PANAY Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), a subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), generates 314 megawatts of electricity at its power plant in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A major power company is eyeing to construct a solar power plant in Iloilo province as it gears to expand its...
ILOILO CITY -- The University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) played a key role in the book Dunâ, Kinaíya Kag Paranúbliùn: A Cultural Inventory of the Province of Antique. The book is a collaborative effort of the Department of Education (DepEd–Antique), the National Commission for...
ILOILO CITY – The municipal council of Pavia, Iloilo province on Monday, Dec. 12, called for a House inquiry on the P680-million Ungka II flyover here, one of the last pet projects of former Sen. Franklin Drilon before he formally retired from politics this year. THE Ungka II flyover straddles...
ILOILO CITY – Newly installed solar PVs that power up a provincial hospital, a legislative building, schools, an evacuation center, a fire station, and other public utilities have saved the municipalities of Pototan and Concepcion in Iloilo province up to P100,000 a month in electricity bills....
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. has unveiled a customized mobile power substation here. MORE Power unveils the country’s first customized mobile power substation in Iloilo City on Friday, Dec. 9. It will be used starting January when MORE Power starts the rehabilitation of its Molo...
ILOILO CITY – A veteran activist in Panay Island has been released after more than eight months in jail in Iloilo province. Militant organization Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Panay said Elmer Forro, secretary general, was released on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from the Iloilo District Jail in Pototan town....
ILOILO CITY – Councilor Johnny Young wants to penalize excessive public display of affection (PDA) after a viral video of a boy and girl passionately kissing in public in this city surfaced recently. YOUNG (FB) “We want to regulate that and avoid that type of incident in public,” Young told...
TWENTY-five policemen tied the knot in a mass wedding at the chapel of Camp Delgado, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Western Visayas, in Iloilo City on Thursday, Dec. 8. (AJ Marcelo Palcullo) ILOILO CITY – Twenty-five policemen wed in a mass wedding in Camp Delgado, the...
ILOILO CITY — South Koreans experts said that the ongoing P13-billion mega dam project has reduced flooding in Calinog town, Iloilo province. AN illustration of how the mega dam project prevented flashflood in Calinog town, Iloilo province. (JRMP-II/NIA-6) In a report, joint venture consultants...
ILOILO CITY – The Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), an inter-governmental body promoting research and development, gathered in this city and the province of Iloilo to tackle the challenges of the fisheries industry in the food security of Southeast Asia. REPRESENTATIVES of...
ILOILO CITY – This city and the provincial government of Iloilo have decided to ban the entry of poultry coming from Capiz province following the confirmation that chickens at a poultry farm in Roxas City are infected with bird flu. The first to issue the ban was the Iloilo province. Police are...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas ordered bars and nightspots in this city to strengthen security measures after a brawl on Saturday, Dec. 3, went viral on social media. TWO groups of young men throw punches during a brawl in a bar in Iloilo City last Saturday. (Eljane Jerez) “We cannot allow...
