After serving as acting Iloilo City mayor, with Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog out of the country since the end of August, Vice Mayor Jose Espinosa III announced he would be assuming full powers as mayor. Through Memorandum Circular No. CMO 1702, he cited Section 46 of RA 7160, or the Local Government …
Monthly Archives: October 2017
Typhoon Paolo: Fastcraft trips remain cancelled for Negros, Iloilo due to gale warning
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga All fastcraft trips between Negros and Iloilo remained cancelled yesterday due to gale force winds generated by Typhoon Paolo. Based on information released by the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), Typhoon Paolo was last seen at 840 kilometers east of Basco, Batanes with winds reaching 145 …
MassKara Festival: Duterte scheduled to arrive amid streetdance competition
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to arrive in Bacolod City around 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, October 22, amid the annual streetdance competition, part of the MassKara Festival. The president is expected to speak at the Bacolod Public Plaza, where he will be welcomed by Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr., Bacolod …
BIR promotes easier business registration process
During the recent government expo and trade fair at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod, coordinated by the Kabisig People’s Movement (Kabisig), an organization that oversees the implementation of national projects and programs, Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) Revenue Officer Analiza Brito discussed the easier registration process for new businesses. She encouraged new …
SSS representative office opens in La Carlota City
The Social Security System (SSS), in partnership with the La Carlota City government, recently opened a representative office at the Agora Market Extension in the said city. The office will be open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., where members can process benefit claims, submit corrections to employer/employee records, apply for …
Iloilo City, UI agree to pilot flood monitoring, early warning devices
The Iloilo City government and the University of Iloilo (UI) recently signed a memorandum of understanding to conduct pilot testing for flood monitoring and early warning devices. The memorandum also provides for a disaster risk reduction management-related animation. “We welcome the initiatives from different sectors that will assist the city’s disaster risk reduction management and …
MassKara Festival: Fireworks competition underway
The “Sadya ang MassKara with Mayor Bing: National Fireworks Competition” kicked off last Thursday at the Bacolod Public Plaza and is scheduled to run until Sunday, October 22. Saturday’s competition will take place at the Tourism Strip along Lacson Street, with another competition site along South Capitol Road. There will be one winner from each of the …
Iloilo CENRO, City Agriculturist release 10K tilapia, 4K ‘crablets’ into the Iloilo river
The Iloilo City Environment and Natural Resources Office (CENRO) and the City Agriculturist’s Office released 10,000 tilapia fingerlings and 4,000 ‘crablets,’ or juvenile mud crabs, into the Zone 4 section of the Iloilo River, last Friday. City Agriculturist Romulo Pangantihon explained, Zone 4, stretching from the Carpenter’s Bridge, which connects the Molo and Mandurriao districts, …
Committee formed to look into ‘defective’ native chickens
By Paulo Loreto Lim In response to claims native chickens delivered to beneficiaries of the Iloilo City Integrated Food Production Program last month were “defective,” Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III ordered the formation of a committee to look into the matter. According to the order, a fact-finding investigation will be conducted, wherein a …
Governor welcomes freeport zone proposal for Negros
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. said he welcomes the proposal by incoming Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Undersecretary for Barangay Affairs Martin Diño to set up freeport zones in Negros. Marañon said he welcomes such a plan as it would create a “Subic” for Negros. …