Ilonggo bags Palanca awards anew
By PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA — An Ilonggo already in the Hall of Fame of the Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature scooped three...
3,620 houses for cops, soldiers
By RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ILOILO City — Policemen and soldiers in Panay Island who do not have houses will soon have their own.
A total of...
TREÑAS DEFENDS PNOY ‘IMPEACH RAPS PREMATURE’
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – All three impeachment complaints against President Benigno Aquino III were filed prematurely, Iloilo City’s Rep. Jerry Treñas told Panay...
‘Judgment day’ for Malones reset
By Glenda SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – It was no judgment day for Maasin, Iloilo’s Mayor Mar Malones yet as the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), a quasi-judicial...
Monico loses case vs city hall dep’t head
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) has found Mayor Monico Puentevella’s order transferring the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO)...
Tupas takes ice bucket challenge
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Rep. Niel “Jun-jun” Tupas Jr. of Iloilo’s 5th District joined the growing list of individuals taking the ice bucket...
2,427 zones ‘high-risk’ for measles
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO City – The mass immunization for measles and polio starts on Sept. 1 and the Provincial Health Office (PHO) is prioritizing 2,427 high-risk...
‘Miriam for president’ Senator says she can ‘rise to the occasion’
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Iloilo City’s Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago, battling stage 4 lung cancer, may run for president in 2016.
“I am not going...
Hillmarc’s: Makati’s favorite contractor
BY PRINCE GOLEZ
Manila Reporter
MANILA – Just one contractor – Hillmarc’s Construction Corp. – handled several construction projects of the local government of Makati City.
But...
Interim GM clueless on Baciwa problems
BY MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Water District (Baciwa) has an interim general manager. But he knows not where to start fixing...