Duterte, according to Lieutenant...
Treñas declares dengue outbreak
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas issued
Executive Order No. 023 yesterday declaring a dengue outbreak.
Citing data from the Department of Health
(DOH), Treñas said the...
‘People’s SONA’ vs Duterte’s 4th SONA
ILOILO City – Progressive groups here are
countering President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address
(SONA) with their “United People’s SONA” this afternoon.
At...
Bacolod under ‘climate emergency’
BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP)
here approved a resolution last week declaring a “climate emergency.”
SP member Carl Lopez, who authored the resolution,...
‘Burnout leave’ for city gov’t workers proposed
ILOILO City – Councilor Candice Magdalene
Tupas has proposed an ordinance granting “stress/burnout leave” to regular
employees of the city government.
It hurdled first reading in the...
Bacolod measles cases hit new high; CHO urges vaccination
BACOLOD City – The City Health
Office (CHO) here appealed anew to Bacolodnons to bring their children to
health centers for measles immunization as reported cases increased...
Dinagyang Festival to drop Kasadyahan contest?
ILOILO City – A showcase of various festivals
in Western Visayas, the Kasadyahan competition of the annual Dinagyang Festival
may become a separate festivity itself.
The proposal...
Close to 100 houses hit by storm surge
BY GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO – Almost a hundred houses in the
southern coastal municipality of San Joaquin were hit by storm surges and
floods triggered by the...
Houses damaged, roads impassable
ILOILO City – Houses were damaged while roads
rendered temporarily impassable in parts of Western Visayas due to storm surges
and flooding brought by the southwest...
State of calamity mulled; money needed to curb dengue outbreak
ILOILO – The Provincial Disaster Risk
Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) is pressing for a declaration of a
state of calamity so that the provincial government’s...