ILOILO CITY – A 27-year-old man transporting food was killed in a motorcycle accident here on Christmas Eve. Authorities identified the victim as Vicmar Vintar Villanueva, a resident of Passi City. Investigation said Villanueva was driving a motorcycle on the way to Leganes, Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY — The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines said that it was necessary to temporarily halt operations for almost four hours at the Iloilo City Airport last Sunday, Dec. 22. “We recognize that this temporary closure may inconvenience travelers and impact the local...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways fully reopened the sinking Ungka Flyover on Monday, Dec. 23. THE Ungka Flyover that traverses Iloilo City and Pavia town fully opened on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024. (June Dale Lozada) The controversial flyover reopened ahead of the...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office has sought stronger cooperation from the people to address youth violence here following two separate stabbing incidents involving minors during Simbang Gabi (dawn Mass) last week. “We call on parents, guardians, community leaders, and stakeholders to...
A fine-dining restaurant’s version of batchoy, the noodle-based soup synonymous with Iloilo City, the country’s first United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Creative City of Gastronomy, has sparked an online debate among Ilonggos. THE deconstructed batchoy by Hapag...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)-Iloilo Chapter awarded outstanding Ilonggo entrepreneurs on Thursday, Dec. 19. RECIPIENTS of the Ilonggo Entrepreneur Awards 2024 handed out by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry pose during the awarding ceremony....
ILOILO CITY — Ilonggos have been urged anew to rebrand Graciano Lopez-Jaena, Iloilo’s foremost national hero. ASSISTANT Prof. Frances Anthea R. Redison besides a portrait of national hero Graciano Lopez-Jaena at Centro de Graciano in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “Our gathering today to...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has urged the Department of Public Works and Highways to expedite work at the heritage district here. UNFINISHED work by the DPWH on Calle Real in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) In a letter dated Dec. 17 to Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan, the mayor asked the agency...
ILOILO CITY – Twelve graduates from the pioneer batch of the West Visayas State University (WVSU)-College of Law here hurdled the 2024 Bar examinations. They are Rene Aviles Jr., Stephen S. Barredo, Alyssa Jane Diaz, Apple Joy M. Faminiano, Clyde Ben Gacayan, Mike Gabriel G. Guillem, Darryl Ben...
ILOILO CITY – A Commission on Audit report resurfaced on the almost P41-million disallowance during the term of former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog of this city, three months after returning to the country from a long exile in the United States. A COA annual report for 2014 found a P39.7-million...
ILOILO CITY – A subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) is providing a P16.45-million lighting system for a football field in this city – La Paz Plaza Football Ground in La Paz District. JAIME T. Azurin, president of Global Business Power Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen...
ILOILO CITY — Police seized suspected shabu valued at P2.2 million from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, Dec. 10. SUSPECTED shabu valued at more than P2 million was recovered in a Dec.10 anti-drug operation in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO Police Station 1) The Iloilo City...