ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), this city’s sole electricity distributor, has implemented another power rate increase, the second in three months. A MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) line man at work in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) MORE Power announced on Friday,...
ILOILO CITY -- The Iloilo City council has unanimously approved the P2.95 billion proposed budget for next year during its session on Wednesday, Nov. 16. The Iloilo City Hall. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) The budget is about four percent lower than the current P3.083 billion budget of Mayor Jerry...
ILOILO CITY — A foreigner allegedly abandoned by his Filipina wife was found dead in Molo District here on Sunday, Nov. 13. Major Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), said the victim was identified as Oscar Monterrosa. A caretaker of a boarding house found...
ILOILO CITY – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched a new program for out-of-school youths here. PUBLIC and private partners pose after signing the declaration of commitment for USAID Opportunity 2.0, an out-of-school youth program in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap)...
Mayors Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City and Alfredo Abelardo "Albee" Benitez of Bacolod City have ended their almost week-long word war with reconciliatory words. MAYOR Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez (left) of Bacolod City and Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. (Facebook) “The development of...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P1.15 million from two high-value drug peddlers in an anti-drug operation here on Wednesday, Nov. 9. Suspects John Rex Palacios Valentino and Sam Llauderes Deanrick Saenz were arrested in Arevalo District. The 36-year-old Valentino and...
ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas here slammed the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) for the chaotic distribution of educational aid for indigent students Saturday, Aug. 20. THOUSANDS flock to the Iloilo Sports Complex in Iloilo City Saturday, Aug. 20, to receive cash aid from...
ILOILO CITY – Power distributor MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) is constructing a new substation in the City Proper, the government and financial district of this city. pullquote THE time capsule for the new power substation of MORE Electric and Power Corp. in Iloilo City is lowered to...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has launched a mascot called the "Pinas: Basura Buster" (PBB) to strengthen the waste management campaign in Western Visayas. THE Pinas: Basura Buster of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – The monkeypox outbreak is hindering the planned resumption of international flights at the Iloilo Airport. INBOUND passengers arrive at the Iloilo Airport. (Tara Yap) “We have to wait. The monkeypox is a new development,” said Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. The threat of...
The province of Iloilo and its capital Iloilo City are both seeing a downward trend in new Covid-19 cases, OCTA Research fellow Dr. Guido David confirmed. (Image courtesy of Dr. Guido David) “Iloilo City and Iloilo on a downward trend in new Covid-19 cases. The reproduction number (Rt) in Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY — MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power), the sole power distributor here, is preparing to expand its coverage in Iloilo after a law amending its franchise is now officially a law. A MORE Power team inspects the 30-megavolt ampere (MVA) power transformer it acquired in...
