ILOILO CITY – The Supreme Court has junked the petition that questioned the real property tax increase by the Iloilo City government under the administration of Mayor Jerry Treñas. The SC en banc dismissed the March 2024 petition of the Riverside Group of Companies for failure to follow legal...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and partners are working together to address job mismatch in Western Visayas region. DOLE-6 signed a memorandum of agreement to create the working group for the Career Development Support Program (CDSP) during the Labor Day Job Fair in...
ILOILO CITY—Police are investigating the deaths of 13 dogs owned by a couple in San Miguel, Iloilo last week. The San Miguel Municipal Station has yet to identify any suspect in the incident in Barangay San Jose last April 29. Initial information said the dogs were most likely killed by a...
ILOILO CITY – Police are looking at the possibility that the man whose charred body was found in Pavia town, Iloilo province burned himself to death. An initial autopsy of the body on Saturday, May 2, found no other indication of injuries except for burning of the body. “No indication of foul...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense cited the province of Iloilo, 30 towns, and the component city of Passi for their outstanding programs on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM). Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. and Cornelio Salinas, chief of the Provincial DRRM Office,...
ILOILO CITY – A medium-scale feed mill has opened in Tigbauan, a coastal town in southern Iloilo province, and will boost milkfish and tilapia production in Western Visayas. The P30-million aquaculture feed mill facility inside the headquarters of the inter-governmental Southeast Asian Fisheries...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) kicked off their climate-resilient housing program dubbed Luntiang Bukas with Western Visayas region as the pilot area on Friday. DENR Secretary Juan...
ILOILO CITY – SM Development Corp. (SMDC) launched its first solar energy system in the Visayas at Style Residences here during Earth Day on April 22. The system is seen to reduce energy consumption by 15 percent and used to satisfy electricity requirements, including lighting and shared...
ILOILO CITY – Royce Arjan Java Fantillan, the topnotcher in the April 2026 Pharmacists Licensure Examination, wanted to be an engineer. “To be honest, I did not think of pursuing it, but I came to love it,” said Fantillan, the 22-year-old graduate of Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the...
ILOILO CITY—With haze affecting parts of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 assured that air quality in Metro Iloilo is within safety standards. “Based on the latest monitoring conducted today, air quality across all stations remains within good...
ILOILO CITY — The United Kingdom is eyeing stronger ties with Iloilo in renewable energy and climate change adaptation programs. “There are discussions already about how UK expertise can help climate adaptation and renewable energy, particularly for agriculture,” said Andrew...
ILOILO CITY – A Dumaguete-Manila flight of Philippine Airlines (PAL) made an emergency landing at Iloilo International Airport around 4:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19. "Reports indicate that the oxygen supply in the cabin was insufficient after the aircraft reached its cruising altitude of 32,000...
