ILOILO CITY – The city government has placed security labels on Persons with Disability (PWD) identification cards (IDs). THE Iloilo City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) Mayor Jerry Treñas recently signed Executive Order (EO) No. 2023-157 mandating the installation of security labels on PWD IDs....
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P2.3 million from four suspected drug pushers in two separate operations in this city on Wednesday, November 29. The Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU) of the Police Regional Office-6 and the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO)...
ILOILO CITY – Markets in this city are going cashless. This was after the Iloilo City government launched Paleng-QR PH Plus, the cashless payment scheme implemented by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), at the Iloilo Terminal Market...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) and the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) have said no women or children have been kidnapped here and this province. “Never happened,” Police Colonels Joeresty Coronica and Ronald Palomo of the ICPO and IPPO, respectively, said in...
ILOILO CITY – This city has bagged its third gold medal in the Mobility Awards for its programs in integrating bicycles as a mode of transportation. BIKERS participate in a fun ride during the National Bike Day celebration in Iloilo City on Saturday, November 25. (Mark Balmores) “This...
Razon-led power distribution utility MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) announced a one-time refund that will benefit consumers in Iloilo City. In a statement, MORE Power said its customers will receive a rate reduction of P2.7644 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in their bills from billing cycles...
ILOILO CITY – An upcoming forum in Manila is eyeing at least P500 million in investments for Iloilo City, the neighboring towns in Iloilo province, and the island-province of Guimaras. The Metro Iloilo-Guimaras Economic Development Council (MIGEDC), in partnership with the Iloilo Economic...
ILOILO CITY – The city government budget for fiscal year 2024 has been increased to P3.6 billion. THE Iloilo City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo City Council unanimously approved the budget in a session on Wednesday, November 15. The budget of the city government under Mayor...
ILOILO CITY – The sole electricity distributor of this city, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), is set to reduce its consumer rate by P2.76 per kilowatt-hour for the billing period November 18 to December 14. LINEMEN of MORE Electric and Power Corp. in Iloilo City. “This is an early...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is eyeing to increase its confidential fund for next year to P20 million to support the police here, particularly in its campaign against illegal drugs. POLICE Col. Joeresty Coronica, chief the of the Iloilo City Police Office, and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas...
ILOILO CITY – The Regional Intelligence Division (RID) of the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 arrested a New People’s Army (NPA) leader in the City Proper District here on November 9. The suspect was identified as Jonathan “Ka Bambie” Emolaga, the vice commanding officer of the NPA Komiteng...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized shabu worth P20.4 million from three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Camalig, Jaro District, here on Thursday night, November 9. SUSPECTED shabu worth P20.4-million were seized from three drug pushers in Iloilo City on Thursday, November 9....
