THE Iloilo City Government and University of Iloilo (UI)-Phinma signed on Oct 13, 2017 a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the conduct of pilot testing for early flood monitoring and early warning device, and provide for disaster risk reduction management-related animation. Mayor Jose Espinosa III and Councilor Lady Julie Grace Baronda signed the MOU on […]
Author: TDG
Managing the Tigum Aganan Watershed – 1
By: Edgar Mana-ay IN THEORY, the improvement, management and control of the Tigum Aganan Watershed (TAW) lies in the hands of the TAW Management Board comprised of the municipal mayors of eight (8) towns located within the TAW area. These municipalities are Maasin, Leon, Alimodian, San Miguel, Pavia, Sta. Barbara, Cabatuan and Oton. Over and above […]
Foreplay – An Excerpt from Insatiable: A Literary Biography of Peter Solis Nery By Melecio F. Turao
1st of 3 parts Peter sends me an SMS asking my whereabouts. It is past 12 noon. I’m hungry and I expect him to prepare me lunch. I’m heading to Peter Solis Nery’s Prima City, his palace by the public market. Last I slept over there, the penthouse had the makings of Caligula’s bedroom. In […]
Antique village bags national award
SAN JOSE, Antique – Barangay Igbonglo, San Jose won first runner-up honors in the 2016 Lupong Tagapamayapa Incentive Award (LTIA) for the 1st-3rd class municipalities national level, a search spearheaded by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). A plaque of recognition and cash prize from DILG was awarded to Barangay Igbonglo by Mayor […]
Anti-truck overloading operation in Negros Occ
THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6 through its Maintenance Division met with concerned agencies for the reactivation of anti-truck overloading operation in Negros Occidental on Oct 11, 2017 at the DPWH Conference Room following the dissolution of the Negros Island Region (NIR). Other agencies present were the Department of Transportation through […]
P1M hand-washing facility for 55 Iloilo schools
By: Jezza A. Nepomoceno PROCTER and Gamble Philippines, Safeguard and Synergeia Foundation gave 55 public elementary schools five-faucet hand washing facilities to promote the importance of proper hygiene and sanitation. The first batch of completed hand washing facility was turned over to Bancal Elementary School in Alimodian and Walang Elementary School in Lambunao on Oct 19, […]
Cebu Pacific flies 150 millionth passenger
THE Philippines’ leading airline, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB) marked another milestone as it reached a total of 150 million passengers flown since starting operations in 1996. The 150 millionth passenger who checked-in and flew with CEB, identified as Mr. Alfredo Cruz, boarded Cebu Pacific flight 5J 397 from Manila to Cagayan de Oro on October […]
A GLITZY FIESTA
Page Maker: Zedrick Señeres THE jet setting and stylish AuAu Palomar hosted a glitzy luncheon at her ancestral home in celebration of the annual religious fiesta of her hometown Tapaz, Capiz. Even the unexpected power outage did not dampen everyone’s spirits in enjoying the international cuisines plus loads of seafood fares impeccably prepared by AuAu’s […]
Cine Europa in Iloilo on Oct. 24-29
The Cine Europa fever is back. The longest and widest film festival in the country will open on Oct. 24, 2017 at Cinematheque Iloilo in Iloilo City with the perfect fusion of the best of classical and contemporary films from the European Union. Public screenings will run from Oct. 24 to 29, 2017. Now on […]
Tilapia, crablets dispersed in Iloilo River
THE Iloilo City Agriculturist’s Office and City Environment and Natural Resources Office dispersed 10,000 Saline Resistant Tilapia fingerlings and 4,000 crablets or mud crab juveniles along Zone 4 of Iloilo River on Oct. 20. The Stock Enhancement Program (increase in wild stocks abundance) was implemented in the waterway of barangays Navais, Mandurriao and Fundidor, Molo. […]