ILOILO CITY – Greenpeace Philippines volunteers have initiated a campaign to end plastic pollution in this city. Volunteers led by Jarrah Brillantes launched the “Para sa Ilig Batiano” to rehabilitate the Batiano River here and neighboring town of Oton. GREENPEACE volunteers campaign to...
ILOILO CITY – A bedridden woman was killed while almost 150 persons were displaced in a fire in this city on Tuesday, Jan. 7. AN aerial of the Jan. 7 fire that killed an elderly and displaced almost 150 people in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) Authorities identified the victim as Susan Aytuna of...
ILOILO CITY – To avoid a repeat of the massive blackouts that affected Iloilo and Panay Island last year, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) urged the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to complete its substation in this city. A LINEMAN of MORE Power...
ILOILO CITY — Researchers at the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center/Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) based in Tigbauan town, Iloilo province have successfully grown young slipper lobsters, which have big potential in the seafood industry. A YOUNG slipper lobster successfully...
ILOILO CITY – Bayan Panay slammed Mayor Jerry Treñas here for banning political speeches in the upcoming 2025 Dinagyang Festival. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos addresses the 2023 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. With her are Mayor Jerry Treñas and House Speaker Martin Romualdez. (Mayor...
ILOILO CITY —The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) recently opened the second One Town, One Product (OTOP) Philippines hub in Iloilo. DTI-Iloilo Provincial Director Maria Dinda R. Tamayo during the opening of the OTOP Philippines hub at Casa Real de Iloilo. (DTI-Iloilo) The...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a security guard for indiscriminate firing on New Year’s Eve in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo province. The Barotac Nuevo Municipal Police Station said the 26-year-old security guard fired his gun towards the No Parking sign of a business establishment in Barangay...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo has recorded 23 fireworks-related injuries as of Tuesday, Dec. 31. IMPROVISED cannon or ‘boga’ confiscated by the police in Iloilo. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Provincial Health Office recorded the figure from 6 a.m. on Dec. 21 to 5:59 a.m. on Dec. 31. The...
ILOILO CITY – Engr. Roy Pacanan, Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City district engineer, labeled Mayor Jerry Treñas as unethical and unprofessional. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (left) speaks to District Engineer Roy Pacanan of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Police here have seized 34 illegal noisemakers called “boga” or improvised cannons. Police Col. Kim Legada, Iloilo City Police Office chief, urged the people here to celebrate the New Year safely. ‘BOGA’ confiscated in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO) “We urge everyone to...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 5,201 farmers from Iloilo and Guimaras were freed by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of their debts as Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs). FARMER-BENEFICIARIES from Iloilo and Guimaras receive their land titles from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) in...
ILOILO CITY – A 27-year-old man transporting food was killed in a motorcycle accident here on Christmas Eve. Authorities identified the victim as Vicmar Vintar Villanueva, a resident of Passi City. Investigation said Villanueva was driving a motorcycle on the way to Leganes, Iloilo...
