ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here, is on alert for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. MORE Power President Roel Castro (right) vows to Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Iloilo City chief Reinier Layson that...
Iloilo Mayor Jerry Trenas urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to expedite the privatization and improvement of the Iloilo International Airport and the Iloilo International port located in Lapuz. According to the Iloilo Local Development Council (LDC), the privatization of the air and...
Former senator Franklin Drilon is looking forward to the completion of the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project (JRMP II) as it is poised to play a crucial role on in achieving food security in the Philippines. (Photo from NIA Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project Stage II Facebook page) The former...
The power distribution utility, headed by tycoon Enrique Razon Jr., has significantly contributed to the economic development of Iloilo, an economist claimed. At the Iloilo Business Summit on Thursday, Oct. 19, Winston Conrad Padojinog, Unviersity of Asia and the Pacific economist highlighted MORE...
ILOILO CITY – Residents of Pavia, Iloilo are expecting the formal start of operations by MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here that is expanding to towns in Iloilo. ILOILO Rep. Michael ‘Mike’ Gorriceta (center) talks to MORE Power President Roel Castro...
ILOILO CITY – An Ilongga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) was abducted by extremist group Hamas in Israel. Mayor Francis Amboy of Maasin town, Iloilo province disclosed that the family of Mary Grace Prodigo-Cabrera has reached out to the local government unit (LGU) after she remained missing days...
Iloilo’s electric distribution utility MORE Electric and Power Corp. has enhanced its customer service through an efficient refund system. A total of P811,000 of bill deposit refund was disbursed in the past five months. This amount was refunded to 269 customers. In the most recent installment...
ILOILO CITY – Several business groups have joined the call of Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas urging the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to approve the proposed expansion of the Iloilo Airport. ILOILO Airport (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Business Club...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade (DTI) has urged sustainable consumption in this city and the province of Iloilo. “These are old concepts, but we are reminding everyone to practice sustainable consumption,” said DTI-Iloilo Director Maria Dinda Tamayo on Consumer Welfare Month. A BAMBOO...
ILOILO CITY – Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from this city and Iloilo province are being monitored as tensions escalate between Israel and Hamas. A HELP desk at the Iloilo provincial capitol is open to families of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the conflict in Israel. (Tara...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth more than P4 million from a major drug suspect in Calinog, Iloilo on Thursday, October 12. The Calinog Municipal Police Station arrested the suspect, “Joms,” after he sold a sachet of shabu to a police poseur-buyer. Seized from Joms was a...
ILOILO CITY – The zero open toilet program of the Iloilo provincial government has been awarded the 2023 Galing Pook Award which recognizes innovative programs of local government units (LGUs). The program known as the Mobilizing Communities Through People-Centered Zero Open Defecation (ZOD)...
