ILOILO CITY – Eighty-four families were displaced by a fire in two barangays in this city on Monday, June 17. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Iloilo City reported no fatalities but six residents were injured while they were trying to escape the fire. RESIDENTS return to their homes...
ILOILO CITY — Rep. Julienne “Jam-Jam” Baronda here has maintained that the seven infrastructure projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City cancelled by the Iloilo City Council are needed. BARONDA (FB) “Ini nga mga proyekto sabat sa mga gindangop sa...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Council cancelled seven key projects implemented by the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City following the pronouncement by Mayor Jerry Treñas. The Iloilo City Hall as seen from Plaza Libertad. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo City Council passed a resolution...
ILOILO CITY – First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos has been conferred a Doctor of Laws honoris causa degree by the West Visayas State University (WVSU) in this city. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos speaks at the commencement rites of the College of Law of the West Visayas State University (WVSU)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways thanked the Iloilo City government and Mayor Jerry Treñas despite the harsh criticisms it has received from the city chief executive. “On behalf of DPWH Secretary Manuel M. Bonoan and Undersecretary for Operations Roberto R. Bernardo,...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here stepped up his attacks against the Department of Public Works and Highways-Iloilo City, days after being discharged from the hospital. “We cannot work with people who do not respect the highest elected official of the city government,” Treñas said in a...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) is looking into the controversial claim made in the name of an elected youth official in this city. Kim Cyril Sina-on Siacon, a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) kagawad or youth councilor from Barangay Sooc, Arevalo District, was...
ILOILO CITY – A health advisory has been issued for potential ash fall from the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island here and this province. THE sky in Iloilo City remains clear amid the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Island. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo City Health Office (ICHO) and...
ILOILO CITY – A dialogue ended the transport strike of a coalition of passenger jeepneys in this city on Monday, June 3. PASSENGERS wait in a long line at the Mohon Terminal in Iloilo City during the transportation strike by a coalition of jeepney operators and drivers. (Photo courtesy of...
ILOILO CITY – Barangay kagawads (village councilors), barangay secretaries, and former barangay captains in this city have received cash aid via the Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS), a program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). BARANGAY kagawads...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo and this city are no longer a bailiwick of the Liberal Party (LP) after around 800 officials in the province officially joined the ruling party Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP). Special Assistant to the President Secretary Antonio Ernesto F. Lagdameo Jr. witnessed the mass...
ILOILO CITY – “1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom,” a film that has the backdrop of the Battle of Mactan, is the gift of the family of a rookie Ilonggo producer to the Philippines. FRANCIS B. Lara Ho, the producer of the movie ‘1521: The Quest for Love and Freedom,’ is an Ilonggo...
