ILOILO CITY – More than 100 hungry inmates staged a noise barrage Wednesday, Aug. 24, atop the roof of the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Pototan, Iloilo to demand enough food and the relief of the jail warden. INMATES of the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Pototan, Iloilo protest the insufficient...
ILOILO CITY – A hospital recently launched the first hospital-based emergency medical services in Iloilo. THE Medical City Iloilo launches its medical emergency hotline number 3380808 in Iloilo City. (TMC Iloilo) The Medical City (TMC Iloilo) said the medical emergency hotline number 3380808...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here slammed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the chaotic distribution of educational aid for indigent students Saturday, Aug. 20. THOUSANDS flock to the Iloilo Sports Complex in Iloilo City Saturday, Aug. 20, to receive cash aid from...
ILOILO CITY — The Bureau of Customs (BOC) denied Friday, Aug. 19, that more than P1-billion worth of smuggled rice from Vietnam entered the Port of Iloilo this month. BUREAU of Customs (BOC) acting Deputy Collector for Operations Noli Santua Jr. speaks to Iloilo media Friday, Aug. 19. The BOC...
ILOILO CITY – Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC), the operator of a 135-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in Iloilo, is expanding its reforestation project. PCPC Group Executive Officer Jacinto Ng Jr., Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., PCPC Chairman Cirilo ‘Vic’ Noel, Mayor Milliard...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has welcomed a law designating Sicogon Island in Carles, Iloilo as a wildlife sanctuary. “Many tourists both local and international have been visiting Sicogon Island since the 1970s. This is welcome for the needed...
ILOILO CITY – Power distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) is constructing a new substation in the City Proper, the government and financial district of this city. pullquote THE time capsule for the new power substation of MORE Electric and Power Corp. in Iloilo City is lowered to...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 12th Infantry Battalion (IB) captured firearms and ammunition from the New People’s Army (NPA) following an encounter in Lambunao, Iloilo Monday, August 15. GUNS, bullets, and other items left by the New People’s Army following an encounter in Lambunao, Iloilo. (12th IB...
ILOILO CITY -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is backing the Iloilo City government’s initiatives for out-of-school youth through its USAID Opportunity 2.0 program. This was formalized after Mayor Jerry Treñas recently signed an executive order creating the Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has launched a mascot called the "Pinas: Basura Buster" (PBB) to strengthen the waste management campaign in Western Visayas. THE Pinas: Basura Buster of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released a P7.4-million livelihood grant for 1,448 families in Iloilo. SEN. Bong Go addresses beneficiaries of the Livelihood Assistance Grant (LAG) in Guimbal, Iloilo. (DSWD-Region 6) Families from seven towns received...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard-Western Visayas recently led a search and rescue exercise with other government agencies off the coast of this city. A SEARCH and rescue exercise was held at the Iloilo Strait, the body of water separating Iloilo City and the island province of Guimaras....
