ILOILO CITY – This city has been tapped for the Filipino Genomes Research Program (FGRP) which will study deeper Filipino anthropology, forensics, and evolution. The Philippine Genome Center Visayas (PGC Visayas) under the University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) in Iloilo recently...
ILOILO CITY – The number of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) cases involving children in Iloilo province increased by 700 percent. In a report released by the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO), 3,388 HFMD cases were recorded from Jan. 1 to June 24, compared to the same period last...
BACOLOD CITY – A father and his son voluntarily surrendered to the police here on Thursday, June 29, a day after they were accused of killing their relative in Dumangas, Iloilo on Wednesday, June 28. A FATHER and son tagged in the killing of their relative in Dumangas, Iloilo on Wednesday, June...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is set to open a rehabilitation center for stroke survivors. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/REHAB_CENTER_STROKE_9440b0d7ac/REHAB_CENTER_STROKE_9440b0d7ac.jfif) THE Iloilo City Stroke Rehabilitation Center is set to open in the third...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has inked a negotiation deal for the waste-to-energy proposal of a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). On Tuesday, June 27, Mayor Jerry Treñas and MPIC Board of Director Rogelio Singson signed the agreement for the proposed Iloilo Solid Waste...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 awarded the Iloilo City Police Office-City Drug Enforcement Unit (ICPO-CDEU) for the apprehension of six suspected drug pushers here who yielded shabu valued at P1.46 million recently. GUEST speaker retired Police Major Gen. Lucas Managuelod pins...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a barangay captain in San Enrique town, Iloilo province in a buy-bust operation on Monday, June 26. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect as Elvie Jirao Paez, 47, of Barangat Palje. Paez was arrested after he sold a sachet of shabu worth to a police...
ILOILO CITY – The Nagpana Minorities Association from the Ati indigenous peoples (IPs) tribe in Barotac Viejo town, Iloilo province has received a P200,000 livelihood aid from the Department of Tourism (DOT). THE Department of Tourism turns over a P200,000 livelihood assistance to boost the...
BACOLOD CITY – “Respect begets respect.” This was the reaction of Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran here after he was declared persona non-grata by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas through an executive order issued on Friday, June 23, over the “uncoordinated transfer” of Badjaos from Bacolod to...
Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar's office) 'You can achieve anything you set your mind to." Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar used these words, and more, to galvanize the new graduates of Northern Iloilo State...
ILOILO CITY – A word war between Mayor Jerry Treñas here and Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran erupted on Friday, June 23, over the repatriation of Badjaos, a nomadic and Indigenous Peoples group. TRENAS (FB) Treñas declared Familiaran persona non-grata for allegedly sending 80 Badjaos...
ILOILO CITY – All towns in the third district of Iloilo province now have Negosyo Centers, a program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) with local government units (LGUs). THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) opens a Negosyo Center in Bingawan town, Iloilo province. (DTI-Iloilo)...
