DILG: First 100 days in public service crucial
ILOILO – The first 100 days in service of newly elected
officials are crucial, according to the Department of Interior and Local
Government (DILG).
Winning candidates in...
NEDA sets higher growth target for WV in 2019
ILOILO City – The National Economic and
Development Authority (NEDA) set a 6.5 percent growth target for Western
Visayas this year, higher than the 6.1 percent...
Jerry does a Joe: Hires, fires job hires
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas announced the
city government would rehire job hires who were fired by his predecessor,
former mayor Jose Espinosa III.
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Antique police brutality? 2 arrested drug suspects cry foul
SAN JOSE, Antique – Two drug suspects arrested
in Barangay San Angel here claimed policemen mauled them.
The 28-year-old Raymund “Nonoy” Juala of
Barangay 5, San Jose...
Treñas’ allies corner bulk of SP committees
ILOILO City – Of the 27 committees in the
Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP), nine councilors allied with Mayor Jerry Treñas
agreed to divide among themselves 23, according...
Chiefs of 3 city gov’t task forces axed
ILOILO City – The chiefs of three city
government task forces – anti-smoking, boardinghouse and illegal structures –
have been removed from their posts.
Iñigo Garingalao is...
Classes suspended due to heavy rains
BY IME SORNITO and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Eight municipalities in Iloilo
province suspended classes in both public and private schools yesterday due to
heavy monsoon...
Lifting of 2 a.m. alcohol curfew mulled
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas plans to
repeal Executive Order (EO) 146 of his predecessor, former mayor Jose Espinosa
III, that prohibited establishments from dispensing...
Cawaling shows up at Malay town hall despite dismissal
KALIBO, Aklan – Mayor Ciceron Cawaling of Malay, Aklan showed up at the town hall despite an advisory from the Department of Interior and...
Odicta ‘hit man’ killed in police antidrug op
ILOILO City – An alleged hit man of late drug lord Melvin
Odicta was shot to death in a police operation in Barangay Tanza Esperanza,
City...