The Commission on Audit (COA) has called out the Department of Education (DepEd) over its unsettled P12.297 billion notices of disallowances and suspensions, and the "substantial accumulated unliquidated" cash advances of P6.959 billion in 2023. In its 2023 annual audit report, the COA blamed...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here is under fire for flip-flopping statements on cancellation of classes due to rainy weather enhanced by tropical storm “Enteng” on Monday, September 2. MAYOR Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City during a September 2 press conference. (Arnold Almacen/CMO)...
The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Education (DepEd) over lapses in its P5.69 billion School-Based Feeding Program (SBFP) in 2023, with reports of delays and non-delivery of nutritious food products (NFPs) and pasteurized milk in several regions. Worse,...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo is monitoring the status of 65 Ilonggos in Lebanon as tensions between Hezbollah and Israel escalated. A HELP desk at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City is open to families of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in the province who might be...
President Marcos has designated a parcel of land in Iloilo City as a special economic zone. Through Proclamation No. 668, a building and the parcels of land where it stands as an Information Technology Center as a special economic zone. It is located on a parcel of land in Mandurriao, Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Eleven persons have died from dengue in the province of Iloilo this month amid an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease. HEALTH workers in Iloilo clean up possible mosquito breeding sites. (IPHO) The Iloilo Provincial Health Office said 17 individuals have died from...
ILOILO CITY — Rep. Julienne “Jamjam” Baronda here refuted allegations made by Mayor Jerry Treñas that she did nothing when then President Rodrigo Duterte tagged the city as the most “shabulized" locality in the country. REP. Julienne 'Jamjam' Baronda and Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Five Ilonggo artists joined a charity exhibit held by hotel chain Marriott here. Melvin Guirhem, Kristoffer Brasileño, Tyrone Dave Espinosa, Orland Espinosa, and Jeanroll Ejar have works for a cause at Courtyard by Marriott Iloilo. ARTISTS Kristoffer Brasileño and Orland Espinosa...
ILOILO CITY – Police have stepped up the manhunt against individuals who looted a grocery here of P1.3 million by digging through a drainage system on Tuesday, August 27. A GROCERY in Iloilo City was robbed on August 27 and the suspects dug a hole to gain access to the establishment....
ILOILO CITY – This city is under a state of calamity due to a dengue outbreak. The Iloilo City Council approved the recommendation of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council during a session on Wednesday, August 28. THE Iloilo City Hall seen from Plaza Libertad....
ILOILO CITY – At least 100 policemen assigned here and the province of Iloilo are ready to be deployed to Davao City to augment lawmen in the manhunt for Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and quell tensions with members of the religious group. A CIVIL disturbance management...
ILOILO CITY — Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco led the groundbreaking of a P10-million tourist rest area (TRA) in Tubungan town, Iloilo province on August 23. DOT Secretary Christina Frasco leads the groundbreaking of a P10-million tourist rest area in Tubungan town, Iloilo...
