Scrutinize proposed Baciwa deal, SP urged
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – A consumer group will ask the Sangguniang Panlungsod to look into a private company’s proposed joint venture with the...
Talk to kids about sex, parents told
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – One way to address teenage pregnancy is for parents to talk to their children about sex.
National Youth Commission...
NEXT TARGET: PUV DRIVERS – Extra powers for Duterte pushed
BY PRINCE GOLEZ, Manila Reporter
MANILA – Aside from drug traffickers, President Rodrigo Duterte should target undisciplined drivers, too, said Rep. Jerry Treñas of Iloilo...
Mabilog mulls admin sanctions vs Nava
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is looking into the possible liabilities of Barangay Captain Sumakwel Nava of Barangay Libertad, Lapuz...
DA asks: Have you tried eating brown rice?
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) is promoting the consumption of brown rice through the #BROWN4good challenge.
The #BROWN4good project is...
252,584 WV households poor – DSWD
ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), through its Listahanan program, has listed a total of252,584 poor households in Western...
KAP DEFIES JED Nava won’t let Mabilog ‘use’ him
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – A barangay captain refused to comply with Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog’s order to submit a list of drug personalities...
Aiza wants ‘worst’ penalty vs criminals using children
BY MERIANNE GRACE EREÑETA
ILOILO City – Criminals using children deserve the “worst” punishments, National Youth Commission (NYC) chairperson Cariza “Aiza” Seguerra said.
Whatever penalty currently...
Bacolod, NegOcc dengue deaths up
BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
BACOLOD City –More people have died of dengue in this city and Negros Occidental.
There were 11 fatalities here and 22 in...
GUV: NO DENGUE CALAMITY YET
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – There is no “cogent reason” yet for the provincial government to place Iloilo under a state of calamity due to...