SEALED. Officials sign the memorandum of agreement for Iloilo housing project. From left, Pag-IBIG OIC Vice President for Visayas and Mindanao Home Lending Operations Engr. Noli D. Armada, Uswag Ilonggo Party-list Rep. James Ang, Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Undersecretary Roland Samuel T. Young, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas and DHSUD OIC Regional Director Eva Marfil for Western Visayas on Tuesday (Feb. 28, 2023). Marfil said the project will consist of 14 seven-story buildings equivalent to 1,260 units at 90 units per building.(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - The Iloilo city government will construct 1,260 housing units on a 2.2-hectare government-owned lot at Uswag Residential Complex in Barangay San Isidro, Jaro district intended for informal settler families (ISF). To pave the way for the construction, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Trenas, officials of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), and Home Development Mutua
ORDER.Col. Joeresty P. Coronica, newly-designated officer-in-charge of the Iloilo City Police Office, talks to the men and women of the station during their flag raising ceremony on Monday (Jan. 30, 2023). Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas, in a press conference said he wanted the new OIC to ensure the continuous anti-drug campaign and implement police visibility.(Photo courtesy of ICPO Pulis Serbisyo Publiko FB page) ILOILO CITY -Mayor Jerry P. Trenas has given the new officer-in-charge of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) one week to settle in his new assignment that would focus on police visibility and intensifying the anti-drug campaign, especially in Barangay Bakhaw in Mandurriao district here. Trenas, in a press conference on Monday, said he will be calling for a command conference with new ICPO Director, Col. Joeresty P. Coronica, and other police officials after one week. Coronica replaced former ICPO director Col. Leo Batiles who was relieved from his post following the drug o
Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama. (Screengrab from Cebu City PIO video) CEBU CITY - Mayor Michael Rama on Thursday announced "opening" the city for economic activities, removing major restrictions against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) under "shared responsibilities" in the new normal. In a press conference before the 85th Cebu City Charter Day ceremony, Rama cited the declaration of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) placing the capital city under the lower Alert Level 2 from February 16-28 as a basis for issuing the "open all" policy. Rama said in the order that all establishments and activities are now allowed to operate regardless of age and vaccination status, stressing, however, the continued observance of minimum public health standards. He said returning to pre-pandemic status should be coupled with the new normal in doing things like continuous wearing of face mask, physical distancing, frequent
GUNNING FOR LAST TERM. Bacolod City Mayor Evelio Leonardia, accompanied by his wife Elsa, files his certificate of candidacy for his third and last term before the Commission on Elections on Wednesday (Oct. 6, 2021). Leonardia, who heads the local coalition Grupo Progreso, is the official candidate of the Nacionalista Party for the mayoral race in the May 2022 elections.(Photo courtesy of Bacolod City PIO) BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Evelio Leonardia filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) for a third and final term on Wednesday this time, under the Villar-led Nacionalista Party (NP). "We are now officially part of the Nacionalista Party," Leonardia said in a press conference held before noon, after which his group heard a mass and submitted their COCs before the Commission on Elections. Leonardia, who heads the local coalition Grupo Progreso, has been a long-time member of the Nationalist's People Coalition (NPC) founded by his political backer, the late Ambassador Eduardo Coj