ILOILO CITY — A fish port rehabilitated and funded by South Korea, through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), opened in Concepcion town, Iloilo province on Tuesday, September 24. KOICA Country Director Kim Eunsab (right) and Iloilo Gov. Arthur 'Toto' Defensor inaugurate...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Bayani Razalan, Iloilo province police chief, was unscathed in a vehicular accident in Pototan town, Iloilo, on Friday, September 20. POLICE Col. Bayani Razalan (center) managed to an event following an accident on Friday, September 20. (PNP/IPPO) A delivery truck hit...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Thursday, September 19, distributed land to 1,932 farmer-beneficiaries from Panay Island. PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., with officials of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), distributes land to farmer0beneficiaries from Panay Island in...
ILOILO CITY – Heavy rainfall caused by the “habagat” or southwest monsoon enhanced by two tropical cyclones caused landslides and flooding in the province and city of Iloilo. MEN transport a woman who was injured in a September 17 landslide in Janiuay town, Iloilo province. (Janiuay...
ILOILO CITY – The seventh most wanted person in Iloilo province was caught in Negros Occidental province. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect as Erol, a former barangay tanod from Lemery town, Iloilo. The 47-year-old Erol was nabbed in Pontevedra town on September 16 by the...
ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines-Visayas is embarking on a comprehensive study of the noodle-based soup “batchoy,” arguably Iloilo’s most popular dish. ‘BATCHOY,’ a noodle-based soup, is believed to be the most popular dish of Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) UP-Visayas inked...
ILOILO CITY – A 36-year-old man was rescued on Saturday, September 14, after his boat capsized in the sea of Concepcion town in northern Iloilo province. A MAN was rescued off the coast of Concepcion town, Iloilo province after his boat capsized on Saturday, September 14. (Ariel Borres...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-nine local government units in Antique and Iloilo suspended classes on Friday, September 13, due to heavy rains caused by the southwest monsoon or "habagat" and low-pressure area. A KNEE-deep flood was recorded in Hamtic town, Antique province on Thursday night due...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Education assured zero tolerance on illegal drugs after suspected shabu was recently discovered from a 16-year-old high school student during a random inspection in Janiuay, Iloilo. “The DepEd reaffirms its zero tolerance policy towards illegal drugs in our...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday, September 3, in Calinog town, Iloilo province the third and fourth most wanted persons in Western Visayas. The suspects were identified as Arcee, the third most wanted, and Rod, the fourth most wanted. “These arrests, made possible with the help of the...
ILOILO CITY – The town of Calinog in Iloilo province was the center for the Day of National Mourning as Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasure) Federico Caballero was given a State funeral on Tuesday, September 3. THE State funeral of National Living Treasure Federico Caballero in...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo is monitoring the status of 65 Ilonggos in Lebanon as tensions between Hezbollah and Israel escalated. A HELP desk at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City is open to families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the province who might be...
