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Confiscated meat and meat products are being disposed at the dumpsite in Cabatuan, Iloilo by quarantine personnel of the Bureau of Animal Industry. The items were intercepted at the Iloilo Airport. Most of these were from Singapore, Hong Kong and the island of Luzon – areas with confirmed cases of African swine fever. PHOTO BY JINGLE CANTERO, LIVESTOCK INSPECTOR II, PVO

Airport-intercepted meat disposed

ILOILO – Veterinary quarantine personnel of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 6’s Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) disposed in Barangay Inaladan, Cabatuan town meat and...
The city government of Iloilo is waging war against plastic pollution. Aside from prohibiting the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags, it has now banned from city hall single-use plastics such as plastic cups, drinking straws, stirrers, and utensils.

PLASTIC POLLUTION: Single-use plastics banned from city hall, public parks

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has banned single-use plastics from city hall and public parks. Single-use plastic items “pollute waterways, kill marine life and contribute...

PECO defies gag order

ILOILO City – Despite a standing gag order from the court, Panay Electric Co. (PECO) held a press conference in Manila denouncing the takeover of its...
These are what remain of the coastal houses that fire destroyed in Barangay Gen. Hughes, Iloilo City on March 2, 2020. The displaced families are currently staying at the nearby Fort San Pedro National High School. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Fire victims get assistance

ILOILO City – The city government has extended help to 37 families displaced by Monday’s fire in Barangay Gen. Hughes, City Proper. Upon the directive of Mayor...
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Commercial sex workers ‘moonlight’ as drugs pushers

ILOILO City – Some commercial sex workers are not only hawking their flesh. They are peddling illegal drugs, too, according to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency...
Policemen secure the house of a former barangay tanod in Barangay 9, Tigbauan, Iloilo.The ex-tanod was shot to death inside the house on Monday night, March 2, 2020. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Ex-village watchman shot dead in Tigbauan house

ILOILO City – A former barangay tanod (village watchman) was found dead with gunshot wounds on the head and body in his house in Barangay...
PHOTO BY IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Central bank: We listen to public observations, enhanced P5 coins to curb confusion

ILOILO City – New P20 coins and the enhanced version of the P5 coin are now circulating in this city and Iloilo province. “Bangko Sentral ng...
PHOTO BY IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

DOH-6: ALL CLEAR | No more suspected COVID-19 cases in WV

ILOILO City – All the 40 persons whom the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 placed under investigation since January for possible coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Vehicles are constantly “bumper to bumper” and slow on Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue in Barangay Ungka II, Pavia, Iloilo due to congestion. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

LTO gets tougher on student-drivers’ permits

ILOILO City – Beginning next month, applicants for “student permit” would be required to take a 15-hour theoretical driving course in accredited driving schools, according to...

Capitol defers approval of Alimodian quarry applications

ILOILO – Heeding the request of Mayor Geefre “Kalay” Alonsabe of Alimodian town, the Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office (PGENRO) deferred taking action on applications...