ILOILO CITY – This city is preparing for the return of the annual 50th annual Paraw Regatta Festival sailboat festival canceled by the pandemic and held online for the past three years. COLORFUL native sailboats race on the Iloilo Strait in the Paraw Regatta. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Festivals...
ILOILO CITY – A Catholic priest in Zarraga town, Iloilo province slammed the bikini open event of two barangays as part of their fiesta celebration. FR. Rogelio Palmos Jr., the administrator of the Saint Isidore the Farmer Parish in Zarraga town, Iloilo province. (Parish of Saint...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested five suspected drug pushers and seized a total of 80.5 grams of shabu worth P558,000 in buy-bust operations here on Wednesday, Feb. 22, and Thursday, Feb. 23. SIXTY-FIVE grams of suspected shabu worth P442,000 were recovered from a drug suspect in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Police killed a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the fatality as Jason Opano Espaltero, 32. Espaltero sensed he was dealing with a poseur-buyer after he sold five big sachets of suspected shabu...
ILOILO CITY – An additional 1,095 fingerlings were released on the Iloilo River by MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here. EXECUTIVES of MORE Power release fingerlings on the Iloilo River in Iloilo City as part of its corporate social responsibility. (MORE...
ILOILO City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The city government is reviewing the waste-to-energy proposal of a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). “We are presently evaluating the proposal submitted,” said Mayor Jerry Treñas in a statement. Metro Pacific Water (MPW)...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) marked its fourth anniversary as the sole power distributor here this week. “I have seen the dedication of the personnel to provide better service to the Ilonggos, and the massive investments made by them to improve services to our...
ILOILO CITY – A solar-powered drip irrigation system project by Grade 8 students of the University of the Philippines High School in Iloilo (UPHSI) was among the 30 winners of the Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Regional Centre for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...
ILOILO CITY – A hospital in this city launched this week the most advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) service in the Western Visayas region. THE Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) service of The Medical City in Iloilo City. (TMC Iloilo) “The MRI service will truly be a game changer in...
ILOILO CITY – Game fowl breeders have expressed alarm over the theft of fighting cocks worth millions of pesos in Panay Island. ROOSTERS fight during a cockfighting match at the San Pedro Coliseum in Laguna. (AFP) “This is a growing concern,” said Ricardo “Ricoy” Palmares, president of...
The Capiznons don’t like being associated with aswangs but its myths are based on some of the greatest religions, cultures, and civilizations in the world There was mysticism in Roxas City that I never knew. I grew up hearing about witches in Siquijor or aswang in Antique, but I don’t know why...
ILOILO CITY – The municipality of Carles, Iloilo has organized the largest inter-agency task force (IATF) against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the country. THE inter-agency task force against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. (BFAR-6) “We laud local...
