ILOILO CITY – The third annual coffee fair returned to Festive Walk Iloilo this weekend. PARTICIPANTS of the ‘Timpla Ta: Coffee Fair Year 3’ in Iloilo City. (Festive Walk Iloilo) “This is our third straight year of hosting an enchanting celebration of coffee culture. We are delighted...
ILOILO CITY – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. presented the socialized housing project of the Iloilo provincial government during a meeting of a group under the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) in Japan. ILOILO Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. speaks during a meeting of the United Nations...
ILOILO CITY – The University of San Agustin (USA) in this city is hosting this year's Asian Youth Theatre Festival (AYTF) 2023. The AYTF 2023 will bring together theater arts groups from 13 Asian countries – Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines,...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Grains Retailers, Traders, Millers, and Rice Importers Association has urged lawmakers to reconsider the provision on hoarding as stipulated in Senate Bill No. 2432 or the proposed Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. A RICE retailer in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap)...
Some 920,000 public school teachers may soon receive their delayed Performance-Based Bonus (PBB), the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said on Thursday, Sept. 14. A total of P11.6 billion for the Fiscal Year 2021 PBB was released by the DBM for personnel in public elementary and secondary...
Barangay Camandag, Leon, Iloilo (Courtesy of 3ID) Philippine Army (PA) soldiers and suspected New People’s Army (NPA) rebels figured in a fierce clash in Leon, Iloilo on Tuesday, Sept. 12. Lt. Col. J-Jay Javines, spokesperson of the 3 rd Infantry Division (3ID), said personnel from the 61 st...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested the most wanted person in Western Visayas in Leganes, Iloilo on Tuesday, September 12. The 48-year-old suspect was arrested by the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO)-Jaro Police Station and the Leganes Municipal Police Station. Police withheld the name of the suspect,...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine National Police (PNP) verified that there is no trading of dog meat or slaughtering of dogs in Pavia town, Iloilo province. “We found out that the owner of the pottery store was only joking around,” said Police Major Dadje Delima, chief of the Pavia Municipal...
ILOILO CITY – The Army 3rd Infantry Division (ID) briefed students of Central Philippine University (CPU) in this city on the importance of national security. STUDENTS of the Central Philippine University attend a lecture on national security by the Philippine Army. (3rd ID photo) "Your...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army foiled a landmine attack by the New People’s Army (NPA) in Tubungan town, Iloilo province. The 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) recovered a landmine and electrical wire following a clash with communist rebels on Thursday, September 7. Troops from the 61st IB troops...
ILOILO CITY – Rice retailers in Iloilo province vowed to follow the price ceiling set by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. said. A RICE stall at La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City has yet to implement the price ceiling ordered by President Ferdinand F. Marcos...
ILOILO CITY – A power plant in northern Iloilo province has started construction of a 5.1-megawatt (MW) solar farm. THE construction of a solar farm at Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC) is underway in Concepcion town, Iloilo province. (Jonathan Cabrera) The commencement of the...
