PECO PLAYS HARDBALL: Long-drawn-out legal battle with MORE Power looms
ILOILO City – Panay Electric Company (PECO), the sole power distributor in this city for nearly a century, is not giving up its franchise...
WVSU one of best performing schools in medical board exam
ILOILO City – West Visayas State University (WVSU) was one of the top-performing schools in the country in the recent Physician Licensure Examination (PLE).
With...
PRO-6 spox: Salcedo seeks ouster of Sara police chief
ILOILO City – The removal of the police chief of the municipality of Sara, Iloilo is being sought, according to Superintendent Joem Malong, spokesperson...
Espinosa removes Estante from Task Force Infra
ILOILO City – Councilor Ely Estante, a supporter of Cong. Jerry Treñas’ bid for mayor, was booted out of the city government’s Task Force...
Iloilo has bounced back from ‘Yolanda’ devastation – Banias
ILOILO – This province has risen from the devastation left by super typhoon “Yolanda” five years ago, according to Provincial Administrator Raul Banias.
“Ilonggos are...
RIGHTS LAWYER KILLED
BY GLENDA TAYONA and CYRUS GARDE
ILOILO City – A human rights lawyer helping farmers in what has been dubbed as the “Sagay massacre” was...
Substitution of candidacies until Nov. 29 only
ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is allowing substitution of candidacy due to withdrawal only up to Nov. 29, 2018.
The original rule...
WV pilot site for locally developed dengue test kit
ILOILO City – Western Visayas is one of three pilot regions for the rollout of a new and locally developed technology for diagnosing dengue.
Biotek-M,...
DPWH bans palay drying along nat’l highways
ILOILO City – Drying palay (unhusked rice) and other farm produce along national highways is not allowed, stressed the Department of Public Works and...
SP reallocates P85M for rehab of markets, abattoir
ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) reallocated the P85 million it previously scrapped from the city government’s Supplemental Budget No. 3 for the...