August 3, 2024

ILOILO CITY: A business process outsourcing (BPO) firm specializing in contact center and clinical nurse operations announced on Friday its plan to expand its workforce in Iloilo City, providing more job opportunities for Ilonggos. ‘We have 40 percent of our population out of Iloilo, barely close to 4,000 employees. By the end of the year,…

ILOILO CITY: The Police Regional Office (PRO) 6 (Western Visayas) is intensifying its monitoring of coastal areas to prevent possible smuggling activities. In an interview on Friday, PRO-6 Director, Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, said this complies with instructions from the national headquarters to intensify the monitoring of coastal areas amid widespread smuggling apprehensions in Mindanao….

ILOILO CITY: The Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW) on Friday committed to transparency with its five-year development plan as it thanked the Sangguniang Panlungsod (city council) for its positive response to its explanation on the water rate adjustment. In a statement, the MPIW committed to complying with the recommendations of the city council and maintaining…

COTABATO CITY: Police authorities, backed by military troops, have launched a manhunt against gunmen who ambushed and killed a vice mayor and his police escort in Barangay Pandan, South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur, at about 5 p.m. on Friday. Col. Roel Sermese, Maguindanao del Sur Police director, said the South Upi municipal police is pursuing…

MANILA: President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has issued an executive order (EO) granting a four-tranche salary increase and a medical allowance to government workers. EO 64, inked by Marcos on Aug. 2, covers all civilian government personnel in the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, constitutional commissions, and other constitutional offices. There will also be a…

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris has won enough delegate votes to secure the Democratic presidential nomination, Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Jaime Harrison announced on Friday, noting that the results are not yet official. The virtual voting process closes for delegates on Monday, and the DNC is expected to make an official announcement of…