BACOLOD City – Sugar Regulatory Administrator (SRA) Anna Rosario Paner on Mar. 16, 2o17 stood firm on Sugar Order No. 3, insisting that necessary consultations were made before its issuance. Paner was reacting to the statements of Agriculture Sec. Emmanuel F. Piñol Thursday in a national daily that he wants the implementation of SO 3 […]
INTELLIGENCE community sources said there were no credible or actionable pieces of information on the alleged plot to assassinate Iloilo City Councilor Plaridel Nava which is being attributed to lone district Rep. Jerry Treñas and the late suspected drug group leader Melvin Odicta Sr. The purported kill plot was first revealed by businessman Rommel Ynion […]
THE Court of Appeals’ (CA) 19th Division affirmed the lower courts’ ruling to dismiss the charges for forcible entry and damages filed by former Iloilo City councilor Edward Yee against Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, et. al. The CA decision was promulgated Feb. 6, 2017 by Associate Justice Edward Contreras, with concurrence from Associate Justices Edgardo […]
ARE ordinances pertaining to minors effectively enforced in the City of Iloilo? Councilor Joshua Alim wants this question answered as he called on the Sangguniang Panlungsod to revisit the ordinances on the Curfew for Minor and Liquor Ban on Minor. Alim said he is alarmed by the teenagers’ involvement in several altercations in the city […]
By: F. Allan L. Angelo and Maricyn A. de los Santos THE purported assassination plot against Iloilo City Councilor Plaridel Nava appears to link lone district Rep. Jerry P. Treñas to the alleged narco-politics in the city. The story on Treñas’ alleged desire to have Nava killed with help from slain suspected drug group leader […]
TWO Iloilo City Council members believe that the city government is doing its fair share in President Rodrigo Duterte’s fight against illegal drugs. But despite these efforts, Duterte has labeled Iloilo City as the “most shabulized city” in the country and repeatedly mentioned Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog as an example of a local chief executive […]
THE establishment of an economic zone in Iloilo province would spur potential investment, according to a top official of the Iloilo Business Club (IBC). Ilonggo businessmen and other stakeholders were recently briefed on the pre-feasibility study for the proposed economic zone in the province. The study undertaken by the University of Asia and the Pacific […]
THE Iloilo Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO) is positive of reaching the elusive target of 1-million metric ton rice production in 2017. PAO chief Ildefonso Toledo said given the favorable weather and farmers’ acceptance of hybrid rice, the province could meet the 1-million target. “We have yet to reach it. In 2012, we averaged at 944,000 […]
BUSINESSMEN in Western Visayas appealed for a lower increase in daily minimum wage after the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) approved the pay hike on Feb. 16, 2017. Instead of increases of P15 and P25 (depending on the type and size of the business), employers want to bring down the hike to P12, […]
METRO Iloilo Water District (MIWD) said it will seek higher water rates to cope with inflation or escalation of prices of goods and services. MIWD General Manager Imelda Magsuci said the water district has not increased its tariffs in the past 13 years. “We use fuel in our operation and we cannot survive with the […]
BACOLOD City – The Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 98 on Mar. 13, 2017 denied the petition of Coca-Cola FEMSA Philippines for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on the enforcement of Sugar Order No. 3 issued by the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) which seeks to regulate the entry of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) […]
ILOILO Gov. Arthur Defensor Sr. said he respects the decision of his son, 3rd district Rep. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr., to support the controversial death penalty bill. The two Defensors made conflicting stands on the death penalty, with the governor opposing the bill while the congressman voted for its passage. All Ilonggo congressmen on March […]
