ILOILO CITY – This city logged 326 dengue cases with three fatalities from January 1 to July 4, a 54 percent increase compared to the same period in 2022. The Iloilo City Health Office also recorded clusters of dengue cases in three districts here. In Jaro District, clustering of cases was noted...
ILOILO CITY — Residents of Metro Iloilo who report illegal water connections will be given a reward of P3,000 each. The cash incentive is part of the TAPnaon ang Illegal Connection (TAPIC) program by the Metro Pacific Iloilo Water (MPIW), the joint venture between State-owned Metro Iloilo Water...
ILOILO CITY – This city has been tapped for the Filipino Genomes Research Program (FGRP) which will study deeper Filipino anthropology, forensics, and evolution. The Philippine Genome Center Visayas (PGC Visayas) under the University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) in Iloilo recently...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is set to open a rehabilitation center for stroke survivors. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/REHAB_CENTER_STROKE_9440b0d7ac/REHAB_CENTER_STROKE_9440b0d7ac.jfif) THE Iloilo City Stroke Rehabilitation Center is set to open in the third...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has inked a negotiation deal for the waste-to-energy proposal of a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). On Tuesday, June 27, Mayor Jerry Treñas and MPIC Board of Director Rogelio Singson signed the agreement for the proposed Iloilo Solid Waste...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 awarded the Iloilo City Police Office-City Drug Enforcement Unit (ICPO-CDEU) for the apprehension of six suspected drug pushers here who yielded shabu valued at P1.46 million recently. GUEST speaker retired Police Major Gen. Lucas Managuelod pins...
BACOLOD CITY – “Respect begets respect.” This was the reaction of Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran here after he was declared persona non-grata by Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas through an executive order issued on Friday, June 23, over the “uncoordinated transfer” of Badjaos from Bacolod to...
Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar (Rep. Villar's office) 'You can achieve anything you set your mind to." Deputy Speaker and Las Piñas City lone district Rep. Camille Villar used these words, and more, to galvanize the new graduates of Northern Iloilo State...
ILOILO CITY – A word war between Mayor Jerry Treñas here and Bacolod City Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran erupted on Friday, June 23, over the repatriation of Badjaos, a nomadic and Indigenous Peoples group. TRENAS (FB) Treñas declared Familiaran persona non-grata for allegedly sending 80 Badjaos...
ILOILO CITY – The Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC)-6 on Friday, June 16, declared this city, the regional capital of Western Visayas, free from communist insurgency....
ILOILO CITY – A traffic aide here faces suspension for threatening a taxi driver. SCREEN grab of traffic enforcer Dominador Regala who verbally threatened to kill a taxi driver in Iloilo City. Jeck Conlu, chief of the Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PTSMO), recommended on...
ILOILO CITY – This city is hosting the Central Philippines Tourism Expo (CPTEx) of the Department of Tourism (DOT) from June 16 to 18. DOT-Western Visayas Director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez said CPTEx is a pet project of DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco to strengthen the recovery of the...
