Peco OKs rollback, warns of 'dark ages' By Maricar Calubiran Panay Electric Company Inc. (Peco) has agreed to rollback their power rates, but is threatening of “...the possibility of a blackout in the city” because of the lowered cost of electricity. GMA kin may soon become saint By Nereo Lujan President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo may soon have a relative who is a saint.

a. chris fernandez A wide portion of Mabini Street beside the Iloilo Terminal Market has been turned into a terminal of a volunteer fire brigade. Could the city government not give this fire brigade a proper place where they could station their firetrucks so as not to obstruct traffic flow? Millions feared lost in PhilHealth check scam By Florence Hibionada Millions of pesos worth of claims with the State's PhilHealth program is feared lost to corrupt postal officials with the arrest of a postal worker in Negros Occidental on charges of check fraud.

ILOILO NEWS

Security tightened in 'escape-prone' prisons

The warden of the Bureau of Jail and Management Penology (BJMP) detention center in Cabatuan town was relieved following the escape of two inmates.

City earmarks P2.5M for short-term jobs

The Iloilo City Government has allocated a P2.5 million poverty alleviation fund to ease people's lives during this lean months or locally known as “tigkiliwi.”

2 city brgys declared as calamity areas

The two barangays recently hit by fire can now spend their five percent calamity fund after they were declared by the Sangguniang Panlungsod under the state of calamity area.

Iloilo Intergrated Lions Club holds medical-dental clinic

Iloilo Integrated Lions Club (IIL-Club) sponsored a half-day free Medical-Dental Clinic to the residents of Sinikway, Tabucan, Mandurriao last May 21.

2 young Ilonggo farmers shine in NYFE Forum

They might have not got the top awards but these two young Ilonggo farmers came home winners in their own rights.

COLUMNS

Polibiz Kudos to pro-environment mediamen By Nelson Robles     Unusual Channel Chicken soup for the beer drinkers By Ma. Renette Uy     Consumers Domain PECO, gluttony, environment By Ian Seruelo

Bridging the gap The role of the Iloilo River in early times By Prof. Henry Funtecha     on the dot It's all about private sector initiative By Atty. Helen Camarista     Without the Whitecoat Irregulars... the challenges of medical school By Florentino Alerta II, M.D.

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