Chicken project mess: Neglect of duty raps vs 4 city hall workers
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – Charges for neglect of duty may be filed against four city hall employees over alleged irregularities in the...
‘IT’S NOT TOO LATE’ Call centers called out for fire safety violations
ILOILO City – Five of the 14 business process outsourcing (BPO) companies that the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) inspected in this city were...
Transport group warns of TRAIN fare hike
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – The Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) of the Duterte administration will likely result to higher public...
NO PHONE SIGNAL? Cellphone jamming during Dinagyang mulled
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – As a security preemptive measure for the 2018 edition of the Dinagyang Festival, telecommunications companies may be asked again...
Taxis find dashcams, GPS unnecessary
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Taxi drivers in Western Visayas find two new requirements imposed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board...
Rules on sand, gravel quarrying tightened
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO – The provincial government has prohibited the extraction, loading, hauling, and transporting of sand and gravel during bad weather in...
Road obstructions demolished
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – Illegal structures on Ybiernas Street, City Proper were demolished.
The city government’s Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PSTMO)...
MABILOG FOREVER DISQUALIFIED Another dismissal order vs Jed for towing deal
BY PRINCE GOLEZ and ADRIAN STEWART CO
MANILA – The Office of the Ombudsman has again perpetually disqualified former mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog from holding...
Gun-toting barangay tanods face arrest
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Barangay tanods (village watchmen) are prohibited from carrying firearms, licensed or not, while on duty. They are only...
City hall employee in buy-bust risks losing job
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO City – A utility personnel of the city government’s General Services Office arrested in an antidrug operation of the police...