ILOILO CITY – Former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog here said his homecoming to this city is the best birthday gift he received after living seven years in exile in the United States. FORMER Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog greets well-wishers at Iloilo City Hall on Friday, September 20. (Tara Yap)...
ILOILO CITY – Social officer Ann Rapunzel “Rara” O. Ganzon of the Iloilo provincial government is a recipient of this year’s Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, the highest citation given to public servants by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). SOCIAL officer Ann Rapunzel 'Rara' O. Ganzon of...
ILOILO CITY — Police arrested six suspected drug pushers and seized P1.3-million shabu in a buy-bust operation here on Tuesday, September 17. SUSPECTED shabu worth P1.3-million was seized from six suspected drug pushers in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO-CDEU) The Iloilo City...
ILOILO CITY – Heavy rainfall caused by the “habagat” or southwest monsoon enhanced by two tropical cyclones caused landslides and flooding in the province and city of Iloilo. MEN transport a woman who was injured in a September 17 landslide in Janiuay town, Iloilo province. (Janiuay...
ILOILO CITY – The priority of former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is to clear his name, not politics, after returning to the country from a seven-year exile in the United States, his lawyer said on Monday, September 16. “Our focus is on clearing his name and the status of the cases,”...
ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines-Visayas is embarking on a comprehensive study of the noodle-based soup “batchoy,” arguably Iloilo’s most popular dish. ‘BATCHOY,’ a noodle-based soup, is believed to be the most popular dish of Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) UP-Visayas inked...
Former Iloilo City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog is still awaiting an invitation from the Quad Committee of the House of Representatives to testify on the bloody war of former President Rodrigo Duterte. MABILOG (Tara Yap) “Hulaton niya ang invitation. Hindi ka man puwede ka attend sa quad com...
ILOILO CITY – Police here seized 210 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.43 million in 24 hours. A MAJOR drug suspect yields shabu in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City. (PNP/ICPO-CDEU) The Iloilo City Police Office-City Drug Enforcement Unit nabbed five suspected drug pushers in buy-bust...
ILOILO CITY – Former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog here said he has forgiven former President Rodrigo Duterte for the threats and accusations as a protector of a major drug syndicate. MABILOG (FB) “As a true Christian, I forgive him,” said Mabilog in an interview with Karen Davila over ANC...
ILOILO CITY – Former Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog here wants to return home and clear his name from former President Rodrigo Duterte’s accusations that he was a major drug protector. “Simple lang po ang gusto ko: Gusto ko lang po umuwi, gusto lang namin ng peace (What I want is simple: I...
ILOILO CITY – The Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral here is reminding Catholics to adhere to the dress code, especially during Mass. THE interior of the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) In a public announcement, the church suggested that men wear a pair of pants or...
ILOILO CITY — An additional 1,500 fish fingerlings were released recently in the Iloilo River by MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power). THE release of sea bass fingerlings in the Iloilo River was part of the corporate social responsibility program of MORE Power in Iloilo City....
