ILOILO CITY – A couple yielded suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maria Clara, City Proper District here by the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) on Tuesday night, June 25. Arrested by the Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) led by Police Lt. Col. Antonio Benitez Jr. were Edgar and...
ILOILO CITY – Donations snowballed after the city government took back donated furniture and other equipment from Museo Iloilo. THE Museo Iloilo is one of the earlier museums outside of Metro Manila. (Tara Yap) Private donors who remained anonymous stepped up their philanthropy. One of the...
ILOILO CITY – The proposed expansion of the Iloilo Airport will cost approximately P14.7 billion. Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. disclosed this, citing data from the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP), an attached agency of the Department of Transportation (DOTr),...
ILOILO CITY – Police nabbed the most wanted person in Iloilo on Tuesday, June 25. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) said that the suspect Boy-Boy, wanted for murder, was arrested in Janiuay town. The 28-year-old was arrested by the tracker team of the Janiuay Municipal Police Station...
ILOILO CITY – Electric consumers in this city will now be able to easily access MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) after the launching of its mobile application. MORE PowerUP was built to simplify its services to consumers with easy access online. “At MORE Power, we’re all about...
ILOILO CITY – The post-pandemic economy of Western Visayas was discussed in an economic forum hosted by the University of the Philippines-Visayas here recently. AN economic forum was recently hosted by the University of the Philippines (UP Visayas) in Iloilo City. (Alven Polido/UP...
ILOILO CITY — The city government has repossessed donated furniture and equipment from Museo Iloilo. THE Museo Iloilo in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Mayor Jerry Trenas confirmed that the donation made by the administration of Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog was taken away by the city...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here is not backing down and will not revoke the persona non grata declaration against Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City officer-in-charge Engineer Roy Pacanan. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (left) meets Engineer Roy Pacanan, officer-in-charge of the...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial board has started investigating the ownership of the health facility in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. THE original site of the San Joaquin Hospital in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. The land donor wants to revoke her donation and physically take...
ILOILO CITY – An ongoing art exhibit looks into the collective memory of what would become the new business district of Iloilo City. PARTICIPATING artists of Where the Tides Flow exhibit at Thrive Art Gallery. (Tara Yap) The exhibit Where the Tides Flow focuses on the evolving...
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. said on Thursday, June 20, that Iloilo’s relationship with Negros Occidental will stay strong amid the passage of the law that created Negros Island Region. ILOILO Gov. Arthur 'Toto' Defensor Jr. speaks on the creation of the Negros Island...
ILOILO CITY – Two-hundred eighty-nine underprivileged residents of this city and Iloilo province benefited from a free medical mission recently conducted by the World Surgical Foundation Philippines (WSFP) and power distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power). A FREE surgical mission...