ILOILO CITY – A lightning strike killed three persons, including a 14-year-old pregnant girl, and injured nine others in Banate town, Iloilo province on Monday, May 8. MEN carry the remains of a lightning strike fatality in Banate town, Iloilo province on Monday, May 8. (Charlie Tanfelix...
ILOILO CITY – The Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC), the oldest existing Baptist union in the country, recently installed a new secretary general. REV. Danilo Azuela Borlado (center) and his family during his installation as the new general secretary of the Convention of Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – A component city in Iloilo province has been placed under a state of calamity after intermittent rain amid the searing heat caused widespread flooding and landslide. THE Passi City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office responds to a request for rescue. (Passi City...
ILOILO CITY – The 72-hectare township of property developer Megaworld Corp. at the old airport site here will have its ninth residential tower called “Firenze” soon. JENNIFER Palmares-Fong, Megaworld first vice president for sales and marketing for the Visayas, and Harold Brian Geronimo,...
Researchers from the Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISATU) have come up with a new wine product as a result of a project focusing on underutilized seaweeds with support from the Department of Science and Technology – Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD)....
Since I started my cooking shows in the late ’80s, there has been a constant search for recipe ideas. Any restaurant I ate at, I would pick up ideas from dishes and I would incorporate some of these ideas into my recipes for the show. My mom’s cookbook was another source of ideas. That book of...
LOILO CITY – A 16-year-old female teen from Iloilo province was reportedly infected with the Omicron XBB 1.16 variant of Covid-19. The Department of Health (DOH)-Region 6 and the Iloilo Provincial Health Office are still verifying what is believed to be the first case of this Covid variant in...
ILOILO CITY – Face masks are again mandatory indoors in this city as a result of the increasing number of Covid-19 cases. PEOPLE wearing face masks pass by the Corona store on busy Calle Real in downtown Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Mayor Jerry Treñas has issued Executive Order No. 2023-048...
ILOILO CITY – Police nabbed the most wanted person in Western Visayas in Estancia, Iloilo. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) identified the suspect as Estancia resident Renante A. Cañeso. The 52-year-old fisherman and engine mechanic was caught in a joint operation by several...
ILOILO CITY – A public-private approach to curb fire incidents has been launched due to several major fires this year in highly populated neighborhoods in this city. MORE Power inspects an area in Iloilo City with illegal electrical connections which have caused some major fire incidents. (MORE...
ILOILO CITY – The role of married Catholic priests or priests with families was reassessed in the 17th national convention of the Philippine Federation of Married Catholic Priests (PFMCP) over the weekend in this city. MEMBERS of the Philippine Federation of Married Catholic Priests pose with...
ILOILO CITY – Two police officers assigned to the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) have been sacked from their posts following their alleged involvement in the attempted murder of a man suspected to be a thief last month. Police Executive Master Sgt. Jessie Jim Rubio and Police Staff Sgt. Enrico...
