City still accountable to contractor of anomaly-ridden housing project—COA By Florence Hibionada Iloilo City's multi-million in idle and cannibalized housing property with construction works done at over P80 million thus far still owes the contractor P14.2 million. Ex-city councilor warns city officials vs. paying ABE By Maricar Calubiran Former City Councilor Atty. Vicente Gengos, Jr. threatened to file charges against the Sangguniang Panlungsod should they approve the endorsement of the City Legal Office (CLO) to pay the remaining P14.2 million to Ace Builders and Enterprise (ABE), contractor of the city's mothballed 125 million socialized housing project in Pavia, Iloilo.

A.Chris Fernandez Strong waves brought by stormy weather yesterday batter the seawall at Fort San Pedro. Several houses in the city's coastal areas were reportedly destroyed by strong winds and waves while some parts of the city became flooded due to heavy rains. City's power assured even with reduced supply from Peco By Maricar Calubiran Panay Electric Company (Peco) will reportedly lower by 6 to 7 megawatts the power it distributes to city consumers starting August 12 due to equipment maintenance. But city residents don't have to worry, the National Power Corporation (Napocor) could already provide for the lost power. Napocor, National Transmission Corporation (Transco) and Peco have already inked a memorandum of agreement for the power interconnection. The MOA was signed after Peco posted P1.8 million bond to serve the power needs of its consumers.

ILOILO NEWS

City Council OK's P350M loan to build new City Hall

Mayor Jerry Treñas has all the reason to smile as the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) gave him authority to negotiate with the Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) to borrow P350 million for the construction of a new six-storey city hall building in its present site in Plaza Libertad.

‘Purely birthday bash with 5,000 day-care kids,’ Emily says of 3-day rounds to Guimaras, Iloilo

Will there be a comeback for the Lopezes in the provinces of Guimaras, Iloilo and entry into city politics?

Ilonggo OFW evacuees from Lebanon now reach 183

As of August 6, the number of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from Western Visayas who have returned to the country since the government started its repatriation from war-torn Lebanon on July 23, 2006 has already reached 183.

Ombudsman-Visayas opens regional office in Iloilo

Come August 17, 2006, Ombudsman Merceditas N. Gutierrez will officially inaugurate the opening of the Ombudsman Regional Office (Visayas) in Iloilo City.

PANAY NEWS

P2.4M awaits environment-friendly barangays, schools in Negros

The Provincial Government of Negros Occidental thru the Provincial Environment Management Office is pleased to announce the 4th Search for Environment-Friendly Barangays and Schools. Now on its fourth year.

DA 6 launch Search for Outstanding Rural Women Achiever

The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Unit No. (DA-RFU) 6 through its Gender and Development (GAD) program has launched the search for Outstanding Rural Women Achiever and Outstanding DA-GAD advocate in the region recently.

1st Visayan Corn Congress to be held in Iloilo City

For the first time, stakeholders and other players in the corn industry from the three regions in the Visayas islands will gather here in this city on August 21 to 23, 2006 for the 1st Visayan Corn Congress.

COLUMNS

Polibiz Coal-fired power plant By Nelson Robles     Anything Under the Sun West Visayas, Beautiful and Wonderful (2) By Atty. Rex Salvilla     Consumers Domain OFWs, victims thrice over By Ian Seruelo     Without the Whitecoat Minor surgeries By Florentino Alerta II, M.D.

Bridging the gap Philippine Revolutionary Government By Prof. Henry Funtecha     Accents I am proud of my daughter By Julia Carreon-Lagoc     Serendipity A glass of margarita can go a long way By Joanne Marie Combong-Pijuan     Unusual Channel Go ahead smell the roses By Ma. Renette B. Uy

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