ILOILO CITY – Around 10,000 people attended the National Rally for Peace of the Iglesia ni Cristo in this city as of 5 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 13, the Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said. AN aerial of the National Peace Rally of Iglesia ni Cristo at the Iloilo Freedom...
ILOILO CITY – A businessman in this city is the first violator of the gun ban in the 2025 elections in the Western Visayas region. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) identified the suspect as Ryan who was arrested past 1 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, after he accidentally crashed his pickup truck...
ILOILO CITY – Police here have stepped up the campaign against illegal drugs two weeks before the highlight of the 2025 Dinagyang Festival. SHABU valued at P1.36 million was seized in Iloilo City on Jan. 9. (PNP/ICPO) The Iloilo City Police Station-Drug Enforcement Team and the ICPO-Police...
ILOILO CITY – This city logged the second highest inflation rate in the country last month with 5.4 percent. The Philippine Statistics Authority said Iloilo City is next to Cagayan, with 5.7 percent, among 100 provinces and highly urbanized cities with high inflation rate in December. A VIEW...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has lost millions in revenue from the operation of the Iloilo-Guimaras Ferry Terminal, a joint project with a property developer in a 1.3-hectare land it owns. THE Iloilo-Guimaras Ferry Terminal (IGFT). (Tara Yap) Data from the Iloilo City...
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...
