ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) is investigating an incident where boys played a game using firecrackers on a dike separating the districts of Jaro and Mandurriao over the weekend. The incident’s video garnered online attention, with Ilonggo netizens comparing it to Harry...
ILOILO CITY – Two-hundred inmates of the Iloilo City District Jail (ICDJ) benefited from a post-Christmas medical mission over the weekend. The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) thanked the True Wellness Medical Group and partner Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) for...
ILOILO CITY – A 25-year-old woman was wounded in an indiscriminate firing incident in Pavia town, Iloilo province on Christmas Day. She was the first victim of indiscriminate firing in the province this holiday season. The victim sustained a bullet wound in the left leg after her 37-year-old...
ILOILO CITY – An off-duty cop is facing multiple criminal charges after firing his gun and beating up an individual during a Christmas party in Estancia town, northern Iloilo province. The Police Regional Office-6 announced that the police officer, whose name was withheld, is facing charges of...
ILOILO CITY — Fresh from winning as the country’s Most Outstanding Local Government Unit in Localizing the Population and Development (PopDev), the provincial government of Iloilo opened its first Family and Youth Development Center (FYDC). Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. led the...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) electricity rate here went down this month by P0.50 to P11.35 per kilowatt-hour from P11.85 in November. MORE Power attributed the rate decrease to the increased supply margin resulting in lower prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has accredited The Medical City (TMC) Iloilo here for medical tourism. DOT-6 Regional Director Crisanta Marlene "Krisma" Rodriguez recently handed over the accreditation certificate to TMC Iloilo CEO Dr. Felix Ray Villa. This made TMC Iloilo as the...
ILOILO CITY – Flag carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) will study the viability of proposed direct international flights between Iloilo and Guam, an island territory of the United States in the Pacific. “This has to be studied,” said PAL Head of Philippine Sales Bryan Ang, following the...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Statistics Authority has issued a national ID to a 110-year-old woman from Iloilo province and she may be the oldest in the country to have received the card. Jovita Aranga from San Rafael town in northern Iloilo successfully registered for a national ID during the...
ILOILO CITY -- Local government units (LGUs) in Iloilo province and several towns bagged multiple Excellence in Local Governance (EXCELL) Awards from the Western Visayas regional office of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. The provincial government under Iloilo Gov. Arthur...
ILOILO CITY — The University of San Agustin (USA) has earned a patent for creating an antibiotic from the seeds of kadios, an ingredient of a beloved Ilonggo dish known as "KBL." The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) recently granted a patent to the university’s Biology...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City Rep. Julienne “Jam-Jam” Baronda cited the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for filing administrative complaints against barangay officials for deducting money received by Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) beneficiaries. “I...
