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#nationataglance WESTERn vISAyAS: ILoILo CITy

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Iloilo business community gears up for
investment forum in manila
ILoILos business community is gathering local
government officials and multi-sector groups
on Friday, nov. 24, in preparation for a forum on

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march 15 next year in manila to attract investors
into the city and the province. The Iloilo Economic
Development Foundation Inc. (ILED) is organiz-
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ing tomorrows event, dubbed Diin Ka Pakadto

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Iloilo? (Where Are you Going, Iloilo?). We hope that this event will pave the way for a successful investor con-
ference while creating an empowered citizenry, ILED Chairperson narzalina Z. Lim said in a statement. Ilonggo
Senator Franklin m. Drilon, and Iloilo City mayor Jose S. Espinosa III are expected to join the gathering.
Invited speakers include mikel C. Afzelius, corporate communications officer of Panay Electric
Company (PECo), and Eriberto R. Calubaquib, vice-president for corporate strategy of metro Pacific
Water, who will discuss their respective plans to improve utility services in Iloilo City. Architect Paulo
G. Alcazaren, who designed the Iloilo River Esplanade, will also discuss the multibillion rede- CHIEF
velopment program of the Iloilo Provincial Capitol Grounds as well as the river esplanade no in a
extension. ILED also recently launched the Proud to be Ilonggo campaign to shore up the urged
image of Iloilo. Louine hope u. Conserva throug
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8 years on, ampatuan massacre case still on evidence hearing in the C
EIGHT yEARS ago today, 58 people, including 32 media practi- believe
tioners, were massacred in Ampatuan town in maguindanao by all m
province, and the cases against an original 197 accused remain peachm
in the stage of hearing evidence for several of the 103 de- in an in
fendants still on trial. It is already the turn of the accused mittee
to present their evidence-in-chief. Thirty one (31) accused recogn
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have already concluded the presentation of their evi- examin
nATIonAL CAPITAL REGIon dence. Thirty four (34) more accused are currently pre- and oth
on the wrong lane senting their respective defense evidence-in-chief, Mr.
A moToRCyCLE rider is apprehended along EDSA near the Trinoma the Supreme Court (SC) said in an update released mittee
mall by enforcers of the metropolitan manila Development Authority yesterday. The SC said based on the special rule nos law
(mmDA) for not using the designated motorcycle lane yesterday, nov. issued for what has come to be known as the We
22, the first day of strict implementation of lane rules. A private ve- Ampatuan massacre, one of the most heinous do anyt
hicle is also apprehended for using the yellow lane intended for cases of political violence in the nations recent We
public buses, while a bus driver is caught for not using the history, the case for each of the accused may before
yellow lane. Traffic congestion in the capital is expected be submitted for decision of the court upon will be
to worsen as the Christmas season draws near. completion of evidence presentation. consist
andrea Louise e. san Juan added.
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2018 govt service exams set impeac
mar. 18, aug. 12 Th
THE CAREER Service Examination-Pen
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and Paper Test (CSE-PPT) for next year are
WESTERn vISAyAS: PASSI CITy looks f
set on mar. 18 and Aug. 12, the Civil Service
AnD SAn mIGUEL, ILoILo PASSI CITy ate, wh
Commission (CSC) announced yesterday. For
Passi City, san miguel eyed as sites fully r
dates on other government service exams
for PPP clustered landfills Josale
and updates, visit the CSC Web site on csc.
SAn mIGUEL town and Passi City are be- Mr.
gov.ph and follow its official Facebook page,
ing considered as sites for the proposed SAn mIGUEL will no
fb.com/PhilippineCivilServiceCommission.
clustered sanitary landfills in Iloilo province, ToWn Ms.
which will be implemented through a public- vote b
private partnership (PPP) scheme. The president of Y. Belm
the League of the municipalities of the Philippines-Iloilo, Rocam
Ajuy mayor Jett C. Rojas of Ajuy, said IPm-Construction Dinaga
and Development Corp. (IPm-CDC), the project propo- DAvAo: DAvAo CITy Agusan
nent, identified the two areas in the second and third dis- Davao City mayor pursues season of peace with nPa The
tricts as central locations for the landfills. We discussed mAyoR Sara Duterte-Carpio, through the Davao City Peace Group she recently formed, is ing the
that they start in San miguel and if it became successful, exploring lines of communication and access to local leaders of the communist new Peoples mittee
then they can expand to other clusters, mr. Rojas said. Army (nPA) in pursuit of a season of peace this Christmas. In a statement, ms. Carpio said discus
However, mr. Rojas said the project could not be started she aims to continue reaching out to our brothers and sisters (in the insurgency movement) and An
until the passage of the PPP ordinance of Iloilo province. even as President Rodrigo R. Duterte, her father, has announced on Tuesday, nov. 21, that he is no
IPm-CDC handles waste collection and disposal in Ba- longer open to peace talks with the national Democratic Front-Communist Party of the Philippines (nDF-CPP). The F
colod City and used to operate the now closed Payatas nPA, the armed wing of the CPP, has groups in various parts of the country, including remote areas of Davao City. ms.
landfill in Quezon City. Louine hope Conserva Carpio called on law enforcement agencies to help her in observing the season of peace, during which she aims to
meet with local nPA leaders in a neutral area, Carmelito Q. Francisco