Unidentified men mulct money from meat dealers, butchers

Maricar M. Calubiran

It is not only thievery that bothers meat dealers having business at the new slaughterhouse in Brgy. Tacas, Jaro. It was learned yesterday that unidentified men also mulct money from the meat dealers going to the slaughterhouse very early in the morning.

City to upgrade police radio communication equipment

Maricar M. Calubiran

Amid the new era in technology especially on mobile phones and other high technology equipment, the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) will revive the use of handheld radios as communication equipment in its peace and order drive.

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File photo of the new slaughterhouse in Brgy. Tacas, Jaro when it was still under construction.

Cops recapture 1 of 3 fugitives in Roxas City jailbreak

JOEL E. CAPUNDAN

ROXAS CITY – Three prisoners escaped early morning yesterday from the lock-up cell of the Roxas City PNP after they cut the door's iron grills using a hack saw blade.

Chief Inspector Leo Batiles, chief of Roxas City PNP, said the guard on duty SPO1 Ruben Castro did not notice the cutting of iron grills at cell number 3 which happened around 2 a.m. yesterday.

ILOILO NEWS

IPG excellent, very good in frontline services

The Iloilo Provincial Government (IPG) is once again honored with the awards tendered by the Civil Service Commission (CSC) Regional Office No. 6 as "Excellent and Very Good" in different frontline services.

Role of tanods in peace and order cited

Barangay Tanods multiply the presence of police personnel in the barangays to see to it that peace and order reigns in communities.

Solon proposes to scrap gov't permits on church marriages

A bill is now pending in Congress to solemnize marriages in the Philippines minus current requisite of government license.

DENR's regional people's hour continue to respond to concerns of stakeholders

More than 50 clients were given immediate response by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) here since the regional people's hour was launched in Iloilo last month.

Church's anti Reproductive Health Bill stance persists

"Should the issue on reproductive health be more objectively and properly called instead "unreproductive health?"

PANAY NEWS

Del Rosario not amenable to peace talk with Bermejo

ROXAS CITY – It seems First District Representative Antonio del Rosario is not amenable to a peace talk with political enemy City Mayor Vicente Bermejo.

Alay Lakad '08 makes first step

ROXAS CITY -- The first step to realize the 2008 walk-for-a-cause was made by the Alay Lakad Roxas City Chapter, Inc. with the election of private and government institutions that will run the activity.

NEGROS NEWS

SP holds first session, Mayor delivers fist SOCA at NGC

BACOLOD CITY – The Sangguniang Panglungsod held its first ever session at the New Government Center (NGC) yesterday despite the fact that the new edifice has no furnitures and fixtures yet.

Gov signs lease of NOBDC to Capgem

BACOLOD CITY -- Gov. Isidro P. Zayco signed a memorandum of agreement with the Capitol Government Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative represented by chairman Lawrence Ledesma.

NFA buys P3.3-M worth of clean and dry palay

BACOLOD CITY -- The National Food Authority has already bought 3,747 bags clean and dry palay worth P3.3 million from individual farmers and Farmers Cooperatives/Organizations (FOs) in line with the agency's Palay Procurement Program.

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