ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has energized a mobile sub-station to serve the Molo District while the permanent sub-station is undergoing rehabilitation. MORE Power has energized a mobile power sub-station in Iloilo City while the Molo District sub-station is...
ILOILO CITY – The Paraw Regatta Festival here resumed after a three-year break due to the pandemic and celebrated its 50th anniversary on Sunday, March 19. COLORFUL native sailboats race on the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island-province of Guimaras in the 50th...
ILOILO CITY – Two major fires hit neighboring Barangays Rizal Lapuz Sur and Jalandoni Estate-Lapuz in this city in less than 24 hours on Friday, March 17, and Saturday, March 18. A DRONE photo of the Saturday, March 18, fire in Barangay Rizal Lapuz Sur, Iloilo City. (Iloilo City DRRMO- USAR) The...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) has approved the Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP) of the Iloilo City government nine months after it was hastily implemented. COMMUTERS ride a mini-bus in Iloilo City. The Land Transportation Franchising and...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested three suspected drug pushers and seized shabu valued at P2.47 million in buy-bust operations here. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 (Western Visayas) identified the suspects as Gemar Marcelo Gevero, Michael Villanueva Seguiter, and Earl Decla Orbong. Gevero...
ILOILO CITY – An express delivery company in Jaro District here was robbed of P623,000 by three men on Wednesday night, March 1. Police have identified two suspects in the robbery of J&T. “We have identified two of the three suspects,” said Major Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested five suspected drug pushers and seized a total of 80.5 grams of shabu worth P558,000 in buy-bust operations here on Wednesday, Feb. 22, and Thursday, Feb. 23. SIXTY-FIVE grams of suspected shabu worth P442,000 were recovered from a drug suspect in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Police killed a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the fatality as Jason Opano Espaltero, 32. Espaltero sensed he was dealing with a poseur-buyer after he sold five big sachets of suspected shabu...
ILOILO CITY – An additional 1,095 fingerlings were released on the Iloilo River by MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here. EXECUTIVES of MORE Power release fingerlings on the Iloilo River in Iloilo City as part of its corporate social responsibility. (MORE...
ILOILO City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The city government is reviewing the waste-to-energy proposal of a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). “We are presently evaluating the proposal submitted,” said Mayor Jerry Treñas in a statement. Metro Pacific Water (MPW)...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) marked its fourth anniversary as the sole power distributor here this week. “I have seen the dedication of the personnel to provide better service to the Ilonggos, and the massive investments made by them to improve services to our...
ILOILO CITY – A hospital in this city launched this week the most advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) service in the Western Visayas region. THE Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) service of The Medical City in Iloilo City. (TMC Iloilo) “The MRI service will truly be a game changer in...
