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		Residents help put off the fire which occurred early evening Monday in Barangay San Jose, Arevalo.
A.Chris Fernandez

Oso hits absentee colleagues

Board Member Domingo Oso, Jr. was disgusted with the non-appearance of his colleagues in yesterday's supposed committee hearing of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee of the Whole, which he chairs, relative to the pending issues up for investigation by the committee.

3 houses razed in Arevalo fire

Iloilo City -- Barely a week after the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) launched Fire Prevention Month, fire occurred in Brgy. San Jose, Arevalo Monday evening which razed three houses. Three other houses were partially burned by the fire that lasted for less than an hour.

Immigration chief to look into suicide-death of American teacher

Sunday's reported suicide-death of an American transient in a plush village in La Paz District, Iloilo City will be looked into by the Immigration chief here.

ILOILO NEWS

Treñas: Opposition to night market part of 'birth pains'

City Mayor Jerry Treñas defended the Night Market ordinance even as he assured that it is not anti-poor. He said the ordinance is meant to ensure the safety of customers as well as rid the city of eye sores.

Stealing of electrical wires on the rise

City Mayor Jerry Treñas got irked by the reports that the city's electrical wires connecting the streetlights at Avanceña, Molo was again stolen by unknown thieves. This is the sixth time such thievery of electrical wires happened in the area.

Tragic Sunday as two cops killed in line of duty

It was a tragic Sunday for members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) here as two officers were killed in separate incidents, both in line of duty.

Pangilinan lauds Treñas

Senator Francis Pangilinan recently congratulated Mayor Jerry P. Treñas for the recognition that the city got from the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Policy Center in having the most competitive and most viable business atmosphere in the Philippines.

PIA awards devcom writers

The Philippine Information Agency (PIA) VI is giving recognition to 31 student writers , as recipients of the 2006 IWAG award. These 31 have been carefully screened and chosen from out of 50 nominees from all over Western Visayas.

PANAY NEWS

VCO brings hope to mothers, farmers

Libertad, Antique - The wonder of coconut has once again captured the interests of mothers and farmers in the Municipality of Libertad in Antique.

UGSAD leads women's month celebration

The UGSAD Regional Gender Resource Center in Western Visayas based at the University of the Philippines-Visayas, Iloilo campus is at the helm of activities in celebrating Women's Month.

Filipino migration to Hawaii literary tilt extended

The deadline for submission of entries to the 100 Years of Filipino Migration to Hawaii Literary Contest was moved to March 31, 2006. This was announced by the Commission on Filipino Overseas (CFO) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).