Security plan mapped out for Dinagyang Festival

Jennifer Ponsaran-Rendon

If things go well as planned, this year’s celebration of the Dinagyang Festival, Department of Tourism’s Best Tourism Event for 2009, will be as secured as in the past years.

Treñas insists authority in closure of Jaro plaza

Maricar M. Calubiran

Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas challenged those who question his authority in issuing an executive order for the temporary closure of Jaro plaza to go to court.

STEPHEN TABARES / PPP ILOILO

Presidential bet Sen. Manny Villar of Nacionalista Party and Liberal Party vice presidential candidate Sen. Mar Roxas join the Aklanons in their “sadsad” at Pastrana park in Kalibo, Aklan during the Ati-atihan Festival over the weekend.

DA forms Task Force vs El Niño in WV

Foreseeing that the country would experience below-average rainfall as a result of El Niño, the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Unit 6, here has created the El Niño Task Force.

ILOILO NEWS

Iloilo City Boulevard eyed as tourist destination

Iloilo City’s boulevard which stretches from Carpenters Bridge in Mandurriao until Barbecue Park in Diversion Road will soon become one of the city’s tourist destination. Presently, the area has become a preferred site of health buffs.

Arroyo launches Caticlan airport upgrading

CATICLAN, Malay, Aklan – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo led the launching here January 15 of the P2.507-billion Caticlan Airport Development Project to enhance its role as a major gateway to world-famous Boracay Island and the rest of the Philippines.

Agriculture cited for protecting Visayan seas

The Banate Bay Resource Management Council, Inc. (BBRMCI), overseer of Panay Island’s largest fishing ground called Banate Bay, and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) have cited the Department of Agriculture (DA) for preserving and protecting the Visayan seas.

PANAY NEWS

Watchtower vs. illegal fishing erected in Sapian Bay

SAPIAN, Capiz – Mayor Arturo “Turic” Orosco, Sr, Ph.D, said that the putting up of watchtower detachment in Sitio Culasi, Lonoy at the said municipality will protect the coastal water against the illegal fishing activities and assist local fisherfolks who complain about such activities perpetrated by illegal fishermen at the Sapian Bay.

CRC warden pushes use of CCTV cameras in jail

ROXAS CITY – The provincial warden of Capiz Rehabilitation Center (CRC) is pushing the use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras to monitor jail guards’ activities and most especially the inmates inside the jail.

Pontevedra liga prexy sacked

ROXAS CITY – Municipal liga president and ex-officio member of the Sangguniang Bayan(SB) of Pontevedra was preventively suspended for oppression, misconduct in office and abuse of authority.

NEGROS NEWS

NFA-Neg. Occ. prepares for El Niño

As PAG-ASA advised concerned agencies to take precautionary measures to mitigate the impact of El Niño episodes, the National Food Authority here is starting to implement measures to prepare for the phenomenon.

Bacolod City strictly prohibits burning of garbage

Bacolod City – The Bacolod City Environment and Natural Resource Office (ENRO) strictly prohibits the burning of garbage to lessen the carbon monoxide emission contribution of the city and is its commitment to the Climate Change issue.

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