ILOILO CITY – A businessman in this city is the first violator of the gun ban in the 2025 elections in the Western Visayas region. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the suspect as Ryan who was arrested past 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, after he accidentally crashed his pickup truck...
ILOILO CITY — Researchers at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) based in Tigbauan town, Iloilo province have successfully grown young slipper lobsters, which have big potential in the seafood industry. A YOUNG slipper lobster successfully...
ILOILO CITY —The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently opened the second One Town, One Product (OTOP) Philippines hub in Iloilo. DTI-Iloilo Provincial Director Maria Dinda R. Tamayo during the opening of the OTOP Philippines hub at Casa Real de Iloilo. (DTI-Iloilo) The...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a security guard for indiscriminate firing on New Year’s Eve in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo province. The Barotac Nuevo Municipal Police Station said the 26-year-old security guard fired his gun towards the No Parking sign of a business establishment in Barangay...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo has recorded 23 fireworks-related injuries as of Tuesday, Dec. 31. IMPROVISED cannon or ‘boga’ confiscated by the police in Iloilo. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Provincial Health Office recorded the figure from 6 a.m. on Dec. 21 to 5:59 a.m. on Dec. 31. The...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 5,201 farmers from Iloilo and Guimaras were freed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of their debts as Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs). FARMER-BENEFICIARIES from Iloilo and Guimaras receive their land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Audit has cited the local government unit of Miag-ao town, Iloilo province for its good fiscal management. GARIN (Miag-ao InfoCen) The COA, in its latest annual audit report, said that Miag-ao led by Mayor Richard Garin, which inherited a P326 million debt...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial government has approved a P5.97-billion budget for next year. THE Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo provincial board granted the proposed budget submitted by the administration of Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr....
ILOILO CITY — A policeman was allegedly stabbed to death on Dec. 16 by a laborer over a woman they were courting in Oton town, Iloilo province. Police identified the victim as Staff Sgt. Erwin Calubayan of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Region 6....
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo launched voters’ education and career guidance modules for high school students. ILOILO Gov. Arthur 'Toto' Defensor Jr. presents to DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara the educational modules on voters’ education and career guidance for high school...
ILOILO CITY – A former policemen was caught with approximately P500,000 worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Balasan town, Iloilo province on Thursday. TAMPOL'S mugshot. The suspect was identified as alias Tampol. “This arrest serves as a stark reminder that the Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at more than P2 million from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Pavia town, Iloilo province on Dec. 11. TWO drug suspects yield more than P2-million worth of suspected shabu in a Dec. 11, 2024 anti-drug operation in Pavia town, Iloilo...
