ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology is partnering with two universities to pilot a wind-turbine project in Concepcion, Iloilo. DOST-Iloilo Provincial Director Engr. Sheila Oberio, DOST-6 head of Research and Development Section, CPU representatives, and NISU-AREC...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office was recently awarded for promoting women’s rights and promoting gender rights in Western Visayas during the observance of National Women’s Month here. POLICE Col. Joeresty Coronica (third from left, photo above) and Police Lt. Col. Lindley...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas said nobody from the immediate family of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is running for an elective post in the 2025 midterm elections here. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos attends the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in January 2023 with Mayor Jerry Treñas...
ILOILO CITY – Residents of this city, Iloilo province, and the island-province of Guimaras will not have a convenient and easy Sunday as the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines will impose a 12-hour blackout in these areas to conduct maintenance activities. In an advisory, the power...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID), through the 301st Infantry Brigade (IB), provided medical and financial assistance to a lady New People’s Army (NPA) rebel wounded in an encounter with government forces in Iloilo recently. THE family of wounded New People’s Army...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P1.1 million was seized from a drug pusher in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Guinticgan, Carles, Iloilo on Friday, March 8. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P1.1 million was seized from a drug pusher in Carles, Iloilo on March 8. (Carles MPS) Police...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Ronaldo Palomo recently marked his first year as head of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office. Palomo said there has been a significant gain against crime in Iloilo. “Your Ilonggo cops have achieved accomplishments because of your trust and active participation. This...
ILOILO CITY – An initial P15 million has been released to ease the impact of the El Niño phenomenon to farmers and fisherfolk in Iloilo province. A CHECK for P15 million was released to assist farmers and fisherfolk affected by the El Niño phenomenon in Iloilo province. (Capitol PIO) The...
ILOILO CITY – Soldiers and the New People’s Army clashed in Miag-ao, Iloilo on Monday, March 4. SOLDIERS recovered communist weapons following encounters in Miag-ao, Iloilo on March 4. (301st IB) The first gun battle with the Southern Panay Front Komiteng Rehiyon-Panay erupted in Barangay...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole electric distributor of this city, has launched the first modern power control center in Panay Island. THE new control center of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole electric distributor in Iloilo City. (MORE...
ILOILO CITY – At least 50 houses were damaged by a fire here on Tuesday, March 5. SMOKE rises in a residential area hit by a fire on Tuesday, March 5, in Iloilo City. The Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office said that 36 houses were totally damaged and 14 were...
ILOILO CITY – An M16 rifle recovered by the Philippine Army in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in San Joaquin, Iloilo was found to be one of the high-powered firearms taken from the Maasin, Iloilo police station in a raid in 2017. BRIG. Gen. Michael Samson, commander of the 301st...