Slain OFW in Bahrain dreamt of death By Ronilo Pamonag Dreams do come true, be it happy or sad. Night vendors may go back to their old places--Treñas By Maricar Calubiran Touched by the vendors' woes relative to the city's Night Market Ordinance, Mayor Jerry Treñas has decided to give them the option to go back to their old places or remain at the Night Market area in Muelle Loney Street.

A. Chris Fernandez The dismissed union officers led by Theodore Neil Lasola (seated, 4th from left) inside their strike area on the day news came out that the Supreme Court (SC) denied their appeal. At left, Atty. Sabino Padilla III, legal counsel of the University of San Agustin explains to the media the SC ruling. University lawyer urges dismissed workers to voluntarily vacate strike area By Erly C. Garcia University of San Agustin (USA) legal counsel Atty. Sabino Padilla III urged the striking officers of the University of San Agustin Employees Union-FFW (USAEU-FFW) to voluntary clear the strike area in front of the campus in respect to the Supreme Court (SC) decision upholding the earlier ruling of the Court of Appeals.

ILOILO NEWS

Treñas doesn't want airport incident repeated

Iloilo City -- City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas on Tuesday met with representatives from the Regional Trial Court (RTC), Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Air Transportation Office (ATO) to ensure that a tension similar to what happened Friday afternoon at the Iloilo Mandurriao Airport would not be repeated.

Drug raid nets two in Jaro

Iloilo City -- Call it rotten timing but it was such for 38 year-old Ramil Ledesma and 24 year-old John Bales who ended up in jail after a visit to a common friend's house in Jaro, Iloilo City.

Woman in slavery, child prostitution raps fall

Iloilo -- City cops arrested Tuesday a woman wanted for slavery, child prostitution and other sexual abuses in a successful police operation inside a local hotel here.

Shoot-out mars arrest of murder suspect

Iloilo -- A murder suspect wanted for the killing of a barangay captain in Kabankalan, Negros Occidental was shot and hospitalized following a shoot-out with operatives.

Bantay Dagat nabs 6 illegal fishing vessels in Batad

Iloilo -- In it's continuing fight against illegal activities in the province, the Iloilo Provincial Government through the Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force in Binon-an, Batad has apprehended last week six illegal fishing vessels in territorial waters of the Municipalities of Concepcion and Batad.

PANAY NEWS

West Visayas LGUs set up material recovery facility

San Jose, Antique -- Three Local Government Units in Antique (LGU) set up Material Recovery Facilities in support to the Solid Waste Management Program. These are the municipalities of Pandan and Anini-y, which are strategically located in northern and southern portion of the province respectively. San Jose, the capital town has its own MRF located at the Trade Town.

Local DILG officials deny involvement on PI signature campaign

Iloilo -- Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Director Evelyn Trompeta vehemently denied involvement on the People's Initiative signature campaign which was simultaneously held with the March 25, 2006 Barangay General Assembly.

Western Visayas hosts mineral exploration project

One of the 24 priority mining projects in the country that is expected to generate US$ 8 billion worth of investments which was disclosed by Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes recently, is in Western Visayas.

COLUMNS

accents 'I want somebody else for President!' By Julia Carreon-Lagoc     Anything Under the Sun The sinking of MV Don Juan (2) By Atty. Rex Salvilla     Consumers Domain The 2006 Govt Budget By Ian Seruelo     Serendipity A Week's Worth of Fashion: Philippine Fashion Week 2006 kicks off By Joanne Marie Combong-Pijuan     Without the Whitecoat Mangosteen... food supplement or cure-all By Florentino Alerta II, M.D.

Bridging the gap Aldeguer Sreet By Prof. Henry Funtecha     on the dot Taxi drivers as tourism frontliners, goodwill guiding, 2nd Iloilo IAD, etc. By Atty. Helen Camarista     Polibiz Who is afraid of Gloria? By Nelson Robles     Unusual Channel Blackmail and brownout By Ma. Renette Uy     Res Gestae America's dangerous moral crusade By Francisco Lindero Jr.

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