ILOILO CITY – A Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) kagawad or councilor was arrested after he accidentally shot a seven-year-old child in Dumangas town, Iloilo province. MAP of Dumangas, Iloilo where a seven-year-old boy was wounded in an accidental shooting incident on January 2. The Dumangas...
ILOILO CITY – A stray bullet incident was reported in Pavia town, Iloilo province as Ilonggos welcomed the New Year. An initial report from the Pavia Municipal Police Station said a bullet was found in the kitchen of a house at Deca Homes 3 in Barangay Balabag. The homeowners said they discovered...
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 Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)-Iloilo Chapter awarded seven outstanding Ilonggo entrepreneurs on December 27 at University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas here. Engr. Fulbert Woo, PCCI-Iloilo president, said the Search for Outstanding Ilonggo Entrepreneur...
ILOILO CITY – Independent drivers and operators in this city and province of Iloilo are still not giving up the fight against the jeepney phase out to pave the way for the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). The No to PUV Phaseout Coalition-Panay has been holding rallies at the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) recently started an inventory of bamboo areas in Maasin town, Iloilo province. AN inventory of bamboo areas is ongoing in Maasin town, Iloilo province. (DENR-CENRO-Guimbal) The DENR-Community Environment and...
ILOILO CITY – The Alliance for Peace, Environment, and Sustainability (APES-Metro Iloilo) and Sentrong Alyansa ng mga Mamamayan para sa Bayan (Sambayanan-Panay) called for peace as the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) celebrated its 55th founding anniversary on Tuesday, December 26....
ILOILO CITY – An Ati Indigenous Peoples (IPs) tribe here received Christmas gifts from this city's sole power distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) of the Razon Group. "We chose the Aeta tribe because there are many children who really need help. This...
ILOILO CITY – Catholics in Iloilo and Guimaras were urged to find peace in their hearts and express solidarity with the children of Gaza amid the Israel-Hamas war this Christmas. ARCHBISHOP Jose Romeo Lazo (center) leads the Christmas Day Mass at the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested the third most wanted person in Pavia town, Iloilo province in this city on Saturday evening, December 23. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect as Mark Orbidalla, alias “Mark Sunio.” Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 director, in a...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. recently distributed Christmas gifts to 1,100 inmates at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Pototan town, Iloilo province. ILOILO Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. distributes Christmas gift packs to inmates at the Iloilo District Jail (IDJ) in Pototan town,...
ILOILO CITY – A Public-Private Partnership (PPP) was launched to boost the international marketability of “kasag” (blue crab) from Concepcion, Iloilo after a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed for the Adopt-A-Village project in the island-barangay of Igbon. OFFICIALS sign a...
