ROXAS CITY – The Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City has been awarded as the Best Festival for the Visayas of the Philippine LEAF Awards. TRIBU Pan-ay of Fort San Pedro National High School is the winner of the main competition of the 2024...
ILOILO CITY – Starpay Corp. has joined the Paleng-QR PH Plus cashless payment program of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in this city. STARPAY Corp. joins the launching of the Paleng-QR PH Plus cashless program in Iloilo City led by...
SM Supermalls’ President Steven Tan, Philip Cu-unjieng, Tessa Prieto, Tim Yap, Sharyn Wong, Nicole Andersson, Arnel Patawaran, Bea Ledesma, and Miss International 2023 3rd Runner-Up Nicole Borromeo at a Dinagyang photo spot in SM City Iloilo The annual Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo takes...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry P. Treñas here is confident that the modernization of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex in this city will pave the way for larger exportation of products from Western Visayas. THE Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) in Iloilo City. (PPA) “Hopefully, we can...
ILOILO CITY – Shabu worth P1.5 million was seized from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Molo District here on Monday, February 5. SUSPECTED shabu worth P1.5 million was seized from two drug pushers in Iloilo City on Monday, February 5. (PNP ICPO-CDEU) Police...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo has sustained at least P100 million in damage to agriculture from the El Niño phenomenon. A FARM in Leon town, Iloilo province. (Leon Municipal Agriculture Office) The Iloilo Provincial Agriculture Office said around 7,000 hectares in eight towns were...
ILOILO CITY – The Business Permit and Licensing Division (BPLD) here reported a 15 percent increase in business permit renewals in January. THE Iloilo City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) The BPLD which is under the Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion (LEDIP) Office said...
Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks, the athlete and contender for Miss Universe Philippines, continues to be a story of sheer determination. BROOKS (FB) But the 22-year-old Alexie never had an easy life. She literally never knew her parents, including her Ilongga mother and her Black American father...
ILOILO CITY – Devotees of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles), the patron saint of Western Visayas region, have been urged to be a light to others. DEVOTEES flock to the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo City on Friday, February 2, to honor the Nuestra Señora de la...
ILOILO CITY — Sen. Bong Go has vowed to back proposals for the expansion of specialty medical centers in this city and province of Iloilo. SEN. Bong Go meets residents in Pavia town, Iloilo province during an on-site inspection of the construction of the Super Health Center. (Office of Sen. Bong...
ILOILO CITY – The recent Dinagyang Festival here was generally peaceful, police said. POLICE stand guard during a 2024 Dinagyang Festival performance in Iloilo City. (PNP ICPO) Police Col. Joeresty P. Coronica, chief of the Iloilo City Police (ICPO) and head of the security task force for...
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. assured a bigger Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahan contest among festivals in the towns of Iloilo province next year after a successful hosting of the event here last week. THE Tultugan Festival of Maasin emerged champion in the Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan,...
