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 – The Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS), the communal development program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), has poured more than P55.6 million for 33 projects in Pavia town, Iloilo province...
CAMP MALVAR, Batangas City – Police nabbed a 25-year-old Sangguniang Kabataan kagawad (councilor) wanted for rape and lascivious conduct in Batangas in Barangay Poblacion, Carles, Iloilo on Monday, July 17. Batangas police chief Police Col. Samson Belmonte, in his report to Police Regional Office...
ILOILO CITY – Inclement weather did not stop the mass wedding of six couples from the Ati indigenous peoples (IPs) group in Tigbauan town, Iloilo province on Monday, July 17. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/ATI_WEDDING_ef61e7f28c/ATI_WEDDING_ef61e7f28c.jfif) SIX Ati...
ILOILO CITY – One person died and three others were rescued when their motor banca capsized off the coast of Carles town, Iloilo province on Friday night, July 14. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Iloilo Station identified the fatality as 35-year-old Cecille Fuentes, a resident of island Barangay...
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...
ILOILO CITY – A barangay chairman in Zarraga town, Iloilo province was arrested in a buy-bust operation on Friday, July 14. Police identified the suspect as Bernard Galache, 55, chairman of Barangay Inagdangan Centro. Galache was arrested after he sold suspected shabu to a police poseur-buyer....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a P34.4-million flood control project in Calinog, Iloilo. THE P34.4-million flood control project in Calinog town, Iloilo province. (DPWH-6) “Its design serves as a catch basin for mountain water and is resilient to...
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 – Various local government units (LGUs) and two key government agencies have partnered for the greening project of the Iloilo Airport. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/ILOILO_MOA_27d65c0784/ILOILO_MOA_27d65c0784.jfif) ILOILO officials present the...
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...