ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas showcased the environmental programs of this city at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates last week. MAYOR Jerry Treñas (right) at the World Governments Summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Mayor Jerry Treñas FB) “I shared the Tree...
ILOILO CITY – First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos recently led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the College Law building of the West Visayas State University here. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos (fourth from left) leads the groundbreaking ceremony of the College of Law building of...
ILOILO CITY – A jealous man stabbed his wife to death in this city on Monday, February 12, just three days before Valentine’s Day. Police identified the suspect as Domingo Lasa, 55. Lasa admitted to police that he stabbed his 56-year-old wife Emilyn with a pair of scissors on Monday morning and...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P1.9 million from five drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Iloilo River Plains Subdivision, Barangay Lanit, Jaro District, this city, on Monday, February 12. FIVE suspected drug pushers were arrested and P1.9 million worth of shabu...
ILOILO CITY – The consul general of China based in Cebu urged this city to pursue more sister city linkages. CONSUL General Zhang Zhen of China speaks in Iloilo City during the Chinese New Year celebration. (Arnold Almacen) “We all know that during the pandemic years, the exchanges were very...
ROXAS CITY – The Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City has been awarded as the Best Festival for the Visayas of the Philippine LEAF Awards. TRIBU Pan-ay of Fort San Pedro National High School is the winner of the main competition of the 2024...
ILOILO CITY – Starpay Corp. has joined the Paleng-QR PH Plus cashless payment program of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) in this city. STARPAY Corp. joins the launching of the Paleng-QR PH Plus cashless program in Iloilo City led by...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry P. Treñas here is confident that the modernization of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex in this city will pave the way for larger exportation of products from Western Visayas. THE Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) in Iloilo City. (PPA) “Hopefully, we can...
ILOILO CITY – Shabu worth P1.5 million was seized from two suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Molo District here on Monday, February 5. SUSPECTED shabu worth P1.5 million was seized from two drug pushers in Iloilo City on Monday, February 5. (PNP ICPO-CDEU) Police...
ILOILO CITY – The Business Permit and Licensing Division (BPLD) here reported a 15 percent increase in business permit renewals in January. THE Iloilo City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) The BPLD which is under the Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion (LEDIP) Office said...
Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks, the athlete and contender for Miss Universe Philippines, continues to be a story of sheer determination. BROOKS (FB) But the 22-year-old Alexie never had an easy life. She literally never knew her parents, including her Ilongga mother and her Black American father...
ILOILO CITY – Devotees of Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Our Lady of Candles), the patron saint of Western Visayas region, have been urged to be a light to others. DEVOTEES flock to the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral in Iloilo City on Friday, February 2, to honor the Nuestra Señora de la...
