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PRO-6 chief: Death penalty OK for ‘matitigas ang ulo’

ILOILO City – “Definitely pag naging batas ito (death penalty) it will have a chilling effect sa matitigas ang ulo.” That was Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan, director...
Commissioned personnel of J.S Layson & Co., Inc. collect garbage of residents in Barangay Burgos-Mabini, La Paz, Iloilo City on Tuesday morning. Republic Act 9003, or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, mandates local government units to adopt proper segregation, collection, transport, storage, treatment, and disposal of solid waste through the formulation and adoption of the best environmental practices. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Common sanitary landfills for clustered towns mulled

ILOILO – Ideally, each municipality must have a sanitary landfill. Having one is mandated by Republic Act 9003 or the Solid Waste Management Act of 2000....

WV gets more accessible with Clark flights – DOT

ILOILO City – The Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 6 welcomed the new flights that will connect Western Visayas to northern Philippines. Starting Aug. 9, 2019 Cebu...

NO MORE DENGUE TEST KITS? Over a thousand new dengue cases in one week

ILOILO – People have been rushing to rural health units and the provincial government’s 12 hospitals for dengue tests to know if they have the dengue...

‘People’s SONA’ vs Duterte’s 4th SONA

ILOILO City – Progressive groups here are countering President Rodrigo Duterte’s fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) with their “United People’s SONA” this afternoon. At...
Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

‘Burnout leave’ for city gov’t workers proposed

ILOILO City – Councilor Candice Magdalene Tupas has proposed an ordinance granting “stress/burnout leave” to regular employees of the city government. It hurdled first reading in the...

Policeman arrested for ‘indiscriminate firing’

ILOILO City – A policeman was arrested. Neighbors complained he indiscriminately fired a homemade gun during an altercation with a relative in Barangay Tacbuyan, Estancia, Iloilo...

Brace for rainy season disease

ILOILO – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) is urging the public to be wary of illnesses associated with the rainy season, especially the deadly leptospirosis. Remain...
Iloilo City Hall. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Only 7.14% of city projects implemented in 2018 – COA

ILOILO City – Only 7.14 percent or eight out of 112 development projects here last year were fully implemented. Such was “contrary to the guidelines issued...

Massive cleanup vs dengue today

ILOILO City – This is a busy Saturday. There’s a massive cleanup against dengue mosquitoes in 180 barangays. Since Jan. 1 the City Health Office...