Dinagyang Frenzy: No backpacks, no bottled drinks too, police informs public

By Florence Hibionada

Police are on full alert this weekend as Iloilo City holds the two-day highlights of the Dinagyang Festival.

Some 6,000 contingents composed of cops, barangay tanods, ROTC cadets and other volunteers will help secure the participants and spectators of the city's grandest festivity.

City dad slams city's legal, budget officers

By Maricar Calubiran

No less than City Councilor Eduardo Peñaredondo has called on City Legal Office chief Atty. Edgar Gil and City Budget Office Ninda Atinado to resign from office for alleged incompetence and ignorance of the law.

Janice Busil photo

The National Historical Institute recently unveiled the historical marker for the Iloilo Golf and Country Club in Sta. Barbara Iloilo as part of the latter's Centennial celebrations. The Iloilo Golf and Country Club is considered the oldest golf course in the Philippines built by Scottish engineers of the Philippine Railway Company in 1907.

Baronda slams 'shabby treatment' of City Council

By Maricar Calubiran

City Councilor Julienne "Jam-Jam" Baronda slammed the alleged shabby treatment by the executive department of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

Baronda observed that the city's executive department does not include the members of the City Council in most of its activities.

ILOILO NEWS

In the spirit of fairness, judges for Dinagyang contests withheld

To eliminate doubts on the results of the Kasadyahan and Ati competition in this year's Dinagyang celebration, the judging committee will exercise confidentiality on the names of the 30 judges until the day of the competition which falls on Saturday and Sunday.

No oil spill claims for minor victims

After hundreds of thousands in checks released to oil spill victims in the Province of Guimaras, a new complaint is out anew following reports that under-aged claimants are barred from any compensation.

Fact-finding body wants cops in Capitol assault 'commended'

Police officials and commandos who participated in last week's police assault of the Iloilo Capitol should be commended, a police fact-finding team recommended.

Police official on Capitol assault: We're just following orders

Police Superintendent Cornelio T. Defensor, one of the police officials who made an important role in the negotiations with the camp of Governor Niel Tupas at the height of the assault on the Capitol, finally broke his silence claiming that they merely followed orders from above.

PANAY NEWS

Regional Boy Scouts' jamboree moved to November

ROXAS CITY--The Western Visayas Regional Jamborette of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) that will be hosted by the Province of Capiz has been moved from the original schedule February 21-25 to November of this year.

Treñas: Advocating progress for Metro Iloilo and Guimaras

True to its tag as "The Next Big Thing," Iloilo City has now emerged as among the cities with an energized economy and populace.

COLUMNS

		Polibiz Tupas an icon By Nelson Robles

		Anything Under the Sun Iloilo fiasco (4) By Atty. Rex Salvilla

		Consumers Domain Tupas, victim or casualty? By Ian Seruelo

		Without the Whitecoat Consultations over the phone By Florentino Alerta II, M.D.

		Bridging the gap Business establishments at Ledesma and Rizal Streets, 1920s By Prof. Henry Funtecha

		Accents For dreams must live By Julia Carreon-Lagoc

		Serendipity Googling By Joanne Marie Combong-Pijuan

		Unusual Channel Never ending story By Ma. Renette B. Uy