No end in sight for Iloilo water crisis

Ronilo L. Pamonag

No end is in sight for the water crisis besetting the City as the Metro Iloilo Water District (MIWD) has declined to say when normal service to its consumers will resume.

Non-payment of revolutionary tax behind torching of vans in Iloilo

Ronilo L. Pamonag

New People's Army (NPA) rebels burned two passenger vans in Miag-ao town Saturday morning because its operators refused to pay revolutionary taxes.

A.CHRIS FERNANDEZ

Young boys show off the freebies—calendars and liquors—they got from the promo girls of a beverage company in last Friday's opening salvo of Dinagyang Festival 2009 in dowtown Iloilo City.

Illegal recruitment persists, says OWWA exec

Florence F. Hibionada

The faces and phases of illegal recruitment are now on different levels reason that the top official of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) here is concerned.

ILOILO NEWS

Christmas spirit fails to avert NPA attack in Iloilo town

Communist terrorist New People's Army (NPA) has no time to be joyful even at the merriest month of the year.

Ateneo de Iloilo-SMCS invites alumni to Grand Homecoming

The Ateneo de Iloilo (AdI)-Santa Maria Catholic School (AAA) Alumni Association (AAA) is making a final call for all elementary and high school graduates and former teachers from 1970 to 2008 to join the Big Blue Night: the Grandest AdI-SMCS Golden Jubilee Alumni and Faculty Homecoming.

First ever book on the Maasin watershed to be launched

The Kahublagan sang Panimalay Foundation, Inc. (KSPFI), a non-government organization advocating for watershed approach in environmental development, is launching the first ever book on the Maasin Watershed from both literary and technical perspectives.

Btac Nuevo Football Club to vie for world record

Barotac Nuevo Football Club (BNFC) will try to break the record set by the Australian Football Club on Guinness Book of World Records on non-stop playing of football.

City to recognize Lapuz as separate district from La Paz

The sub-district of Lapuz, La Paz was technically separated from its mother district of La Paz after the city council approved a resolution on December 17 for its independence in order to have a separate police and fire stations.

PANAY NEWS

Boracay visitor arrivals surpass half-million mark

KALIBO, AKLAN -- Boracay Island's tourist arrivals from January to November of this year has already surpassed the half-million mark.

Roxas City PNP to vie as RP's best anew

ROXAS CITY – The Roxas City Police Station (RCPS) was recently assessed by an evaluation team from the Philippine National Police's (PNP) Camp Crame headquarter in view of the Search for Best Police Station of the Philippines component city category.

NEGROS NEWS

Bacolod City wins excellence in local governance award

Bacolod City won 1st place over 6 other cities in Region 6 in the Economic Development category during the Pagdayaw and Excell Awards 2008, sponsored by the Dept. of Interior and Local Government.

Puentevella vows to finish Sum-ag road before 2010

BACOLOD CITY -- Lone District Representative Monico Puentevella of this city vowed to finish the repair and rehabilitation of the Bacolod South-Sum-ag Road before 2010.

COLUMNS

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		Res Gestae He made it, at last..! By Francisco B. Lindero Jr.