ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here stepped up his attacks against the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City, days after being discharged from the hospital. “We cannot work with people who do not respect the highest elected official of the city government,” Treñas said in a...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is looking into the controversial claim made in the name of an elected youth official in this city. Kim Cyril Sina-on Siacon, a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) kagawad or youth councilor from Barangay Sooc, Arevalo District, was...
ILOILO CITY – A health advisory has been issued for potential ash fall from the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island here and this province. THE sky in Iloilo City remains clear amid the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo City Health Office (ICHO) and...
ILOILO CITY – Flights have resumed at the Bacolod-Silay Airport and Iloilo Airport on Tuesday, June 4, following the eruption of Mount Kanlaon on Monday night, June 3. THE flight counter at Bacolod-Silay Airport in Negros Occidental on Tuesday, June 4, 2024, after flights resumed following...
ILOILO CITY – A dialogue ended the transport strike of a coalition of passenger jeepneys in this city on Monday, June 3. PASSENGERS wait in a long line at the Mohon Terminal in Iloilo City during the transportation strike by a coalition of jeepney operators and drivers. (Photo courtesy of...
ILOILO CITY – Barangay kagawads (village councilors), barangay secretaries, and former barangay captains in this city have received cash aid via the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), a program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). BARANGAY kagawads...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo and this city are no longer a bailiwick of the Liberal Party (LP) after around 800 officials in the province officially joined the ruling party Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP). Special Assistant to the President Secretary Antonio Ernesto F. Lagdameo Jr. witnessed the mass...
ILOILO CITY – “1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom,” a film that has the backdrop of the Battle of Mactan, is the gift of the family of a rookie Ilonggo producer to the Philippines. FRANCIS B. Lara Ho, the producer of the movie ‘1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom,’ is an Ilonggo...
ILOILO CITY – A two-day transport strike will be conducted starting on Monday, June 3, in this city in protest of the failure of implementing the country’s first modern transportation plan. A two-day transport strike will be held in Iloilo City from June 3 to 4. (Tara Yap) “This...
ILOILO CITY – People in this city are still paying the cheapest electricity in Western Visayas despite the increase of P1.02 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in this month's billing, A LINEMAN of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Lone power distributor MORE...
ILOILO CITY – Health authorities have intensified surveillance of the “FLiRT” Covid-19 variant here and the province of Iloilo. The Iloilo City Health Office (ICHO) said that 98 Covid-19 cases here were recorded from January 1 to May 27, 2024. The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) said...
ILOILO CITY – The on and off rain since last week has brought back stable water supply to this city and surrounding towns following a water shortage during the dry spell. THE Maasin Dam in Iloilo province is one of the key sources of water in Metro Iloilo. (MPIW) “We are pleased to inform...
