A fine-dining restaurant’s version of batchoy, the noodle-based soup synonymous with Iloilo City, the country’s first United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Creative City of Gastronomy, has sparked an online debate among Ilonggos. THE deconstructed batchoy by Hapag...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)-Iloilo Chapter awarded outstanding Ilonggo entrepreneurs on Thursday, Dec. 19. RECIPIENTS of the Ilonggo Entrepreneur Awards 2024 handed out by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry pose during the awarding ceremony....
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 — Ilonggos have been urged anew to rebrand Graciano Lopez-Jaena, Iloilo’s foremost national hero. ASSISTANT Prof. Frances Anthea R. Redison besides a portrait of national hero Graciano Lopez-Jaena at Centro de Graciano in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “Our gathering today to...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways to expedite work at the heritage district here. UNFINISHED work by the DPWH on Calle Real in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) In a letter dated Dec. 17 to Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, the mayor asked the agency...
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 – Twelve graduates from the pioneer batch of the West Visayas State University (WVSU)-College of Law here hurdled the 2024 Bar examinations. They are Rene Aviles Jr., Stephen S. Barredo, Alyssa Jane Diaz, Apple Joy M. Faminiano, Clyde Ben Gacayan, Mike Gabriel G. Guillem, Darryl Ben...
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...
ILOILO CITY – A Commission on Audit report resurfaced on the almost P41-million disallowance during the term of former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog of this city, three months after returning to the country from a long exile in the United States. A COA annual report for 2014 found a P39.7-million...
