ILOILO City Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon, Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas, SM Prime President Jeffrey Lim, and SM Supermalls President Steven Tan show the 25-year lease agreements for the redevelopment of the Iloilo Central and Terminal Markets. (Arnold Almacen/Iloilo CMO)
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SURPLUS. Amid the health pandemic, the Iloilo City government has incurred over PHP400 million surplus in 2021. The city treasurer cited good financial management as one of the reasons for the huge surplus.(Photo courtesy of Arnold Almacen/City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY - Good financial management resulted in this city's gaining over PHP400 million surplus amid the health pandemic. The city's Public Information Office (PIO) in a press statement on Wednesday said the city has an excess collection of PHP149.31 million, PHP237.11 million savings from Personnel Services (PS) and Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE), and PHP14.27 million adjustment as per the report of the City Accountant's Office. City Treasurer Jinny Hermano said the savings were from projects and programs that were not implemented, unspent PS, and underestimated revenue with the city treasurer collecting more than the projected collectibles. He said the city government exceeded its business t
HOT MEAT. A team from the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) conducts a regular inspection at the Iloilo City public market to discourage backyard slaughtering early this month. Iloilo City's Local Economic Enterprise Office has advised the public to be vigilant of the source of their meat products. (PNA photo courtesy of Randy Lontoc/ NMIS FB page) ILOILO CITY - The National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) will provide guidance on the temporary repair of the slaughterhouse here while it is waiting to be improved through the public private partnership (PPP). "NMIS is open and willing to help and provide guidance. They will be visiting the slaughterhouse to look into the temporary repair meantime that we are still waiting for the improvement that is proposed under PPP, which is currently on bidding," Maricel Mabaquiao, head of the Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO) which has jurisdiction over the slaughterhouse, said in an interview Monday. Mabaquiao said the rece
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CALASIAO, Pangasinan - The municipal government offices here, except for those providing frontline services, are on lockdown from Wednesday to Friday to give way to disinfection and contact tracing. In Executive Order (EO) No. 6 issued on Tuesday night, Mayor Joseph Arman Bauzon said this is to safeguard the welfare of his constituents, which encompasses the implementation of rules and guidelines to prevent further contagion of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). "As of January 18, 26 employees of the municipal government of Calasiao have tested positive for Covid-19 via the rapid antigen tests administered by the Municipal Health Office, raising concerns of contagion among other employees," he said. He added the temporary closure of all municipal government offices is necessary to avoid further spread of infection as well as to give way to contact tracing, confirmatory reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction testing, and give ample time for thorough disinfection