ILOILO CITY – This city is hosting the Central Philippines Tourism Expo (CPTEx) of the Department of Tourism (DOT) from June 16 to 18. DOT-Western Visayas Director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez said CPTEx is a pet project of DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco to strengthen the recovery of the...
ILOILO CITY – A water tanker killed two persons and injured 16 others on Sunday night, June 11, in La Paz, Iloilo City. The La Paz Police Station identified the victims as 18-year-old Oliver dela Cruz and a 16-year-old girl. The La Paz Police Station said the truck driven by 61-year-old Danilo...
ILOILO CITY – Police bagged suspected shabu worth more than P4 million in separate buy-bust operations this week in Dumangas, Iloilo and this city. SUSPECTED shabu worth P2.5 million was seized from Gerard Joseph Ruben Gelario. (PRO-6) The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said shabu worth P2.58...
ILOILO CITY – Nine students from a school in Estancia town, Iloilo province have contracted Covid-19. Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO), said these students tested positive in a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). A student initially tested...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp., this city’s sole power distributor, expects electricity rates to drop further this year. “For six straight months, we have dropped our rates. This will continue to drop,” said Niel Parcon, MORE Power vice president for corporate planning and...
ILOILO CITY – A P12-million super health center will soon rise in Barotac Viejo, Iloilo. “This is medium-sized type poly-clinic. This will serve as extension of what municipal health centers can offer,” said Sen. Bong Go after the groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, June 7, in Barangay San...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army 61st Infantry Battalion (IB) seized a gun and ammunition in an encounter with the New People’s Army in Leon town, Iloilo province on Monday, June 5. THE military seized New People’s Army hardware in an encounter in Leon town, Iloilo province. (61st IB) Lt....
ILOILO CITY – The Razon-owned MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has started refunding bill deposits of good-paying customers since it took over as the sole power distributor here in 2020. MORE Power President and CEO Roel Castro and Commissioner Alexis Lumbatan of the Energy Regulatory...
ILOILO CITY – A 22-year-old ship apprentice died while trying to save colleagues from drowning on the Iloilo River here on Thursday, June 1. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the fatality as Sammy Bryle Gonzales, a resident of Zamboanga City and an apprentice of Weesam Express....
ILOILO CITY – A public-private partnership (PPP) has kicked off an underground wiring project that will refine the heritage zone of this city. PHOTOS of key heritage structures on J.M. Basa St. in Iloilo City once the P96-million underground wiring project is finished. (Arnold Almacen) This is...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P1.46 million was seized and six suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Hippodromo here on Wednesday, May 31. SUSPECTED shabu worth P1.46 million was seized in Iloilo City on Wednesday, May 31. (ICPO) Police...
ILOILO CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos on Sunday, May 28, assured that she will personally relay to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. the unresolved problems with the P680-million substandard flyover here. PROTESTERS flock to the unused P680-million Ungka Flyover that straddles Pavia, Iloilo and Iloilo...
