ILOILO CITY – Police here recovered suspected shabu valued at more than P80.6 million in the first half of the year. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) seized 11.8 kilos of shabu from Jan. 1 to June 30. “The confiscation of more than P80-million worth of illegal drugs reflects our unwavering...
ILOILO CITY – A gun was seized from a Grade 10 student in Barotac Nuevo town in Iloilo province. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) said that authorities retrieved a .38 caliber revolver with six bullets from a 15-year-old boy inside the high school on Tuesday, June 30. A teacher was...
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo provincial government has created a marine wildlife monitoring program after the United States (US) banned Philippine crab meat, an export product of the province. Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. created the Marine Wildlife Conservation, Bycatch Monitoring,...
Rep. Julienne “Jam-Jam” Baronda of Iloilo City has filed a bill mandating permanent security officers in all public schools following the fatal school shooting in Tacloban City. Baronda proposed in House Bill No. 9930 that the Department of Education (DepEd) create a permanent position for at...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo-based MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) is seeking the normalization of power supply in the Visayas, which experienced rotational power blackouts and rising cost of electricity for more than a month. MORE Power Energy Sourcing Manager Raphael Dorilag said it is...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas), in coordination with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), confiscated more than P25-million worth of cigarettes in the municipality of Estancia in Iloilo province on Thursday afternoon. In a report late Friday, the PRO-6 said Jelyn,...
ILOILO CITY – Three graduates in Iloilo landed in the Top 10 of the June 2026 Licensure Examination for Architects. Ranked second was Michael Bryan Barredo Gacer of the University of San Agustin (USA) with a rating of 89.70 percent. “The University of San Agustin proudly celebrates Architect...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a disgruntled landowner and four bodyguards on Friday, June 26, for allegedly taking remaining workers of a defunct luxury resort in Sicogon Island in northern Iloilo province hostage and indiscriminately firing their weapons. Dave Sarrosa and his bodyguards are now...
ILOILO – A teenage boy was killed and a man was injured when they were electrocuted during a foam party in Banate, a coastal town in Iloilo province. The Banate Municipal Police Station identified the fatality as 11-year-old Prince and the injured as 25-year-old Kent. Investigation said the...
ILOILO CITY — Police have tightened security in schools here following the deadly shooting at the San Jose National High School in Tacloban City on Monday. The Iloilo City Police Office deployed lawmen in schools beginning Tuesday morning, June 23, to assist in security checks. “The safety and...
ILOILO CITY — Relatives of Rene Clert “Bobet” Baterbonia gathered in northern Iloilo province to honor his memory and family ties. They mourned and celebrated the short life of Bobet, whose dreams were cut short when he fatally drowned during a team-building activity and training...
Iloilo is a place worth coming back to for its food, walkable paths, and homely atmosphere. That comes as no surprise, given the city’s identity as the City of Love. If that’s not enough to call it a place worthy of repeat trips, even UNESCO knows its worth, having granted it the prestigious...
