Two more towns issue manifesto vs. ‘hulbot’ fishing

Two towns added to the list of municipalities in Northern Iloilo whose fisher folks have committed to stop “hulbot-hulbot” (fishing vessel using Danish Seine fishing gear) operations.

Two towns added to the list of municipalities in Northern Iloilo whose fisher folks have committed to stop “hulbot-hulbot” (fishing vessel using Danish Seine fishing gear) operations.

University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos (UNO-R) Junior Rams will vie for the 2012 Coca-Cola Youngstars regional finals on Saturday in Iloilo City.

The Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources is asking the Sangguniang Bayan of Oton, Iloilo to issue an ordinance for dike demolition to resurrect a missing portion of the Iloilo River.

Some 2,000 jobs in the business process outsourcing industry will be available in the city government-initiated job fair on May 21-22.

Investigators from the Barotav Nuevo police station dismissed robbery as the motive behind the killing of the wife and granddaughter of a Regional Trial Court (RTC) judge and instead focused on personal grudges.

The Iloilo River Development Council, led by Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog, is now halfway in rehabilitating the erstwhile dying Iloilo River here.

United States Ambassador to the Philippine Harry K. Thomas Jr. affirmed his country’s support to this city’s initiatives to make it a growth hub in the Visayas area.

Construction is ongoing on the housing units for 1,000 informal family settlers at the city-owned relocation site at Barangay (village) Lanit, Jaro district with priority for 79 river dwellers at Barangay South San Jose.

The National Food Authority Iloilo provincial office said the estimated 1.6 million bags of rice in its warehouses and among commercial rice traders would be enough for Ilonggos until August.

The South Fundidor Homeowners Association (HOA) in Molo district was recognized as most outstanding community organization among relocation sites here under the city government’s socialized housing program.













