ILOILO CITY – Former Mayor Jerry Treñas, the father of incumbent Mayor Raisa Treñas here, has admitted issuing an order that resulted in the two-year delay of a drainage project by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in this city. Jerry confirmed the June 10, 2025 order in a...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Vince Dizon pushed the completion of long-delayed projects in the city and province of Iloilo during a visit on Wednesday, April 15. “I need to come because if I don’t come here, there is no sense of urgency. But if I go to an...
ILOILO CITY – Bayan Muna Panay has called out former Sen. Franklin Drilon for telling fellow Ilonggos to prove that Iloilo City is worthy of the P3-billion redevelopment of two public markets – the Iloilo Central Market and the Iloilo Terminal Market – by a prominent property developer....
ILOILO CITY — Sixty-six persons have suffered food poisoning from eating aloy or tulingan fish in Iloilo. From an initial 20 individuals, the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) said 46 people were affected between April 6 to April 10. IPHO chief Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon...
ILOILO CITY – Former Kabataan party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel has called out Iloilo City Councilor Rex Sarabia for claiming to be a human rights lawyer while dismissing the violent dispersal of bolanteros (ambulant and informal market) vendors trying to sell outside a privately redeveloped public...
ILOILO CITY – Groups and individuals condemned the Iloilo City government under neophyte Mayor Raisa Treñas for violently displacing bolanteros (ambulant and informal vendors) on Friday night, April 10. “The city government is playing victim even though it is the institution that has been...
Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “Jam-Jam” Baronda urged riding app companies to slash their commissions for drivers to ease the impact of the fuel crisis from the Middle East conflict. “Slashing commission during this critical period is not merely a financial adjustment; it is a vital lifeline,”...
ILOILO CITY – Authorities have warned people to avoid eating ‘’aloy’’ or ‘’tulingan’’ after 20 people in Iloilo province were suspected to have been poisoned by the fish. Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO), said it is best to...
ILOILO CITY – Barangay Captain Gemma Calzado of Kasing-Kasing in Molo District here was arrested for physically assaulting a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) kagawad or a youth village councilor. Calzado injured SK Kagawad Lorence Galvez with a stainless steel broom handle on Monday night, April 6....
ILOILO CITY – Jaro Archbishop Midyphil “Dodong” Billones celebrated Easter Sunday in far-flung Islas de Gigantes (Gigantes Islands) in Carles, the northernmost town in Iloilo province. More than a year after his appointment as the Archbishop of Jaro, Billones spent Holy Week in Gigantes to...
ILOILO CITY – Former Iloilo Rep. Salvador “Buddy” Bas Britanico passed away on Good Friday. He was 88. The family announced on social media that the former assemblyman during the administration of President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. and party-list congressman died “after a long and difficult...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested two lady activists on Maundy Thursday, April 2, in Pavia town, Iloilo province. The Police Regional Office-6 and Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) identified them as Dhaday and Luing. Rights group Panay Alliance Karapatan identified them as in-laws Josephine...
