DOH intensifies campaign vs. firecrackers

By Erly C. Garcia

Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas vows to intensify its campaign on Fourmula Kontra Paputok as the New Year's eve approaches.

City hit with power blackout as Peco conducts routine maintenance

By Florence F. Hibionada

Call it rotten timing or pure bad luck yet residents and guests of entire Iloilo City endured sporadic power interruptions on Christmas day. Today will see a repeat, this time longer albeit in selected districts only.

A.CHRIS FERNANDEZ

Tribu Binalantik of Burak National High School show their best during yesterday's presentation at Maasin's Tultugan Festival.

Treñas disgusted over Christmas blackout

By Maricar M. Calubiran

City Mayor Jerry Treñas will call for a meeting with the officials of the National Transmission Commission (Transco), Panay Electric Company Inc. (Peco) and Panay Power Corporation (PPC) to ensure that power interruption similar to that on Christmas Day will not happen during the New Year celebration.

ILOILO NEWS

City lights up first flyover in WV

The city council here is expected to authorize city Mayor Jerry P. Treñas to receive the lights donation from Globe Telecom to light up the first flyover here.

Firecracker vendors told to get permits, obey rules

City Mayor Jerry Treñas yesterday urged sellers of firecrackers and pyrotechnic materials to obey the order he gave regarding the "fire cracker selling areas" to avoid untoward incidents. His statement was in relation to the recent apprehensions made by police at the Molo plaza of vendors without permit.

Battle up on Liga post in Capitol

Strategic planning and positioning heightens in two political blocs of Iloilo province. This, as municipal presidents of the Liga ng mga Barangay brace for Saturday's liga polls of its provincial federation officials.

PANAY NEWS

Indiscriminate firing? TXT 2920

Roxas City -- Philippine National Police chief, Director General Avelino I. Razon Jr. has urged the public to report any incident of illegal discharge of firearms to police authorities through TXT 2920 and Patrol 117 for immediate police response.

Uplifting children's lives through education

OTON, ILOILO--"Ma'am Nicole" and "Ma'am Susanne" are not your usual teachers in elementary schools in rural villages.

DOH to achieve anti-measles goal

Secretary Francisco Duque III expressed optimism that the 95 percent Anti-Measles Campaign target goal can be achieved after the reports coming from various regions of the country shall have been consolidated.

COLUMNS

		Bonafide Text Celebrating Christmas with family By Nicfranz C. de los Reyes

		Serendipity 'Tis the Season By Joanne Marie Combong-Pijuan

		Bridging the gap Gift-giving at Christmas By Prof. Henry Funtecha

		Accents Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus By Julia Carreon-Lagoc

		Blogger The timeless value of giving By Kathy M. Villalon

		Without the Whitecoat Food supplements: Business or cure? By Florentino Alerta II, M.D.