Defensor’s PDP-Laban oath-taking postponed
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The swearing in of Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. to Partido Demokratiko Pilipino – Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) of...
City girds for first giant lantern fest
ILOILO City – The City Tourism and Development Office (CTDO) is staging the first ever Iloilo City Giant Lantern Festival next month with the...
Ex-cop suspect in death of live-in partner’s suitor
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A former police officer was named a suspect in the death of a motorcycle driver in Barangay Cabugao,...
‘NO VIABLE ALTERNATIVE’ ERC not keen on gov’t takeover of PECO
BY PRINCE GOLEZ and GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
MANILA – There is no “viable” and “practical” alternatives to Panay Electric Company (PECO) so the city of Iloilo...
6 councilors soften stance on PECO
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Six of the 10 city councilors who last week pressed for the nonrenewal of Panay Electric Company’s (PECO) franchise...
Rebels bomb, shoot Sibalom policemen
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – An undetermined number of suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels ambushed policemen in Barangay Bontol, Sibalom, Antique yesterday...
DOH confident of eradicating filariasis in Western Visayas
BY CAROLYN JANE ABELLO
ILOILO – The Department of Health (DOH) is hopeful of eradicating lymphatic filariasis in Western Visayas.
The World Health Organization (WHO) describes...
Proposed ordinance targets obstructions near power lines
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – A proposed provincial ordinance seeks to regulate or prohibit the planting of high-growing species of plants and/or construction of structures...
WE’RE ONLY HUMAN – PECO SP firm on stand vs franchise renewal
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) is not keen on retracting its resolution opposing the renewal of Panay Electric Company’s (PECO)...
Early price monitoring for noche buena products
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in Western Visayas has started monitoring the prices of noche buena products...