ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) of the Razon Group remains focused on improving services in this city while preparing for expansion in the provinces of Iloilo and Negros Occidental. “I would like to focus on our commitments here in Iloilo City,” said MORE Power...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-Region 6 might phase out a little over 2,500 passenger jeepneys across Western Visayas region by the end of the year. “That’s if the operators fail to beat the December 31 deadline for operators to join a cooperative or...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded the Energy Efficiency Excellence Award to the Iloilo provincial government. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. received the award on Tuesday, December 20, in Pasay City. THE provincial government of Iloilo is a recipient of the Energy Efficiency...
ILOILO CITY – The management of the three Iloilo Electric Cooperatives has assured no major power interruptions in this province this holiday season. “There are no scheduled power interruptions,” said James Balsomo, general manager of ILECO-III, in a joint year-end report to the Iloilo media....
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P40.8 million from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Janiuay town, Iloilo province on Sunday, December 17. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspects as Jaymark Biare and his live-in partner Miklyn Acosta. MORE than...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo has been urged to rebrand Graciano Lopez Jaena, the national hero whose 167th birth anniversary is celebrated on Monday, December 18. SCHOLAR Frank Villanueva talks about saving Graciano Lopez Jaena, Iloilo’s foremost national hero. (Tara Yap) Canada-based scholar...
ILOILO CITY – Three people died in an early morning fire in Molo District here on Saturday, December 16. An initial report from the Iloilo City Operations Center said the victims were found inside the house of Kagawad (councilor) Nestor Jetano of Barangay Habog-Habog Salvacion. THREE people...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial government has earned its sixth Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) award. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. received the award and a check for P4 million during the awarding ceremony on Thursday, December 14, at...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu worth P1.4 million was seized from four drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Molo District here on Wednesday night, December 13. FOUR suspected drug pushers yielded shabu worth P1.4-million in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City. (ICPO) The Iloilo City Police...
ILOILO CITY – After a two-month delay, the P591-million Jibao-an Flyover in Mandurriao District here finally opened this week. FORMER Sen. Franklin Drilon and DPWH-6 officials headed by Assistant Regional Director Al Fruto and International Builders Corp. (IBC) open the Jibao-an Flyover in...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial government is hosting the Kasadyahan competition of the upcoming Dinagyang, this city’s annual festival in January that honors the Santo Niño (Child Jesus). ILOILO Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (center) leads the launching of Kasadyahan, a competition among...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and Secretary Conrado Estrella III of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) distributed land titles to 2,143 farmers from Panay and Guimaras Islands in a ceremony in Passi City, Iloilo on Monday, December 11. A TOTAL of 2,143 farmers from Panay...
