ILOILO CITY – A new batch of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are recipients of a livelihood program that aims to restore their previous income from the construction of the Iloilo mega dam. The National Irrigation Administration-6 and the Department of Labor and Employment-6 teamed up to give a...
ILOILO CITY — The megadam project in Iloilo province will be completed with an additional P5.96-billion funding approved by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) confirmed an earlier disclosure by Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. that Marcos...
ILOILO CITY – Thirty-two families of Panay Bukidnon indigenous peoples (IPs) affected by the mega dam project in Calinog town, Iloilo province are moving into their new homes. The National Irrigation (NIA) and the National Housing Authority (NHA) turned over houses to beneficiaries in a ceremony...
ILOILO CITY – After complaints were filed against a South Korean bank and contractor of the mega dam project in Iloilo province, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) denied allegations of human rights and environmental violations. “We were above board in terms of environmental and...
ILOILO CITY – A South Korean bank and a contractor are facing complaints of human rights and environmental violations over its role in the megadam project in central Iloilo province. A group of Filipino and Korean activists filed complaints in South Korea last Aug. 26 against the initial...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. was urged to review the appointment of former Mayor Alex Centena of Calinog town in Iloilo province as Visayas commissioner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP). “We humbly and earnestly appeal to your good office to reconsider...
ILOILO CITY — A vlogger suffered major burns after setting himself on fire to make a viral video and gain online fame. BOY Negro days before his viral act. (FB) The man known as “Boy Negro” of Calinog town, Iloilo province is shown holding two transparent plastic cups filled with...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Education will investigate a “Peeping Tom” teacher who allegedly watched a female staff shower during the Boy Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) Jamboree in Calinog town, Iloilo. BOY Scouts of the Philippines (BSP) at the 2024 provincial jamboree in Calinog...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a suspected drug pusher in Calinog town, Iloilo province, after more than a year of surveillance. The Calinog Municipal Police Station-Drug Enforcement Team nabbed the suspect, alias “Nejo,” in a buy-bust operation on Friday, September 27, in Barangay Dalid. A...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday, September 3, in Calinog town, Iloilo province the third and fourth most wanted persons in Western Visayas. The suspects were identified as Arcee, the third most wanted, and Rod, the fourth most wanted. “These arrests, made possible with the help of the...
ILOILO CITY – The town of Calinog in Iloilo province was the center for the Day of National Mourning as Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasure) Federico Caballero was given a State funeral on Tuesday, September 3. THE State funeral of National Living Treasure Federico Caballero in...
ILOILO CITY – Federico Caballero, a recipient of the 2000 Gawad sa Manlilikha ng Bayan (National Living Treasure) award from Calinog town, Iloilo province, died on Saturday, August 17, at the age of 88. Family members confirmed the death of Caballero, a cultural bearer of the Suludnon and Panay...
