Gumabong admits extortion racket at CEO; implicates top officials

By Maricar Calubiran

Controversial City Hall employee Ricardo C. Gumabong finally surfaced and faced the media yesterday (Tuesday) but not without implicating top officials of the City Engineer's Office (CEO) in what he calls a widespread extortion racket inside the department.

CEO officials dare Gumabong to prove his allegations

By Maricar Calubiran

Both Chief City Engineer Marito Amatorio and Engr. Marcelino Umahag strongly denied Ricardo Gumabong's allegations in an interview over Bombo Radyo.

A.Chris Fernandez

The city government's efforts towards cleanliness seem to fall on deaf ears to some as shown in this picture of a lamppost in Plazoletagay, City Proper being made as a garbage dump. Or, could this be a case of an uncollected garbage?

Health officials sound off Dengue alarm

By Florence Hibionada

Dengue alert is up anew as cases continue to increase now throughout Western Visayas. Iloilo has eleven on record with Negros Occidental topping the list of the most-afflicted province with 142 cases. The figures and actual 'Dengue scenario' is feared to be higher with most cases left unreported.

ILOILO NEWS

Carles Mayor cries foul over damaged coral reef report

Carles Mayor Felipe Bernal is back in the news limelight anew. This time amidst reported damage of the coral reef of the town's territorial waters and moves to have the area closed for fishing in at least five years.

A language center coming to town

Proficiency in English will get a big boost with the opening of the Talk International Language Center, Inc. (TALK ILC), an English school for foreign students especially Koreans, Japanese, and Chinese, right here in the heart of Iloilo City. Preparations are in full blast for the official opening June 1, 2006, Thursday, at 11:00 A.M.

Search for child-friendly town underway

Capiz will soon declare the most child-friendly municipality here in the province.

P1.7-M schoolbuildings, other infra completed in solar town

A new schoolbuilding worth P889,516.00 and the repair of a similar schoolbuilding worth P846,871.00 were among the new infrastructure projects that have been implemented in the municipality of Tapaz, Capiz that has also become known as one of the areas in the country that have used solar energy as an alternative source of power.

PANAY NEWS

DENR marks Biodiversity Day

With a theme "Protect Biodiversity in Drylands: Achieving the Biodiversity 2010 target", the International Biodiversity Day Celebration of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region VI visited Bulabog Putian National Park in Dingle, Iloilo.

Manggahan Festival highlights tourism potential of Guimaras

The annual Manggahan Festival of the island province of Guimaras has highlighted its tourism potential with its white beaches still waiting to be discovered by tourists after having been dubbed as almost at par with Boracay.

PNP constructs P5.14 M building in Antique

The Antique Police Provincial Office (APPO) is currently constructing a building amounting to P5.14 million at Bugante Point, San Jose, Antique to house various departments of the PNP.

COLUMNS

		Polibiz Interesting political developments By Nelson Robles

		Anything Under the Sun Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo By Atty. Rex Salvilla

		Consumers Domain Enchanted in a lost kingdom By Ian Seruelo

		Without the Whitecoat Specialization... the human touch By Florentino Alerta II, M.D.

		Bridging the gap Describing what an Ilonggo is By Prof. Henry Funtecha

		Accents 'Supermarket' moms By Julia Carreon-Lagoc

		Res Gestae The way out to traffic police corruption By Francisco Lindero Jr.

		Serendipity Take it from Conan By Joanne Marie Combong-Pijuan