New WV minimum pay pegged at P223-P265The Department of Labor and Employment yesterday announced that the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board 6 has approved a P15 increase in the minimum wage in Western Visayas. The increase set the new minimum wage in the region at P265 per day Aquino pushes for more private-public linksMANILA – The government under President Benigno Simeon Aquino III will further promote private-public partnerships so the country can have more development projects without using up all its financial resources. “I say PPP will yield good results,” he said during his maiden State of the Nation Address yesterday. |
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BOILED. Iloilo City Prosecutor Raymund Joseph Javier (2nd from left), Chief Supt. Samuel Pagdilao (center), Chief Insp. Jay Agcaoili, and PDEA-6 Officer-in-Charge Paul Ledesma (right) witness the boiling of marijuana leaves which are part of the P5 million worth of drugs destroyed by authorities yesterday. ‘No shoot-to-kill order vs Chiva robbery group’Chief Supt. Samuel Pagdilao Jr., police regional director, has brushed aside reports the police planned to kill members of the Chiva-Fajardo Robbery Group if they will have an encounter with policemen. |
ILOILO NEWS
Trial courts urged to decide on pending drug cases in WV
The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 6 has called on the courts to resolve the pending drug cases regionwide.
Mayors urged to reactivate local nutrition bodies
The Department of Social Welfare and Development has enjoined local chief executives in Western Visayas to reactivate the Local Nutrition Committees in their respective localities.
Only 63 boarding houses have permits
Only 63 boarding houses in Iloilo City have business permits and permission to operate, according to the Boarding House Commission.
El Niño led to higher fire incidents in Region 6
Cases of fire incidents in Western Visayas tripled in the first six months of 2010 compared to the same period last year, records of the Bureau of Fire Protection 6 show.
Aug. 25 holiday for city gov’t
The Iloilo City Government has declared August 25 a special non-working holiday for city officials and employees only, in time for the celebration of its 73rd Charter Day, a City Hall press release said.
PANAY NEWS
Lakas/Ugyon dads get sensitive committees in provincial board
ROXAS CITY – Board members who belong to the Lakas-Kampi/Ugyon Kita party were chosen to head the sensitive committees in the Capiz Provincial Board during last Thursday’s regular session.
PHO identifies 2 dengue ‘hotspots’ in Roxas City
ROXAS CITY – Two barangays here – Banica and Lawaan – are considered dengue fever “hotspots” by the Provincial Health Office, information officer Jeoffry Espiritu said.
PIOs urged to help in tax drive
ROXAS CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue here has vowed to step up its tax collection efforts by implementing various tax measures.
BUSINESS NEWS
Improve port conditions, ship groups urge
The Philippine Liners Shipping Association (PLSA) and the Philippine Petroleum Sea Transport Association (Philpesta) are urging the Aquino administration to undertake measures to decongest and improve activities in the country’s major ports.
Rural banks get boost–BSP
Regulatory relief has come for rural banks that even now tether on the brink of ruin in the form of capital injection from both the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp, a report of the Philippine News Agency said.
Survey of RP businesses, industries starts in August
The 2009 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry will start next month with the distribution of questionnaires to about 25,000 establishments selected from the 2009 updated National Statistics Office List of Establishments.
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