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Mayor Jerry Treñas (left) and Joe Mari Esteral

Civil registry office employee blasts dumpsite transfer

ILOILO City – A city government regular employee filed criminal and administrative complaints against Mayor Jerry Treñas and six other city officials before the Office of...
Mayor Jerry Treñas and members of the City Council gather during the signing of the Usufruct Agreement with Gaisano Capital Group for the Iloilo City Action and Response (ICARE) Command Center which, together with the Legislative Parking Building, are the city government’s priority projects this year.

P400-M parking building up for construction

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas wants to fast-track the construction of a P400-million seven-storey multipurpose Legislative Parking Building. Work may start by yearend. The funding is included...

Gov’t to release P580M for reintegration of RPA fighters

ILOILO City – The national government is releasing P580-million worth of social package to 310 members of the Revolutionary Proletarian Army – Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPA-ABB)...
Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (left) and Assistant Provincial Agriculturist Elias Sandig view the organic agricultural products on display at the entrance of Casa Real de Iloilo as part of the Regional Organic Agriculture Congress Trade Fair and Exhibits which runs until Sept. 20, 2019. ECGARCIA, CAPITOL NEWS

Iloilo hosts regional organic agriculture congress

ILOILO – This year’s Regional Organic Agriculture Congress is being hosted by Iloilo province through the Provincial Agriculture Office. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. led the ribbon-cutting ceremony of...
Colonel Roland Vilela, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Vilela to gambling operators: ‘I won’t play your game’

ILOILO – Police Colonel Roland Vilela, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO), warned illegal gambling operators they are not welcome in his area of...

Iloilo mustn’t lower guard despite drop in dengue cases – guv

ILOILO – Based on the record of the Hospital Management Office as of Sept. 12, dengue patients admitted in 13 province-run hospitals dropped to 250. Despite this decline...
‘NEXT LEVEL’ PERFORMANCE. Dinagyang Festival is known for its participants’ impressive choreography and striking costumes that reflect the ingenuity, craftsmanship and artistry of the Ilonggos. Next year’s edition of the festival promises to be more experiential and engaging. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

DINAGYANG 2020: ‘PERFECT VISION’

ILOILO City – “We will bring the festival to its next level.” With this declaration, Mayor Jerry Treñas launched yesterday Dinagyang Festival 2020 with the theme...
Islas de Gigantes in the municipality of Carles, Iloilo is a fledgling tourist attraction that boasts of white-sand beaches, pristine waters and fresh sea breeze. IAN JOHN PAMPLONA/PN

Undesirable practices threaten Gigantes island chain; Voluntary closure of islands to tourism activities pushed

ILOILO – Prohibitive prices of seafoods. Lack of serviceable restrooms. These two concerns threaten the Gigantes group of islands, a fledgling tourism destination in the northern...
Panay Electric Co., the sole power distributor in Iloilo City for the past 95 years, has vowed exhaust all legal remedies to protect its assets. Though its franchise expired in January this year, it has been allowed to operate by the Energy Regulatory Commission via a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. PECO’s office is on General Luna Street, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘Competition to improve service, lower prices’

ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) took to task Cong. Julienne Baronda for what it described as her flip-flopping stand on power distribution. According to PECO,...

No textbooks to bring home from school?

ILOILO – Aside from banning homework, House Bill 3611 of Deputy Speaker and Sorsogon representative Evelina Escudero also disallows the bringing home of school textbooks by...