ILOILO CITY – A Left-leaning group has condemned the red-tagging of candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections here and the province of Iloilo. LEAFLETS identifying candidates allegedly supporting the communist movement in the city and province of Iloilo emerged as the barangay...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas and Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon here have apologized for inviting a vlogger known for cursing online for the 100-day countdown for the Dinagyang Festival 2024. “On behalf of the organizers of Dinagyang 2024, I would like to offer my apology since sensitivities...
Razon-led MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the power distribution utility in Iloilo City, plans to increase renewable energy (RE) to balance its usage with fossil fuel generation. Roel Castro, MORE Power president and chief executive officer said explained the possibility of utilizing...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here, is on alert for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on October 30. MORE Power President Roel Castro (right) vows to Commission on Elections (Comelec)-Iloilo City chief Reinier Layson that...
Iloilo Mayor Jerry Trenas urged the Department of Transportation (DOTr) to expedite the privatization and improvement of the Iloilo International Airport and the Iloilo International port located in Lapuz. According to the Iloilo Local Development Council (LDC), the privatization of the air and...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade (DTI) has urged sustainable consumption in this city and the province of Iloilo. “These are old concepts, but we are reminding everyone to practice sustainable consumption,” said DTI-Iloilo Director Maria Dinda Tamayo on Consumer Welfare Month. A BAMBOO...
The Sandiganbayan has denied the motion filed by Iloilo City Councilor Plaridel C. Nava II to dismiss the graft charge filed against him as it ruled that the case should proceed to trial. Nava was charged together with former mayor Jed Patrick E. Mabilog with...
ILOILO CITY – The hybrid onsite and virtual streaming of the 2022 Dinagyang Festival here has again won a prestigious tourism award. The Association of Tourism Officers of the Philippines Inc. (ATOP) declared the 2022 Dinagyang as the grand winner of the Best Cultural Festival Award-City...
ILOILO CITY – The world’s biggest book sale is coming to this city for the first time. Big Bad Wolf will hold a book sale at SM City Iloilo from October 13 to 22. ANDREW Yap, co-founder and managing editor of Big Bad Wolf book sale. Big Bad Wolf will hold a nine-day book sale in Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of the Ombudsman has dismissed three graft charges against Romeo Caesar “Juncae” L. Manikan Jr., former chief of the Iloilo City Civil Registry Office. In three separate Ombudsman decisions, Manikan was cleared of alleged violation of Section 3(e) of Republic Act No....
ILOILO CITY – Police here are eyeing the creation of four new police stations to maintain peace and order in this city. POLICE assigned to Camp Plagata, headquarters of the Iloilo City Police Office. (PNP ICPO) Police Col. Joeresty Coronica, director of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO),...
ILOILO CITY (PNA) – The top official of the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) in Western Visayas is “undesirable and unwelcome” here, with the city government declaring Regional Director Nora P. Patron as persona non grata on Thursday, September 28. In an interview on Friday, September...
