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		Master of Pain Jess Caigoy, a native of Leon, Iloilo, pulls a van with ropes attached to four sharp daggers pinned to his stomach. The feat was one of his many stunts for Incredible Features photographer Jeffery R. Werner. On April 17, 2006 Caigoy hopes to make it to the Guinness Book of World Records by sweeping the streets of San Miguel, Leon and Alimodian towns twenty-four hours non-stop. The activity is also a fund-raiser for the improvement of the Aleosan District Hospital.

Transport group presents proposals to ease traffic problem

Iloilo City -- If President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has her 10-point agenda for the betterment of the country, the Iloilo City Alliance of Drivers Association (Icada) also has its own 10-point agenda to ease the city's traffic problem.

Icada has no idea on local governance-Treñas

The Iloilo City Alliance of Drivers Association (Icada) must have no knowledge of local governance particularly in the procedures involving budget allocation.

Iloilo officials sound alarm over pest infestation

Officials of the country's second biggest rice producing province have sounded the alarm over the infestation of the rice black bug.

ILOILO NEWS

Locksmith says, 'Kingkong,' Tans made him open vault

Iloilo -- The plot now thickens and the surrounding events even more 'juicier' in the robbery complaint filed by prominent Filipino-Chinese businesswoman Conchita Tan. With some P4.2 million in reported loot, the respondents and prime suspects of Tan were Police Superintendent Renato Gumban, regional chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) and three family members of the Zayco clan, in-laws of murdered businessman Francisco "Bobby" Tan.

Zaycos using minors to provide a defense for misdeeds

Conchita Tan, surviving grandaunt of murder victims Francisco "Bobby" Tan and Cynthia Marie Zayco-Tan, accused the Zayco family of using the Zayco-Tan children, who are currently in their custody, as a defense for their alleged misdeeds.

Softdrink exec files indirect contempt case vs superiors

Iloilo -- The former plant sales manager of Cosmos Visayas Bottlers, Inc. or Cosmos based in Zarraga, Iloilo has filed a petition for indirect contempt against the firm's corporate officers and members of the board of directors for allegedly defying and disobeying the final decisions of the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), Court of Appeals, Supreme Court, and the writ of execution to reinstate the manager.

Treñas mulls educational advancement for employees

Iloilo City -- Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has disclosed plans to enroll city government employees in the public management courses offered by the Ateneo School of Government (ASG).

Young Ilonggo farmer reckons wonderful memories of Japan

Iloilo -- His training in Japan has not only given him enough knowledge on his field of interest but also the Japanese value of hardwork and time management.

PANAY NEWS

Group to sue DILG over 'barangay assembly'

The controversial barangay general assembly cum gathering of signatures for the people's initiative move over the weekend could bring officials of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in trouble.

Scientists urge farmers to bank on Darag native chicken's potentials

After seeing that the Darag native chicken continues to draw in great demand from consumers, scientists urge farmers to capitalize in the Darag's potentials.

Iloilo Milk Processing Plant inaugurated

Tigbauan, Iloilo -- The Province of Iloilo will soon be put in the map as one of the Dairy Zones in the country.