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
'RESHUFFLE'. Col. Joeresty P. Coronica, officer-in-charge of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), announces the relief of all six police station commanders and personnel of the City Drugs Enforcement Unit on Thursday (Feb. 2, 2023). He said the replacements underwent the vetting process.(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - Five of the six station commanders under the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) and 14 personnel of the City Drugs Enforcement Unit (CDEU) were relieved on Thursday. "This is in line with the instructions of our regional director (Gen. Leo M. Francisco) and our city mayor (Jerry P. Trenas). We will be replacing all six station commanders, and all our personnel from CDEU except for one will be replaced," said Col. Joeresty P. Coronica, newly assumed officer-in-charge of the ICPO in a press conference held at their headquarters. Relieved from their posts were Majors Shella Mae A. Sangrines of ICPO Station 1 (S1) in City Proper, Jose Val R. Ladublan of I
APPEAL. Councilor Ely A. Estante Jr. (standing) sponsors a resolution appealing for assistance from President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for the relocation of 299 families that were displaced by the fire in two Iloilo City barangays early morning of Jan. 28, 2023 during their regular session on Wednesday. The families are currently staying in elementary schools of the affected villages for temporary shelter. (PNA photo by Emme Santiagudo) ILOILO CITY - The Sangguniang Panlungsod has appealed to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. for help in providing a relocation site to 299 families or 1,123 individuals that lost their homes here due to an early morning fire on Jan. 28 The council unanimously passed a resolution authored by Councilor Ely A. Estante Jr. and addressed to the President during their regular session on Wednesday. "Most of the fire victims face the grim prospect of having no more place to return to as they are informal settlers whose houses were built on a privately-owned
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
DRUG BUST. Police operatives apprehend 32 drug suspects and seize 19 sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP918,000 after a buy-bust operation in a drug den in Barangay Bakhaw in Iloilo City's Mandurriao on Wednesday evening (Jan. 25, 2023). Regional police director, Brig. Gen. Leo M. Francisco, said on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 26, 2023) it took the operatives two weeks to be able to penetrate the drug den in a squatter's area.(Photo courtesy of RPDEU 6) ILOILO CITY - Policemen apprehended 32 drug suspects and seized 19 sachets of suspected shabu with an estimated street value of PHP918,000 after a buy-bust operation in a drug den in Barangay Bakhaw in this city's Mandurriao district Wednesday night. "The efforts of our operatives resulted (in) the arrest of three high-value individuals and 29 others who are in the act of using drugs. They are now in the process of having (a) drug test; tactical interrogation has been done and we are hoping tha