PENRO lacks manpower against illegal quarries
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO – The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) does not have enough manpower to stop illegal quarry operations.
According to...
Proposed ordinance targets ‘loud’ vehicles
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – A proposed ordinance seeks to reduce noise pollution from vehicles. It specifically seeks to regulate the use of...
NO MORE FLOODS BY 2018 – JED
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is undertaking another drainage project that promises to solve the...
Baciwa Board nixes joint venture plan
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Bacolod City Water District’s (Baciwa) Board of Directors rejected the proposed joint venture with MetroPac Water Investments Corp.
It heeded...
Drugs bug over half of WV brgys – PRO-6
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – Of the 2,389 villages in Western Visayas, 1,944 or 57 percent are drug-affected, according to the Police Regional...
PRO-6 examines substance seized from Iloilo prov’l jail
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Were the white crystalline substance seized recently from the inmates of the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Barangay...
ILOILO-WIDE ‘CRACKER BAN?
ILOILO – People should find other means to celebrate the holidays without using firecrackers.
The Provincial Health Office (PHO) is proposing a firecracker ban throughout...
1,050 city drivers hurdle drug test
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City – A total of 1,050 jeepney and taxi drivers in this city took and passed their drug tests at...
‘Do not misuse power to arrest’
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Barangay captains deputized by the Land Transportation Office (LTO) to catch violators of traffic rules and regulations – especially...
HOUSING FOR SQUATTERS
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Around 300 informal settler families may soon have their own houses under the mass housing project of the city...