ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda urged Ilonggos to set politics aside as First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos is set to teach criminal law at the West Visayas State University (WVSU). FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos “It could be beneficial if we put politics aside at this...
A roll-on/roll-off passenger ship ran aground off Concepcion, Iloilo past Tuesday midnight, August 9. (Screenshot courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) MV Filipinas Cebu, operated by Cokaliong Shipping Lines, departed from Iloilo at 7:14 p.m. Saturday bound for Cebu. However, it was grounded in the...
ILOILO CITY — All 223 passengers and 37 crew of M/V Filipinas Cebu are safe after it ran aground off an island in Concepcion, Iloilo, past midnight Tuesday, August 9. THE passenger and cargo ship M/V Filipinas Cebu that ran aground off an island in Concepcion, Iloilo. (Courtesy of Jhon Rey...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez backed on Monday, Aug. 8 the call of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. for local government units (LGUs) to enter into more public-private-partnerships (PPP) for infrastructure and service development projects. President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (right)...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized more than P4.6-million worth of suspected shabu in anti-drug operations in Iloilo from January to July this year. SUSPECTED shabu confiscated in anti-drug operations in Iloilo. (IPPO) “This shows the sustained and aggressive efforts to prevent and preempt the...
ILOILO CITY – At least P1.6 million suspected shabu was seized from four drug suspects in an anti-drug operation in Iloilo City. FOUR drug suspects arrested in Iloilo City yielded P1.6 million worth of shabu. (PRO-6 RPDEU) The suspects were identified as 28-year-old Moncarl Eulojio Alarde,...
ILOILO CITY – Boracay remains one of the top destinations in the country, with around 183,096 local and foreign tourists trooping in the island resort in the month of July alone. Based on the data released by the Malay Tourism Office, the bulk of the visitors were still domestic tourists with a...
Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corporation will be expanding its power distribution business in Iloilo province, after the proposed amendments to its 25-year power utility franchise had lapsed into law last July 30. Under Republic Act 11918 or the modified MORE Power franchise, it was expressly...
GOV. Defensor. (FB) ILOILO CITY – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo backs the integration of disaster response in the proposal to make the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) mandatory. “I agree with this. This is a good direction,” said Defensor as he supported the call of President...
CYCLISTS gather at the starting line of the Tour of Iloilo Double Century Ride at the 2022 Iloilo Bike Festival. The main events were hosted by Iloilo Business Park, the township of Megaworld Corp. in Iloilo City. (Megaworld) ILOILO CITY – The 2022 Iloilo Bike Festival wrapped up Sunday, July 31,...
AN aerial view of the project in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo. (DPWH-6) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways-Region 6 (Western Visayas) has completed a P49.2-million slope protection project in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo. The project will provide protection against landslides to...
ILOILO CITY – Police nabbed two brothers facing murder charges in Lambunao, Iloilo. The suspects were identified as 31-year-old Virgilio Lastimoso Larroza and 44-year-old Bernaldo Lastimoso Larroza Jr., both residents of Barangay Jayubo, Lambunao. They were arrested separately in their homes...
