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IRC workers trying to catch up December deadline

Construction work is being hastened in Barangay Nanga, Pototan, Iloilo, future home of the new Iloilo Rehabilitation Center (IRC).

11 detained in Boracay for credit card fraud

The Boracay Special Protection Unit has taken into custody 11 members from well-off families for allegedly using fake credit cards.

Dead Norwegian needs to be buried quick, says Guv

Iloilo Governor Niel Tupas, Sr. vowed to help facilitate the burial of the body of a Norwegian national who remains unburied for more than a month now in Zarraga, Iloilo.

ILOILO NEWS

Fallen soldiers' families to receive assistance

The families of the nine soldiers of the Philippine Army's 47th Infantry Battalion, who were killed in the land mine explosion in Barangay Datagan, Calinog, Iloilo will be given the benefits due them, Major Lyndon Sollesta, PA 3ID spokesman said.

Rare Ocean Sunfish reaches Iloilo waters

A crew of a pumpboat plying the Guimaras Strait stumbled upon an Ocean Sunfish Wednesday morning. Unfortunately, the fish lost its life dawn Thursday. Considered as a rare specie, the ocean sunfish is now under the custody of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (Seafdec) in Tigbauan, Iloilo for proper classification.

Store guard in 'hot water' over shotgun fiasco

Three customers of a local department store remain in hospital confinement following Wednesday's accidental firing while inside store premises. The incident blamed on store security guard Marvin Niel Bolivar occurred seconds after Bolivar was seen playing with his service firearm with the unsuspecting victims close by.

Tupas distributes Philhealth cards to Brgy. Health Workers

Iloilo governor Niel D. Tupas initially distributed a total of 4,690 pieces of Philhealth cards Wednesday morning, November 23, 2005 during the Barangay Health Workers' Day, to more than 6,000 Barangay Health Workers (BHW)coming from various towns and a component city at the Iloilo Sports Complex.

Illegal drugs yarn vs. Plagata spread by disgruntled cops?

Disgruntled policemen who were affected by the 'cleansing process' at the Iloilo City Police Office are allegedly behind the yarn implicating the City Councilor Erwin 'Tong-tong' Plagata in the illegal drugs trade.

Nomination for 2005 Outstanding Jareños now open

Engr. Ramon G. Hechanova, president of the Jaro Cultural & Heritage Tourism Foundation, Inc. (JCHTF) and the Chamber of Real Estate & Builders Association, Inc. (Creba) has announced that the deadline for the nomination of Outstanding Jareños for Year 2005 will be on November 30, 2005.

City Council to study regulation of billboards

It is now high time that the city regulate the proliferation of commercial billboards along major roads.

Another honest Ilonggo in jeepney driver who returns cash, valuables

Honesty is still the best policy. Or so at least for jeepney driver Carlito Tabillo of Sto. Niño Sur, Arevalo, bearer of good news to the owner of a green bag left inside the passenger jeepney plying the Villa route.

Earthworms can help dissolve blood clots for stroke patients

Prof. Marilou Ang Lopez, Wesvarrdec (Western Visayas Agriculture and Resources Research and Development Consortium) director and leading expert and researcher in vermitechnology has found out the prospect of the Philippine native and composting earthworms in lowering high blood pressure, rheumatism and other diseases.

PANAY NEWS

ADB-JBIC assisted project in Antique nears completion

Aiming to promote economic growth especially in rural areas, the Department of Public Works and Highways Asian Development Bank (ADB) Project Management Office announced the near completion of two vital road networks in the Province of Antique.

OFWs to benefit from VoIP

The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration 6 (OWWA) expects that communication between Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) and their families will become frequent and easier with the use of VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocol which is being pushed by Senator Mar Roxas.

Interest in IPAR2-Visayas Leg grows

The Island Paradise Adventure Race (IPAR2 or Visayas Leg), which offers a top prize of P1 million to the winner, continues to receive a wide interest as shown by the rising number of inquiries from the public, including Hot Babe sensation Katya Santos and adventure sports icon Mike Potenciano.

 

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