By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – Heavy rainfall from tropical cyclone “Ramil” (international name Fengshen) killed two persons and displaced nearly 18, 500 residents in Capiz and northern Iloilo provinces. A report released by the Office of Civil Defense-6 said that both casualties were from Capiz....
ILOILO CITY – Nine graduates of the University of the Philippines Visayas and Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology in Iloilo province landed in the Top 10 of the recent Licensure Examination for Fisheries Professionals conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission...
ILOILO CITY – A proposal seeking to make public records of the Iloilo City Hall accessible to the people has gained traction. The Iloilo City Council passed on first reading this week the proposed Iloilo City Freedom of Information ordinance that aims to give the right to access information and...
ILOILO CITY – Ex-officio Iloilo Provincial Board Member JP Peñol has sought Emergency Go Bags for every household in the province. “When disaster threatens, we must be ready. For survival is the reward of preparation, and preparedness is the promise of life. The emergency bag must serve as...
ILOILO CITY — The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed Mayor Maria Jofel Marañon-Soldevilla and Vice Mayor Michael Omar Lacson of Zarraga town in Iloilo province for grave abuse of authority in a P11.6-million land purchase. The 22-page decision approved last Sept. 12 and publicly made...
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo provincial government and Iloilo city government are sending aid to local government units (LGUs) in Cebu and Davao affected by recent strong earthquakes. Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. has allocated P5 million for Cebu which was processed a day before an...
ILOILO CITY – “Tumandok,” a film about the struggles of Indigenous Peoples in Iloilo province, won four major awards at the recent 48th Gawad Urian which coincided with National Indigenous Peoples (IPs) Month. Richard Jeroui Salvadico and Arlie Sweet Sumagaysay, who won Best Director for the...
ILOILO CITY – Three Ilonggo military generals were honored by the Iloilo provincial government on Monday, Oct. 13. Awarded during the flag ceremony were Lieutenant Generals Antonio G. Nafarrete, 67th commanding general of the Philippine Army; Luis Rex Bergante, the fourth commander of the Armed...
ILOILO CITY – Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) has opened its first energy center outside of Metro Manila in Iloilo to foster innovation in the energy sector of the Visayas. MGen Center for Innovation (MCI) was opened by MGen and Meralco Power Academy (MPA) at the facility of Panay Energy...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Provincial Capitol and Iloilo City Hall suspended work on Friday, Oct. 10, following the 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Mindanao. Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. and Iloilo City Mayor Raisa Treñas cancelled work for the day to pave the way for the inspection of...
Neophyte Iloilo City Mayor Raisa Treñas, the daughter of former Mayor Jerry Treñas, has drawn flak for shouting several times in her first-ever State-of-the-City Address (SOCA). “It was never about politics!” a visibly angry Treñas said with a high-pitched voice on Wednesday, Oct. 8. Mayor...
The Philippine Statistics Authority said the economic growth rate of Iloilo City and Iloilo province declined in 2024. The economic growth rate of Iloilo City, the regional capital of Western Visayas, dropped to 7.1 percent last year from 10.4 percent in 2023. Iloilo’s economic growth rate in...
