ILOILO CITY -- Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City has asked the Philippine National Police (PNP) to probe the street brawl early morning of Sunday, Jan. 15, the video of which went viral. “The PNP is hereby instructed to investigate the matter and file necessary charges,” said Mayor Jerry...
POLICE secure the Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City in 2020. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A week-long gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival here this year was implemented starting on Friday, Jan. 13. Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas) director, appealed for a peaceful...
BACOLOD CITY – A former police trainee who is wanted for pending cases in a court in Iloilo City was arrested on Wednesday, Jan. 11, in Barangay Handumanan here. Major Richard Fajarito, head of Police Station 10, identified the suspect as former Patrolman Glenn Garbosa, 33, of Barangay 35...
ILOILO CITY – Mobile phone signal will be shut down in selected areas for the two-day Dinagyang Festival here next weekend. TRIBU Angola performs with the Museum of Philippine Economic History in the background in the Dagyang sa Calle Real event of the 2020 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City....
BONOAN ILOILO CITY – Mayor Jerry Treñas has threatened to declare Secretary Manuel Bonoan of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as persona non grata over the alleged lack of formal update on the substandard Ungka II Flyover pet project of former Ilonggo Sen. Franklin Drilon in...
ILOILO CITY — Officials here have asserted that a duathlon race embroiled in a controversy is not a part of the 2023 Dinagyang Festival. PARTICIPANTS in the 1st Iloilo City of Love Dinagyang Duathlon. (The Adbenturistik) Mayor Jerry Trenas warned events organizers from using the Dinagyang...
THE Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH) in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province is a 300-bed general hospital. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) has been urged to probe the alleged delay of salaries and Covid-19 benefits of health workers at the Western...
FIREMEN and policemen respond to an explosion at the headquarters of the Iloilo City Police Office on Sunday, Jan. 8. (ICPO) ILOILO CITY – Three persons – a police officer and two civilians – were injured in an explosion that rocked the headquarters of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) on...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed a 4.4 kilometer road, which it said, has economically benefited the local farmers in the highland communities in Lemery, iloilo. In a statement on Jan 7, DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan said the concreted road has provided a more...
ASILO de Molo, which caters to the elderly, is one of the beneficiaries of MORE Electric and Power Corp. in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) ILOILO CITY – Since taking over as the sole power distributor here in 2020, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) continues to extend financial assistance to...
ILOILO CITY — Two more towns in Iloilo have been affected by African Swine Fever (ASF). HOGS ready to be transported in Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) The Iloilo Provincial Veterinary Office confirmed that hogs in Barangays Libertad and Merced in Banate and Barangay La Fortuna in Barotac Viejo...
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...
