POLICE CHIEFS ON CHOPPING BLOCK
Police chiefs not doing enough to stop illegal gambling in their areas of assignment could lose their posts.
TOO YOUNG, TOO SOON
Parents have a big role to play, according to the City Population Office (CPO).
Baciwa pumping stations under probe
The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB) is conducting an investigation.
Awarding of relocation lots to informal settlers suspended
The Iloilo City Urban Poor Affairs Office (ICUPAO) has temporarily suspended the awarding of relocation lots to informal settlers.
City gov’t task force vows to guard minors
The campaign against minors entering motels and similar establishments will be sustained, vowed the city government’s Task Force on Morals and Values Formation (TF-MVF).
‘WE’RE NOT HARD TO DEAL WITH’
One of the reasons why Ilonggos are not keen on donating blood to the Philippine Red Cross is perhaps the perceived difficulty of sourcing blood from the agency when the need arises.
‘Magnitude 6’ quake may ruin old Bacolod bldgs
Buildings 15 years and older may collapse if a magnitude 6 earthquake or higher strikes, a disaster management official warned.
Jed mulls Iloilo City as ‘inasal country’
The city government plans transform a portion of the busy downtown street Valeria into an “inasal country” – a strip where barbeque vendors can sell popular grilled dishes such as chicken, pork and fish inasal, among others.
Ex-con found dead with bullet in head
A man with a previous conviction for drug trafficking was found dead under the Drilon Bridge in Barangay Rizal, La Paz district.
WHERE ARE THE BLOOD DONORS?
Less than one percent of Iloilo’s population donated blood in 2016, data from the Philippine Red Cross – Western Visayas Regional Blood Center showed.