ILOILO NEWS

CLO hit over inaction on 'illegal' internet cafes

The City Legal Office (CLO) is reportedly giving the Task Force Adams Apple a could shoulder over the number of apprehensions they made against internet cafes that are operating without business permits. Up to this time no corresponding penalties were imposed to violators.

'Owners should have right to redeem foreclosed property'

City Councilor Jose Espinosa III said the city government should allow the owners of the property forfeited in favor of the city government for failure to pay necessary taxes to redeem their property.

Petronas to meet Antique officials soon

Representatives of Malaysian oil exploration firm Petronas will be coming over to Antique to brief local officials on its forthcoming drilling operations.

DILG allots P20-M standby calamity fund

Secretary Ronaldo Puno of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Sunday ordered officials tasked to monitor disaster relief and response efforts to draw up measures that will strengthen the coordination between the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) and local government units (LGUs) in the issuance of calamity alerts.

Guimaras cops cleared of grave misconduct, other raps

One senior police officer and two others, all organic members of the town's police office here were cleared of administrative charges. Slapped with grave misconduct, dishonesty and gross neglect of duty, the Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) dropped the cases against Senior Police Officer 1 (SPO1) Nelson Deslate, Police Officer 2 (PO2) Jun Gonzales and PO2 Bobby Habana.

Dinagyang: One of MDGs ways to change the world

Dinagyang has added another feather to its cap when the festival was featured by Citynet, the Regional Network of Local Authorities for the Management of Human Settlements in its latest publication about Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) case studies from around the Asian Region.

PANAY NEWS

BIR awards top Aklan taxpayers

For topping the list of the highest taxpayers in the province, nine taxpayers in Aklan were cited recently by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. The awarding of the top taxpayers of Aklan was one of the highlights of the bureau's 103rd anniversary, observance of which was held recently at the regional office of the BIR in Iloilo City.

Aklan coastal road to be named after Cardinal Sin

The House of Representatives headed by Speaker Jose de Venecia will soon take up the proposed naming of a long, coastal road in Aklan into the Jaime L. Cardinal Sin Highway.

Capiz to pick most child-friendly town

The provincial government of Capiz will scout for this year's most child-friendly town in the province.

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