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Iloilo LGUs to join waste management tilt

ILOILO City â€“ The Iloilo Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) enjoined all local government units (LGU) to take part in this year’s search for outstanding...

418,079 tourists visited Iloilo City from Jan. to July

ILOILO City – From January to July this year 418,079 tourists – 400,640 domestic and 17,439 foreign – visited this city, partial data from the Department...
Photo by IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

To curb rice price drop, NFA urged to buy more

ILOILO – To help farmers overcome the deluge of imported rice that has caused prices to drop, the National Food Authority (NFA) has been urged to...
BADJAOS IN THE CITY. These Badjao beggars have been rounded up by Iloilo City government personnel from the districts of Jaro and Mandurriao. They would be deported to Jolo, Sulu next month. The city government, however, admits it would be difficult to bar the Badjaos from returning to the city. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

RIGHT TO TRAVEL: Iloilo City gov’t can’t stop Badjaos from returning

ILOILO City – The city government would be deporting to Jolo, Sulu all mendicant Badjaos next month via a Philippine Air Force C-130 airplane. But this...

No renewal of senior citizens’ IDs

ILOILO City – The Office of the Senior Citizens Affairs (OSCA) here clarified to members there is no renewal of their identification cards (IDs). What is going...
These cement mixers of a construction company were torched by suspected rebels in Guimbal, Iloilo late night on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019. Police investigators believed the company resisted the rebels’ extortion attempts. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Armed men torch construction company’s heavy equipment

ILOILO – Armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA) set on fire the heavy equipment of a construction company on Wednesday...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, PRO-6 spokesperson

WANTED: 149 WV FREED CONVICTS

ILOILO City – A total of 149 convicts from Western Visayas have been released by the Bureau of Corrections (BuCor) since 2013 in line with the Good...
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DILG to barangay execs: Where are your ‘lakbay aral’ action plans?

ILOILO City – Barangay officials who participated in a recent five-day lakbay aral (study tour) in Olongapo City and Bataan province must submit “reentry action plans”, according...

All Iloilo LGUs to have waste mgt plans soon

ILOILO – Before this year is over, all local government units (LGUs) here – 42 municipalities and one component city – are expected to have 10-year...
Iloilo Coastal Road. FLICKR

Renaming of coastal road after deceased congressman pushed

ILOILO – Provincial Board member Rolando Distura has proposed the renaming of the Iloilo City-Leganes-Dumangas coastal road to the Cong. Narciso Dolar Monfort Boulevard. The late Monfort,...