ILOILO is now ready and set to host the Grand Fondo New York (GFYN) Asia Championship, the second edition of GFNY Philippines on Sunday, September 22, a contested race among Asia’s elite and international riders to see who will be crowned GFNY Asia Champion. GFNY, the world’s largest cycling marathon event, features a total of 18 world races in the 2019-2020 calendar race seasons. T...
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THE Iloilo Provincial Government encouraged Ilonggos to avail themselves of its real property tax amnesty until the end of the year. Delinquent taxpayers have until December 31, 2019 to settle their debts without having to pay the penalties and interests. Provincial Treasurer Jean Maire Umadhay said the Capitol will start receiving payment on October 7. "This is your chance to take a...
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KALIBO, Aklan -- Senator Christopher “Bong” Go said he will do everything to finance the P20 million needed for the rehabilitation of the Kalibo Public Market. Go arrived Thursday afternoon, September 19, to personally meet with the 276 victims of the fire incident. The fire occurred early Sunday morning, September 15. “I will talk personally to President Rodrigo Duterte to...
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FOR the second time, Aleosan District Hospital (ADH) in Alimodian, Iloilo was adjudged as one of the recipients of the much-coveted Department of Health (DOH) 30 Star Awards 2019. The award, given last September 17, 2019 at Pearlmont Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City is in recognition of ADH's commitment in upholding quality healthcare for the people. Hospital chief Dr. Paz Calopiz said ADH, wh...
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MANILA, Philippines — The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has already rejected applications by several banks to hike charges for automated teller machine (ATM) transactions by up to 100 percent, an official of the state regulator told the Senate on Monday. Speaking at a Senate hearing presided over by Sen. Grace Poe, BSP managing director Vicente de Villa III said withdrawals from ATMs...
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MANILA, Philippines — Funds for health services in the P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020 that the House of Representatives approved on Friday were slashed by about P10 billion, even as the country is facing a polio epidemic as well as dengue and measles outbreaks that have claimed the lives of more than a thousand people, mostly children. The P88-billion budget of the Department of H...
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