West Visayas eyed as center for renewable energy use

Nestor P. Burgos Jr.

Western Visayas is being eyed as the center for the utilization of renewable sources of energy amid a global movement to veer away from fossil fuel.

In the Western Visayas Renewable Energy Congress held in Iloilo City on Friday, advocates for the use of renewable energy stressed that there is enough sources of renewable energy in the region to supply the increasing demand for electricity.

Dinagyang 2009 preparations in 'troubled waters'

Erly C. Garcia

Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI), organizer of the forthcoming 2009 Dinagyang Festival, admitted that preparations for the grand event is still in "troubled waters" as there are no sponsors yet.

A.CHRIS FERNANDEZ

Vice Pres. Noli De Castro and City Mayor Jerry Treñas huddle just before the start of the ground breaking ceremony for the P35 million Iloilo Disaster core shelter housing project at the San Isidro, Jaro relocation site. Also in photo is Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez and Presidential Assistant for Western Visayas Raul Banias (partly hidden).

VP De Castro to lot beneficiaries: Do not pawn your CELA

Maricar M. Calubiran

Vice president Noli de Castro asked the 308 Ilonggo informal dwellers not to pawn their Certificates of Eligibility for Land Allocation (Cela) as their grandchildren could reap the fruits of effort they initiated in having the property.

ILOILO NEWS

Zubiri urges putting up of ethanol plants in Iloilo, Capiz

Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri has urged the putting up of ethanol plants on Panay Island as he called amid the continued drop in the price of sugar and to offset the expected slack in foreign investments due to the global economic crisis.

3 UPV-made animation shorts finalists in Animahenasyon 2008

Three animation projects locally made here at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) just made it through as finalists in the recently concluded Animahenasyon: Pinoy Animation Festival 2008 held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in 12-15 November.

142 senior citizens avail govt's P500 cash subsidy

Around 142 senior citizens from Jaro district patiently waited for their turns in receiving P500 cash subsidy under the "Katas ng VAT Tulong kay Lolo at Lola" project from Vice President Noli De Castro and Social Welfare Secretary Esperanza Cabral.

Miagao vies for Excell Awards

MIAGAO, Iloilo – The Municipality of Miagao is one of the five municipalities vying for the Excellence in Local Governance Awards (Excell Awards) Outstanding 1st – 3rd Class Municipality provincial level.

NHA to allocate P15M for dev't of San Isidro relocation site

City Mayor Jerry Treñas recently announced that the National Housing Authority (NHA) will allocate P15 million for the site development of the 16.3 hectares San Isidro, Jaro relocation site.

PANAY NEWS

SP has no jurisdiction over large-scale mining -- Lastimoso

ROXAS CITY – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has no jurisdiction over large-scale mining and it could only regulate small-scale mining activities.

CEH honors physicians, retirees and employees

ROXAS CITY – The whole year-round centennial celebration of the Capiz Emmanuel Hospital (CEH), a Protestant-run hospital, culminated last Friday with a Thanksgiving and Awarding Dinner and Fellowship held at MVW Restaurant here.

Bizman urges Sen. Roxas to show stand on cha-cha

ROXAS CITY – A businessman in Pontevedra has urged Sen. Mar Roxas to show his stand whether he is for or against the charter change that Malacañang is pushing.

NEGROS NEWS

Traffic experiment for NGC-bound routes to start Dec. 10

BACOLOD CITY -- Sangguniang Panglungsod Member Wilson Gamboa Jr., Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Traffic Management, recently passed a resolution for a conduct of a traffic experiment starting December 10 involving east-bound routes.

Japanese garden in Bacolod

Koichi Yamaguchi and Toshiyuki Okubo of the Yamaguchi Landscaping Company of Japan accompanied by Shigini and Thelma Watanabe of OISCA International of Bago City, paid a courtesy call on Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia over the weekend.

Civil Engineers week starts today

BACOLOD CITY -- About 2,000 members of Philippine Institute of Civil Engineers (PICE) and students of Civil Engineering in the province are expected to join the Civil Engineering Week starting today November 24 up to the 30th.

COLUMNS

		Bridging the gap The Ilonggo-Bisaya komposo through time By Prof. Henry Funtecha

		Accents Of skunks and monkeys By Julia Carreon-Lagoc

		Siftings Adieu Ma. Zenaida B. French

		reflection Tough times demand toughness By Roy Cimagala

		Bonafide Text Poem By Nicfranz C. de los Reyes

		Res Gestae Meeting the grassroots By Francisco B. Lindero Jr.