ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas announced in a press conference on Friday, March 15, that daughter Raisa Treñas-Chu is running for Congress representing this city's lone district in next year's local elections. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (center) with his daughter Raisa Treñas-Chu (left) and Rep....
ILOILO CITY – The University of Agustin (USA) here has resumed hosting an international science conference after the Covid-19 pandemic. The recent 2nd Iloilo International Conference on Advance Natural Products Technologies (I2CANProTech-II) brought together scientists and scientific researchers...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office was recently awarded for promoting women’s rights and promoting gender rights in Western Visayas during the observance of National Women’s Month here. POLICE Col. Joeresty Coronica (third from left, photo above) and Police Lt. Col. Lindley...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas said nobody from the immediate family of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is running for an elective post in the 2025 midterm elections here. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos attends the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in January 2023 with Mayor Jerry Treñas...
ILOILO CITY – Residents of this city, Iloilo province, and the island-province of Guimaras will not have a convenient and easy Sunday as the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines will impose a 12-hour blackout in these areas to conduct maintenance activities. In an advisory, the power...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole electric distributor of this city, has launched the first modern power control center in Panay Island. THE new control center of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole electric distributor in Iloilo City. (MORE...
ILOILO CITY – At least 50 houses were damaged by a fire here on Tuesday, March 5. SMOKE rises in a residential area hit by a fire on Tuesday, March 5, in Iloilo City. The Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said that 36 houses were totally damaged and 14 were...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here said this city’s Paraw Regatta Festival showcases the maritime ingenuity of Ilonggos. TWO colorful native sailboats race on the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island-province of Guimaras, during the 51st Paraw Regatta...
ILOILO CITY – An estafa suspect bolted the detention facility of the Iloilo City Police Office-Jaro Police Station here on Wednesday afternoon, February 28. POLICE Col. Joeresty Coronica shows a mugshot of estafa suspect Gabriel Carlo Paclibare Tabon who escaped from the detention facility of the...
ILOILO CITY – Police nabbed three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Santo Niño Norte, Arevalo District here on Tuesday, February 26. A BUY-BUST operation in Iloilo City captured three suspected drug pushers and P1.9-million worth of shabu. (PRO-6 RDEU) Seized from...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is conducting a feasibility study for the proposed P16-billion podcar transport system here. THE proposed podcar transport system for Iloilo City. (Futran Philippines) The city government recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Futran...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) is strengthening its environmental programs as part of its fourth year in operation as this city’s sole power distribution utility. EMPLOYEES and partners of MORE Power plant trees in Barangay Buhang, Jaro District, Iloilo City. (MORE...