ILOILO CITY – At least nine diplomats will attend the Dinagyang Festival here this month. TRIBU Angola performs with the Museum of Philippine Economic History in the background at the ‘Dagyang sa Calle Real’ event of the 2020 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Confirmed to attend...
ILOILO CITY – Fewer major criminal incidents in Western Visayas region were recorded in 2022. Data from Police Regional Office (PRO-6) showed that a total of 2,783 incidents of the eight focus crimes, namely, murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, and stealing of vehicles were...
ILOILO CITY — A woman was wounded by a stray bullet on New Year’s Eve in Iloilo City. Police identified the victim as 20-year-old Kate Cambronero of Barangay Rizal in La Paz District. Cambronero was in bed when the stray bullet hit her left leg at past 9 p.m. She was taken to the hospital. The...
A 50-year-old father died in the latest fire incident that hit Iloilo City this holiday season. The Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Iloilo City identified the victim as Arvin Angkay of Barangay Quezon. Fire Officer 3 John Anthony Triveles said that Angkay was found lifeless outside a room of his...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has reminded residents to be safe from fire this New Year after more than five fire incidents hit this city in less than a week. A FIRE hit Barangay Veterans Village in Iloilo City on Dec. 26. (Mentchie Rabe) “We are urging residents to follow fire safety...
NINETEEN houses were destroyed in a fire that hit Barangay Veterans Village in Iloilo City on Monday. (Contributed photo by Mentchie Rabe) ILOILO CITY – Nineteen houses were damaged and 200 residents were displaced in a fire that hit a densely populated barangay here on Monday, Dec. 26. The...
ILOILO CITY -- At least 91 people are spending their Christmas at evacuation centers after their homes were razed by a fire that struck on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 24, in Molo district here. An updated report released by the Iloilo City Operations Center revealed that 18 houses in the boundary of...
GEN. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. leads the ‘Lakad Konta Droga’ in Iloilo City on Wednesday. (PRO-6) ILOILO CITY – More than 1,000 volunteers joined the Philippine National Police (PNP) led by Gen. Rodolfo Azurin Jr. in the “Lakad Konta Droga” in Iloilo City on Wednesday, Dec. 21. “I hope that...
MAYOR Jerry Treñas and the Dr. Graciano Lopez Jaena Foundation Inc. (DGLJFI) cut the ribbon to formally open the Graciano Lopez Jaena Library and Museum in Jaro, Iloilo City on Tuesday. (Arnold Almacen/CMO) ILOILO CITY – The city government formally opened on Tuesday, Dec. 20, the library and...
ILOILO CITY – When will a flyover built on the boundaries of this city and the municipality of Pravia town at a staggering P680 million budget ever become passable? The big question came from no less than Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas and Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. and was addressed to...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has lifted the 12 midnight limit on public sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in this city. TRENAS Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas issued Executive Order No. 49-B over the weekend scrapping EO 49-A he issued last Dec. 6 after two groups of young men were...
THE booming skyline of Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The economy of the province of Iloilo and this city have bounced back from the initial impact of the pandemic, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. The PSA said the economy of Iloilo posted a 4.5 percent growth last...
