ILOILO CITY — The operator of Visayas-based Ceres buses welcomed the recent Supreme Court (SC) decision against a former board of director, who has fled the country and is a fugitive from justice. Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI), the country’s biggest bus company, said the Nov. 25, 2025 decision of...
ILOILO CITY — Uswag Ilonggo party-list Rep. James “Jojo” Ang Jr. has downplayed the corruption probe despite being one of the eight lawmakers that the Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) has recommended to be included in the criminal and administrative cases for alleged anomalous...
ILOILO CITY – A former barangay captain in northern Iloilo province was caught with more than P 5.2-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation past midnight Monday, Dec. 8. Police identified the suspect as Paolo, former barangay captain of Barangay Poblacion Market in Sara town....
ILOILO CITY – Around 1,000 colorful "parol" (Christmas lanterns) illuminated major streets of this highly urbanized city following the official lighting ceremony for the "Iloilo Rising Parol" on Monday evening. The public-private initiative of the Iloilo City government and the Philippine Chamber...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Rep. Janette Loreto-Garin has sought the expansion of Razon-owned MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) to southern Iloilo province. Garin has filed House Bill No. 6292 to amend Republic Acts (RA) No. 11212 and 11918 and facilitate inclusion. RA 11212 gave MORE Power the...
ILOILO CITY – A fact-finding team of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) initially found the alleged deduction of cash aid by barangay officials in Iloilo City to be systematic. “It makes me think it is organized and pre-planned,” said DSWD Assistant Secretary for Regional...
ILOILO CITY – An artist community in Oton town, Iloilo province will be the site for a study on communal spaces with a grant from the School of Architecture of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the compound of the Oton Visual Artist League (OVAL) in...
ILOILO CITY – A subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) has launched a P17.3-million lighting system for a football field in this city. The Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), a subsidiary of the MGen that operates coal-fired power plants in this city, inaugurated the lighting system of La...
ILOILO CITY – Despite one student in custody, the national government is needed to help solve and stop the spate of bomb threats in Iloilo, particularly Iloilo City. In a resolution, the Iloilo City Council asked the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the National...
ILOILO CITY – The chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Iloilo is praying for political unity as he warned of the negative impact of political turmoil on the business sector. “I am praying that the political climate will unite in Iloilo City so that they can collaborate...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Education-6 said the spate of bomb threats in Iloilo province are affecting the physical and mental-well being of students. “We condemn this act that is affecting the learners,” the DepEd-Western Visayas said in a statement on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The impact is...
ILOILO CITY —The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) clarified there are no ghost and defective flood control projects in southern Iloilo province. The DPWH-Iloilo 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) reiterated this to the Iloilo Provincial Board in compliance with the legislative...
