ILOILO CITY – After a recent trip to the United Arab Emirates, Mayor Jerry Treñas has renewed plans for land reclamation to boost growth and development here. THE proposal of Marikudo Real Estate Development Corp. for the reclamation project in Iloilo City in 2017. (MREDC) “I hope it can...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has ordered the Office of the Building Official (OBO), the Business Permits and Licensing Office (BPLO), and the Boarding House Commission to step up the inspection of boarding houses following a fire here that killed two persons here recently. AN aerial photo of...
ILOILO CITY – The agricultural and fisheries sectors in Iloilo recently received P909.68 million in assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA). AGRICULTURE Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (center) distributes aid to a farmer’s group in Iloilo. (DA-6) DA Secretary...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH)-6 (Western Visayas) is constructing the new Bureau of Customs (BOC) building in this city. A NEW Bureau of Customs building is rising at the Port of Iloilo in Iloilo City. (M. Sedicol/DPWH-6) DPWH-6 Regional Director Sanny Boy...
ILOILO CITY – A 26-year-old call center agent and a 21-year-old college student died in a boarding house fire in Barangay San Nicolas La Paz District here on Sunday afternoon, February 18. AN aerial photo of the February 18 fire in Barangay San Nicolas, La Paz, Iloilo City, that killed two...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas showcased the environmental programs of this city at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates last week. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (right) at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Mayor Jerry Treñas FB) “I shared the Tree...
ILOILO CITY – The National Irrigation Administration-6 is investigating the death of a water tank driver in a road accident in the Iloilo mega dam project in Calinog, Iloilo. A ROAD within the mega dam project site in Calinog town, Iloilo province. (NIA-6 JRMP-II) The Project Management Office...
ILOILO CITY – A contagious respiratory disease has killed a baby and infected another in Iloilo province. Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO), confirmed two cases of pertussis or whooping cough in Iloilo. The first fatality was a month-old...
ILOILO CITY – First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos recently led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the College Law building of the West Visayas State University here. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (fourth from left) leads the groundbreaking ceremony of the College of Law building of...
ILOILO CITY – A jealous man stabbed his wife to death in this city on Monday, February 12, just three days before Valentine’s Day. Police identified the suspect as Domingo Lasa, 55. Lasa admitted to police that he stabbed his 56-year-old wife Emilyn with a pair of scissors on Monday morning and...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P1.9 million from five drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo River Plains Subdivision, Barangay Lanit, Jaro District, this city, on Monday, February 12. FIVE suspected drug pushers were arrested and P1.9 million worth of shabu...
ILOILO CITY – The consul general of China based in Cebu urged this city to pursue more sister city linkages. CONSUL General Zhang Zhen of China speaks in Iloilo City during the Chinese New Year celebration. (Arnold Almacen) “We all know that during the pandemic years, the exchanges were very...
