Peco urges probe of power firm, local officials over expropriation of its assets

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:52:46 +0000

Panay Electric Co. Inc. (Peco), the power supplier in Iloilo City and three neighboring towns, has asked the DOJ to investigate the possible violations of a power firm and local officials.

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Lacson’s unsolicited advice to Carpio: Be paranoid of Chinese surveillance

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 21:40:47 +0000

Lacson’s unsolicited advice to Carpio: Be paranoid of Chinese surveillance

This was the unsolicited advice given by Sen. Panfilo Lacson to Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio

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Fire hits Mandurriao, Iloilo City

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 15:59:51 +0000

Fire hits Mandurriao, Iloilo City

ILOILO CITY-At least 43 houses were destroyed while nine others were partially damaged houses when fire broke out in Barangay  Bolilao in Mandurriao District here Friday afternoon. Nine  residents were  injured but were declared out of danger by responding medical personnel. Barangay Councilor, Nenita Juson said that prior to the blaze started when an electrical […]

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Ayala Land, resorts developers ordered to stop dev’ts in disputed land on Sicogon

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 07:01:51 +0000

Ayala Land, resorts developers ordered to stop dev’ts in disputed land on Sicogon

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has ordered giant property developer Ayala Land Inc. (ALI) and private landowners of high-end resorts on Sicogon Island in Carles town in Iloilo to stop development activities in a disputed parcel of land being claimed by farmers.

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Bomb scare disturbs work at Iloilo justice building

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2019 04:48:10 +0000

ILOILO CITY — Work at the Iloilo Hall of Justice was disrupted on Monday morning due to a bomb scare that prompted the evacuation of employees and other people inside the building. 

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Tanduay’s roots is Philippines’ first economic history museum

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 07:23:21 +0000

Tanduay’s roots is Philippines’ first economic history museum

The country’s first Museum of Philippine Economic History has recently opened in what was once the Ynchausti Commercial House in Calle Real in Iloilo, home of the company that started what will eventually become the world’s number one rhum, Tanduay.

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Iloilo power firm says new player can’t seize assets

Credit to Author: lalos| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:25:19 +0000

The city’s power distributor will continue to pursue a new franchise even after the signing by President Duterte of a new franchise for another company to operate in the city and other areas.

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After her term ends in June 2019, Arroyo says she will write her memoir

Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:40:18 +0000

ILOILO CITY — Former president and now Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has cited the big-ticket projects under her presidency which she said were instrumental in the economic and investment surge in Iloilo. Amid perceptions that she was eyeing to be prime minister when the country shifts to a federal form of government, Arroyo said she would […]

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