ILOILO CITY – A word war between Mayor Jerry Treñas here and Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran erupted on Friday, June 23, over the repatriation of Badjaos, a nomadic and Indigenous Peoples group. TRENAS (FB) Treñas declared Familiaran persona non-grata for allegedly sending 80 Badjaos...
ILOILO CITY – All towns in the third district of Iloilo province now have Negosyo Centers, a program of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) with local government units (LGUs). THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) opens a Negosyo Center in Bingawan town, Iloilo province. (DTI-Iloilo)...
ILOILO CITY – The Healthy Hearts program of the Department of Health has expanded to 16 towns in Iloilo province. OFFICIALS in Iloilo pledge to support the third phase of the Healthy Hearts program of the Department of Health (DOH). The program aims to reduce mortality rate of non-communicable...
ILOILO CITY – The Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC)-6 on Friday, June 16, declared this city, the regional capital of Western Visayas, free from communist insurgency....
ILOILO CITY — Health officials have said that the mosquito-borne disease Japanese encephalitis has killed four persons and infected eight others in Iloilo province from Jan. 1 to June 3. Based on the data released by the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO), two of the fatalities were from...
ILOILO CITY – A traffic aide here faces suspension for threatening a taxi driver. SCREEN grab of traffic enforcer Dominador Regala who verbally threatened to kill a taxi driver in Iloilo City. Jeck Conlu, chief of the Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PTSMO), recommended on...
ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo hosted the Visayas cluster workshop of the rice technology transfer program of the Department of Agriculture (DA). RICE industry leaders and officials of the Department of Agriculture (DA) from the Visayas are in Iloilo for the three-day cluster...
ILOILO CITY – This city is hosting the Central Philippines Tourism Expo (CPTEx) of the Department of Tourism (DOT) from June 16 to 18. DOT-Western Visayas Director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez said CPTEx is a pet project of DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco to strengthen the recovery of the...
ILOILO CITY – A water tanker killed two persons and injured 16 others on Sunday night, June 11, in La Paz, Iloilo City. The La Paz Police Station identified the victims as 18-year-old Oliver dela Cruz and a 16-year-old girl. The La Paz Police Station said the truck driven by 61-year-old Danilo...
ILOILO CITY – Police bagged suspected shabu worth more than P4 million in separate buy-bust operations this week in Dumangas, Iloilo and this city. SUSPECTED shabu worth P2.5 million was seized from Gerard Joseph Ruben Gelario. (PRO-6) The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said shabu worth P2.58...
ILOILO CITY – Nine students from a school in Estancia town, Iloilo province have contracted Covid-19. Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO), said these students tested positive in a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT). A student initially tested...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp., this city’s sole power distributor, expects electricity rates to drop further this year. “For six straight months, we have dropped our rates. This will continue to drop,” said Niel Parcon, MORE Power vice president for corporate planning and...
