ILOILO CITY – People in this city are still paying the cheapest electricity in Western Visayas despite the increase of P1.02 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in this month's billing, A LINEMAN of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Lone power distributor MORE...
ILOILO CITY – Power rates in Western Visayas will drop starting in the June billing cycle. LINEMEN of the Iloilo Electric Cooperative Inc. I (ILECO I) repair an electric pole amid the rain. (ILECO I) James Balsomo, general manager of the Iloilo Electric Cooperative (ILECO III), in a...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 has started releasing the first batch of the P60.9-million cash aid for low-income families in Western Visayas. The DSWD-6 rolled out this weekend the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) that will benefit 20,311 families in...
Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos (Photo courtesy of Western Command) Vice Admiral Alberto Carlos, the embattled commander of the Western Command (WesCom) which oversees military operations in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), has been officially replaced by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) after...
Senator Francis Tolentino has filed a resolution to investigate, in aid of legislation, the alleged unauthorized wiretapping of the Chinese Embassy in Manila on the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Western Command (WESCOM). In a press conference on Wednesday, May 15, Tolentino said the...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 nabbed 391 individuals for illegal gambling in Western Visayas in April. The suspects were arrested in 127 anti-gambling operations from April 1 to 30 and P206,000 in bet money was seized. Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, PRO-6 director, vowed to intensify...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas jumped one percent to 4.1 percent in April from 3.1 percent in March. A FRUIT vendor on Calle Real in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nida Amolar, Philippine Statistics Authority-6 officer-in-charge and chief statistical specialist, said that the...
President Marcos has turned over a check from the Office of the President (OP) worth P80.9 million to Camp Navarro General Hospital (CNGH), the newly constructed medical facility of the Western Mindanao Command (WesMinCom). NEW MEDICAL FACILITY — President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. is...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized suspected shabu worth P2.25 million in Western Visayas in 24 hours. SUSPECTED shabu worth P2.2 million was seized from nine drug pushers in Western Visayas. (PRO-6 PIO) A total of 1,972 grams of shabu were seized from April 29 to May...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Wednesday, May 8, said the supposed evidence of a “new model” on the West Philippine Sea agreed upon by the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ (AFP) Western Command (Wescom) should be released immediately by the alleged diplomatic source. Hontiveros pointed...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-three percent of passenger jeepneys in Western Visayas have yet to comply with the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program. TRADITIONAL jeepneys continue to serve the riding public in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Land Transportation Franchising and...
Iloilo Business Park By Ray Ignacio Iloilo City has become an attractive destination for businesses and enterprises wanting to strengthen their presence in the Visayas. Serving as an entry point to various provinces in the region, Iloilo boasts one of the most competitive economies in the entire...
