Come join the fun! Catch the boldest, biggest, and brightest Dinagyang Festival this weekend in Iloilo. But where to go once you get there and what to do? For the most AweSM Dinagyang experience, just head on to SM City Iloilo and check out these events and spectacular installations that showcase...
ILOILO CITY – An anti-drug operation in Carles town in Iloilo province resulted in the seizure of more than P6.8 million worth of shabu on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The authorities at the same time arrested Matthew James Bacos who yielded almost a kilo of shabu in a late night anti-drug operation,...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) held a two-day forum here to gather inputs from over 300 stakeholders across the Visayas to refine its framework. PARTICIPANTS in the multi-stakeholder forum of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the...
ILOILO Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (right) receives the 2nd UP Gawad Oblation from UP President Danilo L. Concepcion (center). (Capitol PIO) ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines has conferred the Gawad Oblation award on Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. for his contributions to the...
ILOILO CITY – Robbers apologized after ransacking a public elementary school in Oton town, Iloilo province on Sunday, Jan. 15. ROBBERS apologize after looting the Oton Central Elementary School in Iloilo. (Oton, Iloilo: My Hometown) “Pasensya na wala kaming bigas. Kami ang magnanakaw (Sorry, we...
ILOILO CITY -- Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City has asked the Philippine National Police (PNP) to probe the street brawl early morning of Sunday, Jan. 15, the video of which went viral. “The PNP is hereby instructed to investigate the matter and file necessary charges,” said Mayor Jerry...
POLICE secure the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in 2020. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A week-long gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival here this year was implemented starting on Friday, Jan. 13. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director, appealed for a peaceful...
BACOLOD CITY – A former police trainee who is wanted for pending cases in a court in Iloilo City was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Barangay Handumanan here. Major Richard Fajarito, head of Police Station 10, identified the suspect as former Patrolman Glenn Garbosa, 33, of Barangay 35...
ILOILO CITY – Mobile phone signal will be shut down in selected areas for the two-day Dinagyang Festival here next weekend. TRIBU Angola performs with the Museum of Philippine Economic History in the background in the Dagyang sa Calle Real event of the 2020 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City....
BONOAN ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has threatened to declare Secretary Manuel Bonoan of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as persona non grata over the alleged lack of formal update on the substandard Ungka II Flyover pet project of former Ilonggo Sen. Franklin Drilon in...
ILOILO CITY — Officials here have asserted that a duathlon race embroiled in a controversy is not a part of the 2023 Dinagyang Festival. PARTICIPANTS in the 1st Iloilo City of Love Dinagyang Duathlon. (The Adbenturistik) Mayor Jerry Trenas warned events organizers from using the Dinagyang...
THE Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH) in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province is a 300-bed general hospital. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) has been urged to probe the alleged delay of salaries and Covid-19 benefits of health workers at the Western...
