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		Hospital personnel and visitors, students, and drivers are the usual customers of the carinderias outside the Iloilo St. Paul's Hospital.
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City night vendors oppose Night Market ordinance

Iloilo City -- Night vendors in the city are against the proposal to move them out of their original location to the proposed Night Market area in Muelle Loney Street.

'Stop the deal,' hospital execs asked on P135M equipment buy

An urgent call has been made to top officials of a government hospital here over a multi-million purchase of hospital equipment. Such, as questions now were raised on the regularity, legality and propriety of the purchase, the entire deal feared to be disadvantageous to the government.

Lawyers still urge SC to rule 1017's legality

Although President Arroyo has already lifted Proclamation 1017 and the state of national emergency, lawyers here are still urging Supreme Court to rule on the constitutionality of the Chief Executive's declaration.

ILOILO NEWS

Capitol dads set prelim talks on major issues up for probe

It would be D-Day for the Iloilo Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) as members gather tomorrow (Tuesday) for a preliminary conference and agree on what to do with major issues presented for investigation.

16 schools benefit from DOLE's classroom donation program

Sixteen public elementary and secondary schools in Western Visayas benefited from the Classroom Galing sa Mga Mamayang Pilipino Abroad or CGMA project.

New abattoir opens in July

The new modern city slaughterhouse now nearing completion in Jaro district will be fully operational by July this year.

ICLEI lauds city's power and fuel savings

The International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) has commended the city government for substantially minimizing electricity and fuel usage in Iloilo City.

Britanico denies running for mayor in Oton

"Not in my wildest radar, " uttered former Assembly Salvador "Buddy" Britanico denying rumors he was interested to run for mayor in Oton, Iloilo.

PANAY NEWS

UPV experts help-out in Semirara oil spill woes

The grave magnitude of the oil spill in Semirara, Antique has required the involvement of specialists including those from the academe. The release of some 220,000 liters of oil by NAPOCOR has serious impacts on the coastal resources of the island.

6th interactive museum of West Visayan traditional arts and crafts

The Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS) of U.P. Visayas in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) cordially invites everybody to its 6th Interactive Museum of West Visayan Traditional Arts and Crafts, which will be held on March 7-8, 2006 at the Little Theater Grounds, UPV Iloilo City campus.