THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) will strictly enforce next month regulation Ordinance 149, an ordinance which prescribes the penalties for activities inimical to cleanliness and sanitation.

Ordinance 149 prohibits littering on the street, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds and other public places, urinating, defecating or spitting in public places, painting, inscribing or posting graffiti on public places or public buildings, walls, fence and similar places. Read more »

A training needs assessment through a survey questionnaire in early 2007 revealed that government personnel involved in transport planning and traffic management of Iloilo City and neighboring municipalities do not have even the basic knowledge and experience in the said fields. This clearly shows why the issues and problems of traffic hereabouts and around Metro Iloilo have not been resolved with definitive solutions.

The MIGEDC and JICA collaborative project involving the city and nearby towns of Pavia, Leganes, Oton, San Miguel, Sta. Barbara and the Province of Guimaras, will hold a 5-day live-in capacity building seminar-workshop on the “Basics of Transportation Planning, Traffic Management and Engineering, and Traffic Law Enforcement” on September 22-26, 2008 at the Iloilo Grand Hotel. Among other highlights of this Seminar is a fieldwork consisting of traffic survey at some spots along the major streets and avenues of Iloilo City. Read more »