ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Police Office seized suspected shabu valued at P6.4 million in buy-bust operations in the last two weeks of March. SUSPECTED shabu worth P1.53 million was seized during a buy-bust operation on Good Friday in Iloilo City. (PNP ICPO) Police Col. Joeresty Coronica,...
ILOILO CITY – In-person classes here were cancelled for the third straight day on Wednesday, April 3, due to extreme heat. Mayor Jerry Treñas has issued Executive Order No. 047-B extending the cancellation of classes to colleges and universities as the heat index continued to register 40 degrees...
ILOILO CITY – This city and the province of Iloilo logged more than 15,000 passengers on Good Friday. THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) assist passengers in Iloilo on Good Friday. (PCG-Iloilo Station) The Philippine Coast Guard-Iloilo Station reported 8,770 outbound passengers and 6,341...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has declared a state of calamity following a pertussis or whooping cough outbreak here. The Iloilo City Council approved the recommendation of the Iloilo Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (Iloilo CDRRMC) to declare a state of calamity. The...
ILOILO CITY – This city successfully hosted the 16th edition of Cinema Rehiyon, the annual film festival of the Committee on Cinema of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) headed by chairperson Butch Ibañez and vice chairperson Tito Valiente. THE opening of Cinema Rehiyon 16...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) awarded six tourism industry players in the Western Visayas region for gender equality as part of the National Women’s Month celebration. AWARDEES of the Icons of Sustainable Tourism Awards and Recognition (ISTaR) with Department of Tourism...
ILOILO CITY – This city has declared an outbreak of the contagious respiratory disease pertussis also known as whooping cough. GRAPHIC via ICDRRMO The Iloilo City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (CDRRMC) headed by Mayor Jerry Treñas declared an outbreak during a Monday...
ILOILO CITY – The Local Lady Legislators' League of the Philippines (Four L) led by its president, Iloilo Vice Gov. Christine "Tingting" Garin, converged in the province and city of Iloilo for a national summit that coincided with National Women’s Month. THE Local Lady Legislators' League of...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested a drug pusher and seized shabu worth P1 million in a buy-bust operation in this city on March 21. Police identified the suspect as Estanislao Henojales, alias Shaolin. SUSPECTED shabu worth more than P1 million was seized from suspected drug pusher Estanislao...
ILOILO CITY — Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, police chief here, said there is no reason to be alarmed over the big haul of shabu in this city recently. CORONICA (Tara Yap) “We have to consider that Iloilo City is only a transshipment point and not mainly for consumption in the city,” said...
ILOILO CITY – More than P7.1-million worth of shabu was seized by the anti-drug unit of the Police Regional Office-6 in a buy-bust operation here on Monday, March 18. SUSPECTED shabu worth P7.1 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo City on March 18. (PRO-6/RPDEU-6) The PRO-6...
ILOILO CITY – A fire in the heritage district or the old Central Business District here on Friday night, March 15, damaged more than P8 million in property. AN aerial photo of the nine-hour fire that struck a heritage area in Iloilo City. (Federation FIRE Iloilo) An initial report by...
