ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has lifted the 12 midnight limit on public sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in this city. TRENAS Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas issued Executive Order No. 49-B over the weekend scrapping EO 49-A he issued last Dec. 6 after two groups of young men were...
ILOILO CITY -- The provincial government of Iloilo has earned its fifth Seal of Good Local Governance from the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). “Good governance is not an objective. It is a standard. It is a modality,” said Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. in a press...
THE booming skyline of Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The economy of the province of Iloilo and this city have bounced back from the initial impact of the pandemic, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The PSA said the economy of Iloilo posted a 4.5 percent growth last...
PANAY Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), a subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen), generates 314 megawatts of electricity at its power plant in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A major power company is eyeing to construct a solar power plant in Iloilo province as it gears to expand its...
ILOILO CITY -- The University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) played a key role in the book Dunâ, Kinaíya Kag Paranúbliùn: A Cultural Inventory of the Province of Antique. The book is a collaborative effort of the Department of Education (DepEd–Antique), the National Commission for...
ILOILO CITY – The municipal council of Pavia, Iloilo province on Monday, Dec. 12, called for a House inquiry on the P680-million Ungka II flyover here, one of the last pet projects of former Sen. Franklin Drilon before he formally retired from politics this year. THE Ungka II flyover straddles...
ILOILO CITY – Newly installed solar PVs that power up a provincial hospital, a legislative building, schools, an evacuation center, a fire station, and other public utilities have saved the municipalities of Pototan and Concepcion in Iloilo province up to P100,000 a month in electricity bills....
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. has unveiled a customized mobile power substation here. MORE Power unveils the country’s first customized mobile power substation in Iloilo City on Friday, Dec. 9. It will be used starting January when MORE Power starts the rehabilitation of its Molo...
ILOILO CITY – A veteran activist in Panay Island has been released after more than eight months in jail in Iloilo province. Militant organization Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Panay said Elmer Forro, secretary general, was released on Wednesday, Dec. 7, from the Iloilo District Jail in Pototan town....
ILOILO CITY – Councilor Johnny Young wants to penalize excessive public display of affection (PDA) after a viral video of a boy and girl passionately kissing in public in this city surfaced recently. YOUNG (FB) “We want to regulate that and avoid that type of incident in public,” Young told...
TWENTY-five policemen tied the knot in a mass wedding at the chapel of Camp Delgado, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Western Visayas, in Iloilo City on Thursday, Dec. 8. (AJ Marcelo Palcullo) ILOILO CITY – Twenty-five policemen wed in a mass wedding in Camp Delgado, the...
ILOILO CITY — South Koreans experts said that the ongoing P13-billion mega dam project has reduced flooding in Calinog town, Iloilo province. AN illustration of how the mega dam project prevented flashflood in Calinog town, Iloilo province. (JRMP-II/NIA-6) In a report, joint venture consultants...
