ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 (Western Visayas) has sought the creation of a Regional Steering Committee (RSC) to properly coordinate preparations for the proposed bridges connecting the islands of Panay, Guimaras, and Negros. A PERSPECTIVE of the...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Guimaras has earned the Good Financial Housekeeping status from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). DOMESTIC tourists pose for a selfie in front of the Guimaras provincial capitol. (Tara Yap) Guimaras was one of the 68...
ILOILO CITY – Police on Saturday, January 20, filed murder and frustrated murder charges against a 22-year-old man who shot and killed his ex-girlfriend and wounded her new boyfriend in Buenavista town, Guimaras province on Friday afternoon, January 19. READ:...
ILOILO CITY – A man shot and killed his graduating ex-girlfriend and wounded her new boyfriend inside a state university on the island-province of Guimaras on Friday afternoon, January 19. A WOMAN was shot dead by her ex-boyfriend inside the Guimaras State University on Friday. Police...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Rhea E. Santos has been installed as the new Guimaras police chief. Santos took the helm of the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO) in a turnover ceremony in Camp Delgado, the Police Regional Office-6 headquarters based here. SANTOS (PRO-6) Police Brig. Gen. Sidney...
ILOILO CITY – A group of artists recently collaborated with artisans from Iloilo and Guimaras to highlight local arts and crafts. HIMBON artists with artisans from Barangay Cagbang, Miag-ao, Iloilo. (Himbon photo) In “Simpon: Melding Ilonggo Arts and Crafts,” the Himbon Contemporary Ilonggo...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
ILOILO CITY – Unlike other barangays in the country, nobody voted in the barangay elections in the island-barangay of Inampulugan, Sibunag, Guimaras on Monday, October 30. SUNSET at Inampulugan Island in Sibunag town, Guimaras province. (Costa Aguada Island Resort) “Pinasahi ni nga...
ILOILO CITY – The island-province of Guimaras is hosting the Philippine National Championships for Enduro and Cross Country Marathon this month. Gov. JC Rahman Nava said that hosting the race is part of the island-province’s goal to become a biking paradise. The October 21 to 22 sports event...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has approved a P10-million grant to boost the production of dragon fruit in the island-province of Guimaras. DRAGON fruit from the island province of Guimaras. (Tara Yap) Maria Teresa Solis, chief of the DA-6 Agribusiness and...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) detained a passenger boat after a man jumped overboard while the vessel was transiting the Iloilo Gulf last week. BOAT crew attempts to rescue a man who jumped overboard from the Shady Slezh 2 on Friday, August 4. (Ylamme Grey/Facebook) ...
JORDAN, Guimaras – The 2nd Guimaras Dragon Fruit Fest opened at the provincial capitol grounds on Friday, August 4. Provincial Board Member Felipe Hilan Nava, representing his brother Gov. JC Rahman Nava, said the provincial government believes that dragon fruit has a big potential. DRAGON fruits...
