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...
ILOILO CITY – A water tanker killed two persons and injured 16 others on Sunday night, June 11, in La Paz, Iloilo City. The La Paz Police Station identified the victims as 18-year-old Oliver dela Cruz and a 16-year-old girl. The La Paz Police Station said the truck driven by 61-year-old Danilo...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp., this city’s sole power distributor, expects electricity rates to drop further this year. “For six straight months, we have dropped our rates. This will continue to drop,” said Niel Parcon, MORE Power vice president for corporate planning and...
ILOILO CITY – The Razon-owned MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has started refunding bill deposits of good-paying customers since it took over as the sole power distributor here in 2020. MORE Power President and CEO Roel Castro and Commissioner Alexis Lumbatan of the Energy Regulatory...
ILOILO CITY – A 22-year-old ship apprentice died while trying to save colleagues from drowning on the Iloilo River here on Thursday, June 1. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the fatality as Sammy Bryle Gonzales, a resident of Zamboanga City and an apprentice of Weesam Express....
ILOILO CITY – A public-private partnership (PPP) has kicked off an underground wiring project that will refine the heritage zone of this city. PHOTOS of key heritage structures on J.M. Basa St. in Iloilo City once the P96-million underground wiring project is finished. (Arnold Almacen) This is...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P1.46 million was seized and six suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Hippodromo here on Wednesday, May 31. SUSPECTED shabu worth P1.46 million was seized in Iloilo City on Wednesday, May 31. (ICPO) Police...
