ILOILO CITY — Police seized shabu valued at P15.9 million in this city last month. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) said 83 drug suspects yielded more than 2.3 kilos grams of shabu. Thirty-five were classified as high-value targets (HVTs) and 48 were street-level drug peddlers in the Aug. 1...
ILOILO CITY — Militant groups have opposed the 300-percent real property tax (RPT) increase in this city. They called the move “unjust” and “anti-poor” during a rally on Tuesday, Sept. 2, at Plazoleta Gay, at the heart of the old business district here. They claimed that 519 local...
ILOILO CITY – After complaints were filed against a South Korean bank and contractor of the mega dam project in Iloilo province, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) denied allegations of human rights and environmental violations. “We were above board in terms of environmental and...
ILOILO CITY – Former Finance Secretary Jesus “Jess” Estanislao suggested a gradual implementation of the 300 percent hike in real property tax (RPT) here. “The way it is implemented, I would structure it is that it would not be 300 percent in one year,” Estanislao said. “It could be...
ILOILO CITY – The league of mayors in Iloilo province has elected another lady mayor as president. Mayor Suzette A. Mamon of Badiangan took over former Mayor Suzette Trixie Fernandez of San Enrique as the 2025-2028 president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Iloilo during an...
ILOILO CITY — After taking the Iloilo City government to the Supreme Court (SC), the Riverside Group of Companies warned that excessive hike in real property tax (RPT) is destructive to the economy. “It will run Iloilo City’s economy to the ground,” warned Atty. Martin Pison, stockholder...
ILOILO CITY – A South Korean bank and a contractor are facing complaints of human rights and environmental violations over its role in the megadam project in central Iloilo province. A group of Filipino and Korean activists filed complaints in South Korea last Aug. 26 against the initial...
ILOILO CITY – Councilor Sedfrey Cabaluna is rallying his colleagues at the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) for the passage of a resolution calling for the installation of warning signage in strategic areas to ensure the safety of stray animals and prevent road accidents. These strategic...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been asked to submit a list of flood control projects in northern Iloilo province. The Iloilo Provincial Board approved the motion of Board Member Rolex T. Suplico that asked DPWH Regional Director Joel Limpengco to give details...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-six people fell ill after eating barracuda fish in Balasan, a town in northern Iloilo province. “They are now recovering and have already been discharged from the hospital,” said Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO)....
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo City government conferred posthomous achievement awards to writer Magdalena Gonzaga Jalandoni and violin virtuoso Gilopez Kabayao during the 88th Charter Day celebration on Monday, Aug. 25. “Their legacies continue to inspire future generations of Filipinos to...
ILOILO CITY – A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court (SC) questioning the Iloilo City government’s astronomical 300 percent real property tax (RPT) increase that the past and present Treñas administrations are pushing for full implementation by 2026. The Riverside Group of...
