City incurs P38M budget surplus

By Maricar Calubiran

For the first time the city government under Mayor Jerry P. Treñas incurred a surplus of P38 million from last year's budget.

Treñas thus praised the city's economic managers for their efforts which resulted to said achievement.

KFR gang, NPA 'permit to campaign' letters back

By Florence Hibionada

Members of a Kidnap-For-Ransom (KFR) syndicate are reportedly back in the city with weeks of planned surveillance on prospective targets.

DENR-MGB Photo

Soil and rock movement have been observed in Brgy. Umangan, Alimodian.

41 areas in WV landslide risk

By Nestor Burgos Jr.

Geologists have warned of the possible occurrences of landslides in hinterland villages in two towns in Iloilo especially with the coming of the rainy season.

The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Western Visayas has also recommended the relocation of an entire village in Alimodian town in Iloilo which faces the highest risk of a landslide.

ILOILO NEWS

PECO, NPC ironing kinks on power buying rates

Panay Electric Company Inc. (Peco) and National Power Corporation (NPC) are now threshing out matters for the latter to purchase power from NPC at a lesser price. This is to maximize the power that can be sourced from the newly-arrived Power Barge 101.

Syjuco charged with graft

The Presidential Anti-Graft Commission (PAGC) has filed administrative charges against TESDA director general Augusto "Boboy" Syjuco and five other top-ranking officials for allegedly allowing a highly-anomalous printing transaction to proceed and blatantly disregarding accounting rules and regulations.

Police Report

Barely a day after arriving from Canada, a 50 year-old balikbayan fell victim to the modus operandi of the notorious Budol-Budol gang.

Politics behind Tubungan SK 'outcry,' prexy says

A day after news got out of an in-house problem in the Sanggunian Kabataan (SK) in the Municipality of Tubungan, Iloilo, Jefferson Tabalina, SK Federation President said politics is to be blamed with an unseen hand pushing for all these.

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