Ombudsman clears SP in tiff with housing contractorAt last, the Office of the Ombudsman has resolved one of the four cases relative to the anomalous socialized housing project of Iloilo City government in Pavia, Iloilo. DPWH asked to speed up dredging of waterwaysIloilo City government has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to speed up the implementation of dredging works on Dungon creek in Jaro all the way to the mouth of the Iloilo River in Mandurriao to avert possible flooding with the onset of the rainy season. |
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10 entries vie for ‘Pamahaw’ contestTen final entries in the search for typical authentic Ilonggos breakfast will compete in the cooking competition dubbed as “Pamahaw” or Ilonggo breakfast this coming Saturday, July 25. The 10 entries will compete in the two categories, the open category and student category. |
With only about ten months to go before the next national and local elections in May next year, the political landscape in the municipality of Calinog as far as who would run for certain elective positions is already starting to take shape, with three prominent names being mentioned already as likely rivals for the town’s top elective post.
Iloilo City will represent Western Visayas in the second round of the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) Policy Center and the World Bank- International Finance Corporation (WB-IFC) study on doing business at the sub-national level.
The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) has already prepared a contingency plan in line with the forthcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on July 27.
The province of Guimaras is one of the ten provinces in the Visayas and Mindanao regions identified to benefit from the road project under the Southern Philippines Provincial Road Maintenance Program or SPPRMP.
Executives of the Aklan Electric Cooperative (AKELCO) are doing their best to provide a stable supply of electricity to Aklan province, especially in tourism destinations such as Boracay and Kalibo.
ROXAS CITY – A tour of Culajao Mangrove Ecopark in this city’s Barangay Culajao last July 10 has afforded members of the Capiz Association of Government Public Information Officers (CAGPIO) an opportunity to experience a natural way of fighting climate change.
BACOLOD CITY — Bacolod Representative Monico O. Puentevella strongly denied allegations that he is behind the suspension of Sunshine Channel 14 on SkyCable.
A vehicular accident that transpired in Silay City Monday afternoon between an Isuzu 10-wheeler cargo truck and a Fuzo Canter vehicle resulted to injuries to 15 high school teachers in Hacienda San Isidro, Barangay Bagtic in Silay City.
The Young Voices of Negros Philippines bagged a total of 16 gold medals and eight silver medals during the recently concluded World Championships of Performing Arts held in Los Angeles, California.
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Planters Bank held the SME Speaker Series with Anthony Pangilinan as the speaker (or according to him, the chief disturber) recently.
The Western Visayas Center for Culture and Arts at the University of the Philippines aims to promote our region’s culture through activities like the exhibit they held recently. Through this, people outside of the featured place will know about it without having to visit it.
To continue my short but eventful trip, I flew off to the West Coast from Washington DC, and spent another week there, which would conclude my two-week (un)official US trip. Anne Guerero gave me a warm Negrense welcome, together with her husband Dani and their daughter, Maya.
The Tesda (Technical Education Skills Development Authority) scholars for bartending, held Flair Exhibition, a bartending and mixing exhibition at Amigo Plaza Mall recently.