Comelec exec faces dishonesty raps over teachers’ plaintAn election officer in one Northern Iloilo town faces graft raps following an in-house investigation made by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Regional Office 6. CARP woes rank high in Ombudsman casesFrom the usual complaint of graft and corrupt practices act, to illegal termination and similar abuses in government, land woes likewise topped the nature of assistance sought before the Office of the Ombudsman in the Viaayas. |
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Department of Tourism has recommended Valle Verde Mountain Resort in Sibunag, Guimaras as one of the four eco-tourism sites to be developed under the Grants for Entrepreneurial and Eco-Tourism (GREET) Program for 2009. PGMA in Iloilo City today to inaugurate BPO firmPresident Macapagal-Arroyo will inaugurate the TeleTech call center site here today in a big boost for the city's efforts to become one of the country's top business processing outsourcing (BPO) centers. |
ILOILO NEWS
Zest Air expands travel opportunities in Panay island
Zest Air will expand its operations to include the island of Panay in its route starting March 16, 2009.
DOT 6 identifies eco-tourism projects for Iloilo, Guimaras
The Department of Tourism (DOT) has accepted for validation four eco-tourism project proposals in Iloilo and Guimaras under its Grants for Entrepreneurial and Eco-Tourism (GREET) Program for 2009.
Mayor issues closure order vs metal company
City Mayor Jerry Treñas yesterday issued a closure order against Goodwill Metal Corporation in Brgy. Ticud, La Paz in response to the complaint of residents on the irritating gas emissions coming from the said establishment.
PANAY NEWS
Bolante breaks silence, faces Capiz media
ROXAS CITY – Embattled former Department of Agriculture (DA) Undersecretary Jocelyn “Jocjoc” Bolante, who is now facing plunder charges along with eight others, held his first ever press conference with the local media yesterday at Villa Patria here breaking his silence on the controversial P728 million fertilizer scam.
Gulayan sa Paaralan hits Panay provinces
Gulayan sa Paaralan Program of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is one of the means to mitigate or eliminate hunger especially in areas were there is high incidence of mal nutrition in school children.
NEGROS NEWS
Leonardia to critics: Don't blow up call center's expansion issue
BACOLOD CITY -- Mayor Evelio Leonardia yesterday clarified that the reported series of robbery cases victimizing call center agents was not the reason why business process outsourcing (BPO) firm Teletech implemented its expansion in Iloilo City.
Masskara dancers to represent WV in One Visayas show
BACOLOD CITY -- The Bacolod MassKara Festival Dancers have been chosen to represent the province and the entire Region 6 in the first ever ONE Visayas Exhibition to be hosted by Cebu City on February 28-March 8, 2009 at the Cebu International Convention Center, Mandaue City.
9 Bacolod barangays kick off waste segregation
BACOLOD CITY – In line with the strict implementation of the provisions of Republic Act 9003 otherwise known as the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, the city government of Bacolod through Mayor Evelio Leonardia started the campaign on solid waste management, especially waste segregation to nine pilot areas.
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OPINION
Down South:
Chicken sky high
/ Gail
Rational Insanity:
Special Education and Dyslexia
/ Bryan Mari
Contribution:
Is Thailand back in business?
/ Francis G.
YOUNG VOICE:
Turning 18
/ Maria Reylan M.
FEATURES
Istayl Naton’s Angeli
Her modeling stint for a designer when she was just in high school paved the way for a television network personality to consider her to host their local TV show. Although the plan did not materialize right there and then, having Angelia Gabrena Ong onboard is topmost in their mind.
Buffet nights at The Promenade
This month, trust THE PROMENADE to again cook up exciting and new flavors that would surely thrill the taste buds of buffet lovers all over the city. And truly, we were gastronomically thrilled when I and some members of the press were invited to taste test some Latin eats and Japanese dishes.
Beauty Dynamics opens
Beauty is God-given, thus you have to take good care of such despite the challenges that you face everyday. So said Vice Mayor Jed Mabilog during the opening of Beauty Dynamics. Beauty Dynamics is owned by April Besara and Ronilo.
GO FISH!
I’m no fish expert, but one taste of Blue Jay’s Pan-fried Salmon and Chilean Sea Bass, and I’ve become a convert. Of course, I still won’t renounce my love for steak, but who can resist the flaky and fresh Norwegian Salmon.
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