ILOILO CITY – A student from this city bagged a silver medal for the Philippines in the World Mathematics Invitational in South Korea. GIHUN Ng Yoo (St. Joseph School Iloilo) Gihun Ng Yoo, an incoming Grade 9 student at St. Joseph School Iloilo, bested 1,275 competitors from 17 countries in the...
ILOILO CITY – The nationwide transport strike on Monday, July 24, had minimal impact in this city and province of Iloilo. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/ILOILO_JEEPNEY_STRIKE_b6828bf632/ILOILO_JEEPNEY_STRIKE_b6828bf632.jfif) TWO jeepney drivers and operators join...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth more than P1 million from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation here over the weekend. Suspects were identified as Jonald “Onat” Eguales, 33, and Jenny Joy “Inday” Padesterio, 19. The Iloilo City Police Office-City Drug Enforcement Unit...
ILOILO CITY – A Swedish business group is proposing a bus rapid transit (BRT) here and neighboring towns. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas said the Department of Transportation (DOTr) will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on behalf of the Iloilo City government for the feasibility study of the...
ILOILO CITY – Power rates in this city have dropped for the seventh straight month. MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) announced a decrease of P0.2410 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for billings this month to P11.4173/kWh from P11.6583 per kWh in June. “This achievement is a testament to the...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized more than P1.17 million worth of shabu from four suspected drug pushers in three separate buy-bust operations here from Monday, July 17, to Tuesday, July 18. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 chief, lauded the three successful...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth around P408,00 from two brothers in a buy-bust operation here recently. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/DRUG_PUSHER_ILOILO_CITY_17042a5ac5/DRUG_PUSHER_ILOILO_CITY_17042a5ac5.jfif) ANDREW Solas and his brother Armando...
From left: DPWH Assistant Regional Director Jose Al V. Fruto, DOT Supervising Tourism Operations Officer Phoebe Zelie Areno, Nene Dela Llana, Iloilo City MICE Director Salvador D. Sarabia Jr., Levi Ang, Worldbex Services International (WSI) Chairperson Joseph L. Ang, Iloilo Provincial Engineer...
ILOILO CITY – The first laser eye service center in the Western Visayas region opened in Iloilo City recently. THE Borough Lasik Center (BLC) in Iloilo City is the first laser eye surgery center in the Western Visayas region. (Tara Yap) Borough Lasik Center (BLC) opened its refractive surgery...
ILOILO CITY – A follow-up operation against the killers of a waiter here on Wednesday, July 12, became an anti-drug operation when police seized shabu worth P578,000 from the suspects. Police Col. Antonio Benitez Jr., chief intelligence officer of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), identified...
ILOILO CITY – This year’s State Universities and Colleges Fair is underway here with 82 SUCs participating. “For this year’s fair, SUCs can prove their brilliance by showcasing their extraordinary innovations and significant contributions,” said CHED Chairman Prospero “Popoy” de Vera...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has refunded 20 new customers here, more than a month after it started reimbursing bill deposits. TWENTY new electricity consumers in Iloilo City received a bill deposit refund from MORE Power. (MORE Power) “We implemented this program...
