ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office seized suspected shabu valued at P6.4 million in buy-bust operations in the last two weeks of March. SUSPECTED shabu worth P1.53 million was seized during a buy-bust operation on Good Friday in Iloilo City. (PNP ICPO) Police Col. Joeresty Coronica,...
ILOILO CITY – In-person classes here were cancelled for the third straight day on Wednesday, April 3, due to extreme heat. Mayor Jerry Treñas has issued Executive Order No. 047-B extending the cancellation of classes to colleges and universities as the heat index continued to register 40 degrees...
ILOILO CITY – The impending expansion of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) of businessman Enrique Razon will bring more investments to towns in Iloilo. LAWYER Allana Mae Babayen-on, MORE Power assistant vice president and legal officer, speaks during a recent business and investment...
ILOILO CITY – This city and the province of Iloilo logged more than 15,000 passengers on Good Friday. THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assist passengers in Iloilo on Good Friday. (PCG-Iloilo Station) The Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo Station reported 8,770 outbound passengers and 6,341...
TUBUNGAN, Iloilo – Babaylans (shamans) gathered in a mountain area here on Good Friday to perform a Holy Week ritual that dates back to pre-colonial times. RODOLFO Tabuloc Sr. is the leader of the babaylans in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) “Pana-et” called for divine...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has declared a state of calamity following a pertussis or whooping cough outbreak here. The Iloilo City Council approved the recommendation of the Iloilo Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (Iloilo CDRRMC) to declare a state of calamity. The...
ILOILO CITY – This city successfully hosted the 16th edition of Cinema Rehiyon, the annual film festival of the Committee on Cinema of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) headed by chairperson Butch Ibañez and vice chairperson Tito Valiente. THE opening of Cinema Rehiyon 16...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) awarded six tourism industry players in the Western Visayas region for gender equality as part of the National Women’s Month celebration. AWARDEES of the Icons of Sustainable Tourism Awards and Recognition (ISTaR) with Department of Tourism...
ILOILO CITY – Five-hundred seven policemen assigned to Iloilo province were promoted on Monday, March 25. FIVE-hundred seven policemen in Iloilo were promoted to the next higher rank. (PNP IPPO) The donning of ranks was conducted in a ceremony led by Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, director of the...
ILOILO CITY – This city has declared an outbreak of the contagious respiratory disease pertussis also known as whooping cough. GRAPHIC via ICDRRMO The Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) headed by Mayor Jerry Treñas declared an outbreak during a Monday...
ILOILO CITY – A P12-million super health center is under construction in Lambunao town, Iloilo province. Sen. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, led the March 22 groundbreaking in Barangay Pasig. SEN. Bong Go (second from left) poses for a selfie...
ILOILO CITY – The Local Lady Legislators' League of the Philippines (Four L) led by its president, Iloilo Vice Gov. Christine "Tingting" Garin, converged in the province and city of Iloilo for a national summit that coincided with National Women’s Month. THE Local Lady Legislators' League of...
