Bingawan aims to industrialize
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
BINGAWAN, Iloilo – Mayor Matt Palabrica wants this municipality of 14,000 inhabitants to industrialize in order to rise above poverty.
While it is...
Honesty a tourist attraction, tooAirport workers find tourist’s bag
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Two Iloilo Airport employees who returned the bag of a foreign tourist containing a substantial amount of money (in dollars)...
Bamboo vendor kills neighborÂ
BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO
ANILAO, Iloilo – A bamboo vendor is being hunted by the police for stabbing to death his neighbor during the fiesta...
MARAÑON VS NEDAGuv pissed off by agency’s bucking of ‘Negros Region’
By EUGENE ADIONG
MOISES PADILLA, Negros Occidental — The National Economic and Development Authority’s (NEDA) opposition to the planned creation of a one-island Negros region...
STABLE POWER SEEN WITH COAL PLANT
By GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
CONCEPCION, Iloilo — The impending presence of the 135-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant of Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC) here augurs well...
Ombudsman suspends four Janiuay officials
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Four officials of Janiuay town were suspended by the Office of the Ombudsman for six months effective this May 4...
Capitol rice project exec: What anomaly?
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – The Rice Development Program coordinator of the provincial government denied alleged irregularities in the project’s execution.
There were no missing bags...
4 soldiers positive for illegal drugs
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Four soldiers of the Philippine Army’s 82nd Infantry Battalion (IB) based in Camp Monteclaro, Miag-ao town tested positive for illegal drugs.
One...
Sackloads of rice seeds ‘missing’
BYÂ GLENDAÂ SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Under its Rice Development Program, the provincial government purchased fertilizers and palay seeds for distribution to farmers. But the Provincial Agriculture Office...
Agri chief blames ‘errors’ in documentation
BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA
ILOILO – Provincial Agriculturist Ildefonso Toledo believes the rice seeds and fertilizers that the provincial government procured under its Rice Development Program...