December 22 2008 :: Iloilo City, Philippines
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No end in sight for Iloilo water crisis

No end is in sight for the water crisis besetting the City as the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) has declined to say when normal service to its consumers will resume.

Non-payment of revolutionary tax behind torching of vans in Iloilo

New People's Army (NPA) rebels burned two passenger vans in Miag-ao town Saturday morning because its operators refused to pay revolutionary taxes.

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Young boys show off the freebies—calendars and liquors.
A.CHRIS FERNANDEZ

Young boys show off the freebies—calendars and liquors—they got from the promo girls of a beverage company in last Friday's opening salvo of Dinagyang Festival 2009 in dowtown Iloilo City.

Illegal recruitment persists, says OWWA exec

The faces and phases of illegal recruitment are now on different levels reason that the top official of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here is concerned.

ILOILO NEWS

Christmas spirit fails to avert NPA attack in Iloilo town

Communist terrorist New People's Army (NPA) has no time to be joyful even at the merriest month of the year.

Ateneo de Iloilo-SMCS invites alumni to Grand Homecoming

The Ateneo de Iloilo (AdI)-Santa Maria Catholic School (AAA) Alumni Association (AAA) is making a final call for all elementary and high school graduates and former teachers from 1970 to 2008 to join the Big Blue Night: the Grandest AdI-SMCS Golden Jubilee Alumni and Faculty Homecoming.

First ever book on the Maasin watershed to be launched

The Kahublagan sang Panimalay Foundation, Inc. (KSPFI), a non-government organization advocating for watershed approach in environmental development, is launching the first ever book on the Maasin Watershed from both literary and technical perspectives.

Btac Nuevo Football Club to vie for world record

Barotac Nuevo Football Club (BNFC) will try to break the record set by the Australian Football Club on Guinness Book of World Records on non-stop playing of football.

City to recognize Lapuz as separate district from La Paz

The sub-district of Lapuz, La Paz was technically separated from its mother district of La Paz after the city council approved a resolution on December 17 for its independence in order to have a separate police and fire stations.

PANAY NEWS

Boracay visitor arrivals surpass half-million mark

KALIBO, AKLAN -- Boracay Island's tourist arrivals from January to November of this year has already surpassed the half-million mark.

Roxas City PNP to vie as RP's best anew

ROXAS CITYThe Roxas City Police Station (RCPS) was recently assessed by an evaluation team from the Philippine National Police's (PNP) Camp Crame headquarter in view of the Search for Best Police Station of the Philippines component city category.

NEGROS NEWS

Bacolod City wins excellence in local governance award

Bacolod City won 1st place over 6 other cities in Region 6 in the Economic Development category during the Pagdayaw and Excell Awards 2008, sponsored by the Dept. of Interior and Local Government.

Puentevella vows to finish Sum-ag road before 2010

BACOLOD CITY -- Lone District Representative Monico Puentevella of this city vowed to finish the repair and rehabilitation of the Bacolod South-Sum-ag Road before 2010.

COLUMNS

Funtecha
Bridging the gap
The traditional mode of Christmas celebration in WV
 
Cimagala
reflection
Christmas always survives
 
Carreon-Lagoc
Accents
The rule of law
 
French
Siftings
Soap Watch Review: Kahit Isang Saglit
 
de los Reyes
Bonafide Text
Top 10
 
Lindero
Res Gestae
He made it, at last..!
 

OPINION

Open Letter:
An Open Letter on the P23M Cash Gift for Iloilo's Barangay Health Workerss

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Health@Heart:
Allergies

/ Philip S. Chua


Coffee Thursdays:
Home for Christmas: Yearnings of Filipinos overseas

/ Paolo Carreon


Cerebral Combustion:
Something special for someone special

/ Hacel Du-Chua


YOUNG VOICE:
Raiders of the Lost Christmas

/ Maria Reylan M. Garcia


Wayward & Fanciful:
Small and terrible

/ Gail Ilagan


Rational Insanity:
For the sake of Regional Literature

/ Bryan Mari Argos


COMMENTARY:
What exactly is education?

/ William B. Ongsitco

FEATURES

Ladies who brunch

Ladies who brunch

Top hostess and civic leader Emily Relucio -Lopez recently gave a splendid buffet brunch at her sprawling colonial mansion in Lapaz, Iloilo City in honor of her guest and a close family friend Rep. Cynthia Villar.

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Dad and Mom's Treat for Baby

Dad and Mom's Treat for Baby

It was a colorful party at the newly built Uytiepo residence as Daddy Danny and Mommy Donna gave a birthday treat to their loving and cutie Danielle Marie a children's party attended by kids and family relatives and closer friends.

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Halad sa Kasimanwa

Halad sa Kasimanwa

Halad sa Kasimanwa sa Sinadya sa Halaran is a campaign that aims to provide the target beneficiaries with something to look forward this Christmas season.

 

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Jeanette's birthday on a high note

Jeanette's birthday on a high note

Bubbly and vivacious Jeanette Alicante threw a party on November 29, the eve of her birthday in one karaoke room at Club 21 in Smallville with close friends and family members.

 

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