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Iloilo bids for song and dance world record

ILOILO City – On May 2 a “unity song and dance” event with a target of 10,000 participants will be staged in Pototan, Iloilo. To be spearheaded...

SC stresses impartiality in PECO-MORE Power row

MANILA – The Supreme Court (SC) will resolve the dispute between new Iloilo City power distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) and previous distributor...

Reporting system seeks to prevent elderly abuse

ILOILO – In two pilot barangays of the municipality of Lambunao, the Reporting System and Prevention Program for Elderly Abuse Cases (ReSPPEC) is proving to be...
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...
Photo by Newsbreak

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...