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...
ILOILO CITY—A newly discovered plant found only in Capiz and Iloilo provinces may be endangered. Researchers sounded the alarm for Begonia jurgenneae following its discovery published by scientific journal Taiwania this month. Dr. Harold O. Buenvenida, Dr. Lillian Jennifer V. Rodriguez, and Mark...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo is set to host the National Vegetable Congress for the first time in November. The Panay Organization for Progressive Agriculture (POPA) Agriculture Cooperative and the Department of Agriculture (DA) are preparing to accommodate around 1,500 delegates in...
ILOILO CITY — After Mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu publicly lashed out, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Western Visayas retracted its analysis while blaming the media for alleged wrong reporting on the impact of real property tax (RPT) tax hike on inflation. The PSA-6’s change of tone...
ILOILO CITY—Neophyte Mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu was irked as she defended the 300 percent increase in real property tax (RPT) pushed by her father and predecessor former Mayor Jerry Treñas. Chu was visibly angry on Monday, Aug. 18, when media asked for reaction after the Philippine Statistics...
ILOILO CITY – Authorities were able to stop the reselling of a stolen pickup truck via Facebook in Pototan town, Iloilo province. The Land Transportation Office-Regional Law Enforcement Section (LTO-RLES) and Pototan Municipal Police Station (MPS) recovered the carnapped Nissan Navarra pickup...
ILOILO CITY – Police recently built a new bamboo bridge for residents of a far-flung barangay in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. The 1st Iloilo Provincial Mobile Force Company under the Iloilo Police Provincial Office constructed the bridge that would serve Sitio Tambulan in Barangay Mayang....
ILOILO CITY – A stabbing victim and his brother were killed in a vehicular collision on their way to the hospital in Pototan town, Iloilo province, on Friday, Aug. 15. The Pototan Municipal Police Station identified the victims as Reymar and Reymond Postrado. Police Major Bryan Alamo, Pototan...
ILOILO CITY – The death of a man from what appeared to be rabies-like symptoms is puzzling health authorities in Iloilo province as he was not bitten by a dog and tested negative for rabies. The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO) is coordinating with the Department of Health (DOH) to conduct a...
ILOILO CITY — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. distributed more than P37-million equipment for farmers and fisherfolks in Iloilo. Marcos was accompanied by DA Secretary Francisco “Kiko” Tiu Laurel Jr. in the distribution during the inauguration of the Iloilo Fish Port Complex (IFPC) this...
ILOILO CITY – Aside from flood control projects, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. also inspected the unfinished flyover that cost around P802 million during his visit to Iloilo. The Presidential Communications Office (PCO) posted videos and photos of the convoy of Marcos passing along the...
ILOILO CITY — President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. said the newly rehabilitated Iloilo Fish Port Complex (IFPC) in this city will benefit 1,500 fishermen and fish brokers. “Mahalaga po ito dahil ang mga gagamit nito (This is important because of who can use this)," said Marcos during the...
