ILOILO CITY – Iloilo governor Arthur Defensor Jr. has appealed to the Philippine National Police and the Commission on Elections to step in amid reports of alleged vote-buying activities in some parts of the province. “We continue to appeal and continue to work with the law enforcement agencies...
ILOILO CITY -- Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City has categorically denied campaigning for Vice President Leni Robredo’s rival. Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City and Vice President Leni Robredo during the May 3 stationary caravan. (Arnold Almacen) “I am one hundred percent in support of my...
ILOILO CITY – Former Iloilo provincial governor Arthur Defensor Sr. has warned that electing presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. might bring another dictatorship to the country. “If you’re voting for Marcos, that’s a vote for a possible restoration of dictatorship,”...
Experience Ilonggo hospitality, heritage, and more For years, most travelers have had this idea of luxury accommodations as having massive rooms that are attuned with advanced technologies and extensive amenities. With the onset of the pandemic, this has shifted to the more important and relevant...
An honor and a challenge. The UniTeam tandem of vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (left) and presidential candidate Bongbong Marcos (Lakas-CMD Media) That's how Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (CMD) vice presidential bet Sara Duterte described the Iglesia ni Cristo's (INC)...
Vice President Leni Robredo on Tuesday, May 3, asked Aklanons to “double” the votes she got in 2016 this May 9 elections, especially now that she has the track record to prove her worth. Vice President Leni Robredo tours the towns of Santa Barbara, Pavia and the La Paz district in Iloilo City...
GUIMBAL, Iloilo--Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte has given her most impassioned endorsement of Bongbong Marcos yet. Vice presidential candidate Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) During the UniTeam's Visayas "miting de avance" here by the bay,...
ILOILO CITY -- Leading presidential candidates Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and Vice President Leni Robredo are both set to barnstorm this city and Iloilo on Tuesday, May 3. Marcos and his UniTeam will hold their miting de avance for the Visayas in Guimbal, a town in southern Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY -- Murder charges against a former town mayor and his family in Iloilo province have been dropped for lack of sufficient evidence. During the November 2021 funeral of Claire Diergos in Guimaras province. The 36-year-old woman was the one killed in a high-profile murder in Iloilo...
A cop approaches activists outside Camp Delgado, the regional headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Iloilo City. The April 30 protest calling for justice in the April 2020 killing of activist Jory Porquia was dispersed by cops. (Justice for Jory Porquia Facebook) ILOILO CITY --...
A sample of the golden rice, which will be inbred with the local rice variety of PSB Rc 82. (Photo courtesy of DA-6) ILOILO CITY -- The cultivation of genetically-modified golden rice will be expanded in the provinces of Antique and Iloilo. The golden rice is said to be rich in Vitamin A and the...
ILOILO CITY – Eighteen Catholic schools in this city and in Iloilo province have endorsed presidential candidate Vice President Leni Robredo and vice presidential candidate Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan. “They best witness by their words and actions the values that are important to us...