ILOILO CITY – Power distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) is constructing a new substation in the City Proper, the government and financial district of this city. pullquote THE time capsule for the new power substation of MORE Electric and Power Corp. in Iloilo City is lowered to...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 12th Infantry Battalion (IB) captured firearms and ammunition from the New People’s Army (NPA) following an encounter in Lambunao, Iloilo Monday, August 15. GUNS, bullets, and other items left by the New People’s Army following an encounter in Lambunao, Iloilo. (12th IB...
ILOILO CITY -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is backing the Iloilo City government’s initiatives for out-of-school youth through its USAID Opportunity 2.0 program. This was formalized after Mayor Jerry Treñas recently signed an executive order creating the Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has launched a mascot called the "Pinas: Basura Buster" (PBB) to strengthen the waste management campaign in Western Visayas. THE Pinas: Basura Buster of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released a P7.4-million livelihood grant for 1,448 families in Iloilo. SEN. Bong Go addresses beneficiaries of the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) in Guimbal, Iloilo. (DSWD-Region 6) Families from seven towns received...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Western Visayas recently led a search and rescue exercise with other government agencies off the coast of this city. A SEARCH and rescue exercise was held at the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island province of Guimaras....
ILOILO CITY – The monkeypox outbreak is hindering the planned resumption of international flights at the Iloilo Airport. INBOUND passengers arrive at the Iloilo Airport. (Tara Yap) “We have to wait. The monkeypox is a new development,” said Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. The threat of...
ILOILO CITY — A P15-million Super Health Center will open in a far-flung area of San Joaquin, Iloilo. SEN.Bong Go signs the design plan for the construction of the Super Health Center in San Joaquin, Iloilo. Looking on are (from left) Mayor Ninfa Garin, Sen. Robin Padilla, and Iloilo Rep. Janette...
The province of Iloilo and its capital Iloilo City are both seeing a downward trend in new Covid-19 cases, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David confirmed. (Image courtesy of Dr. Guido David) “Iloilo City and Iloilo on a downward trend in new Covid-19 cases. The reproduction number (Rt) in Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY — MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here, is preparing to expand its coverage in Iloilo after a law amending its franchise is now officially a law. A MORE Power team inspects the 30-megavolt ampere (MVA) power transformer it acquired in...
Senator Sonny Angara expressed support for the recent call of President Marcos Jr. for local government units (LGUs) to work with the private sector in their projects. Angara, chairman of Senate Committee on Finance, believed public-private partnerships (PPPs) will be helpful at a time when...
ILOILO CITY – M/V Filipinas Cebu ran aground in Iloilo after the helmsman, who steers the ship, fell asleep, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said in its initial investigation. M/V Filipinas Cebu grounded in Concepcion, Iloilo. (Fame Carton) “According to the ship’s captain, the helmsman did...
