ILOILO CITY – Tribu Pan-ay of the Fort San Pedro National High School emerged as the grand champion in the Dinagyang Tribes Competition at the 2024 Dinagyang Festival in this city on Sunday, January 28. TRIBU Pan-ay of Fort San Pedro National High School topped the Dinagyang Tribes Competition of...
ILOILO CITY – A man from Capiz province was arrested for violating the gun ban as this city celebrated the highlight of the Dinagyang Festival this weekend. A GUN and bullets were confiscated from a man as Iloilo City was celebrates the Dinagyang Festival. (PNP Iloilo City) The Iloilo City...
ILOILO CITY – Seven tribes competed in the second “Dinagyang ILOmination” side competition of the Dinagyang Festival here on Friday night, January 26. TRIBU Sidlangan performs at Dinagyang ILOmination, one of the side competitions of the 2024 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – This city is hosting the first-ever One Visayas Creative Expo coinciding with the celebration of the Dinagyang Festival this weekend. The week-long event that ends on Sunday, January 28, brings together products, destinations, and festivals of the three regions in the Visayas at SM...
ILOILO CITY – A social media post by the National Museum of the Philippines-Iloilo on January 24 sparked an online word war between the people of Iloilo and Aklan as Ilonggos gear to celebrate the highlight of the Dinagyang Festival here this weekend. The “sádsad” post continues to...
ILOILO CITY – Traffic here worsened as road closures were implemented in the downtown area a few days before the Dinagyang Festival this weekend. Traffic congestion began during rush hour on Monday, January 22. TRAFFIC is heavy on Gen. Luna St. in Iloilo City as the highlight of the...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) vowed uninterrupted power for the weekend highlight of the 2024 Dinagyang Festival that honors the Santo Niño or Child Jesus, following the New Year blackout from January 2 to 5 that caused massive inconvenience here. MORE Power vows...
Prominent figures from Megaworld and the organizers of the Dinagyang Festival stand against the backdrop of the Festive Walk Iloilo Bridgeway, with a 20-foot iconic giant inflatable dog named 'Jennie.' Megaworld's 72-hectare township, Iloilo Business Park (IBP), takes center stage as one of...
By Jinggoy I. Salvador BAROQUE BEAUTY What makes Miagao Church stand out is its Baroque era design Twice in 2023, Ioilo was my choice of place to escape to. Why? The cuisine. And this was before the city was recognized by UNESCO as a “Creative City of Gastronomy” in the Philippines....
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P3.4 million was seized from three drug pushers in a buy-bust operation here on Sunday, January 22, days before the highlight of this year’s Dinagyang Festival. SUSPECTED shabu worth P3.4 million was seized from three drug pushers on January 22 in Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – Two artists using two different mediums have come together for an artistic rendezvous of this city. The art exhibit “Rendezvous: Past Meets Present” brings the interpretation of the cityscape from upcycling artist Cristhom “Dodoy” Setubal and panoramic painter Mark Vincent...
ILOILO CITY – Former Iloilo Vice Gov. Demetrio “Demy” P. Sonza passed away on Monday, January 22. He was 89. His death two months before his 90th birth anniversary on March 3 was confirmed to Manila Bulletin by his younger brother Ed. PHOTO shows Sonza in April 2017 when he released a book on...
