Panay electric cooperatives ink deal for biomass power

Nestor P. Burgos Jr.

Panay Island will soon host the country's first commercial production of energy coming from rice stalks, husks and other agricultural wastes in a boost to the usage of renewable sources of energy to address the critical power supply of Western Visayas.

Cargo ship sinks off Antique, 1 dead, 19 rescued

Nestor P. Burgos Jr.

One drowned and 19 others were rescued after a cargo ship loaded with 22,000 bags of cement sank off Antique Tuesday night, the Coast Guard reported.

Coast Guard on alert for possible oil spill

Ronilo L. Pamonag

Coast Guard officials in Western Visayas are on the lookout for a possible oil spill in Antique after a cargo vessel sunk, killing a crew member. Nineteen other crew members survived the sinking Tuesday afternoon.

EC GARCIA / A.CHRIS FERNANDEZ

CHRISTMAS ATTRACTIONS Top, a house fully adorned with Christmas lights along the highway in Pavia, Iloilo attracts motorists; bottom, People have started to flock the Angelicum School in Jaro, Iloilo City to enjoy the colorful Christmas lights.

PENRO employee in 'hot water' for extortion

Serge C. Santillan

BACOLOD CITY -- An employee of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (Penro) is in "hot water" after he was arrested by police intelligence operatives for alleged extortion. Iver Estañol, 49, of Brgy. Eroreco, Bacolod City and detailed at Cenro-Kabankalan City was arrested during an entrapment operation by Negros Occidental Provincial Police Office and Bacolod City Police Office Intelligence and Investigation Branch at the 888 Chinatown Square in Bacolod City, Monday.

ILOILO NEWS

Calinog town execs fear presence of 'underworld characters'

Officials of the Municipality of Calinog, Iloilo called on the immediate establishment of police outposts throughout the town.

DOH honors barangays in WV with best sanitation practices

Two barangays in Western Visayas won the title as "Barangays with Best Sanitation Practices for Environmental Health" under the urban/city and rural municipal categories.

COA questions Capitol breeding project

Year-end reporting of the Commission on Audit (COA) resulted to yet more discoveries on questionable transactions of the Iloilo Provincial Government.

Tubungan regulates sale of firecrackers, pyro works

Sale, manufacture, distribution and use of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic works in the Municipality of Tubungan has been regulated.

4 Iloilo towns get help from SAHI

Four towns in the province of Iloilo were recipients of relief assistance from Saudi Arabia Ilonggo, Inc. (SAHI), a private organization of Ilonggos working in Saudi Arabia and nearby countries.

PANAY NEWS

LMP Capiz holds Christmas party in Boracay

ROXAS CITY – League of the Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Capiz chapter under the leadership of Pilar Mayor Rita Lyn Patricio held its annual Christmas Party at Villa de Oro, Boracay, Aklan.

Capelco top official lists system loss in bday wishes

ROXAS CITY – "My wish is a single digit system loss for the cooperative." This was among the 50th birthday wishes of Capiz Electric Cooperative (Capelco) General Manager Engr. Edgar Diaz who prepared a birthday party last December 3.

Capiz health authorities want effective strategy to eliminate filariasis in 2009

ROXAS CITY – An effective strategy to eliminate filariasis cases in the province is being eyed by the Capiz health authorities for 2009.

NEGROS NEWS

Bike friendly zone in Bacolod mulled

BACOLOD CITY -- Sangguniang Panglungsod Member Wilson Gamboa Jr. along with Councilor Jocelle-Batapa-Sigue yesterday passed on first reading an ordinance establishing bike lanes or bike friendly zone along Burgos Street.

Green alert backs CBCP call for environmental protection

BACOLOD CITY -- Green Alert Negros supports the recent call of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) on the government and other stakeholders to help protect the country's natural resources to be able to secure the future.

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		reflection Case-hardening the family By Roy Cimagala

		Siftings Soap Watch Review: Kahit Isang Saglit Ma. Zenaida B. French

		Bonafide Text Top 10 By Nicfranz C. de los Reyes

		Accents My kind of invocation By Julia Carreon-Lagoc

		Bridging the gap Public land transportation in Iloilo in the 1930s By Prof. Henry Funtecha

		Res Gestae He made it, at last..! By Francisco B. Lindero Jr.