ILOILO CITY – This city will further boost the utilization of renewable energy sources as it adheres to the programs of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). ILOILO City Mayor Jerry Treñas (center) inks a tripartite agreement for two programs of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) on...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is pushing for data-driven governance as a selected area for a Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) program. THE Iloilo City Hall at night. (Tara Yap) "We are aiming for data-driven governance that will firm up our decisions and...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has limited the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages here until 12 midnight due to increasing bar fights and other criminal incidents. A DISCO bar in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “Due the rising numbers of establishments engaging in unregulated dispensation...
ILOILO CITY – A Swedish business group is proposing a bus rapid transit (BRT) here and neighboring towns. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas said the Department of Transportation (DOTr) will sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) on behalf of the Iloilo City government for the feasibility study of the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here is awaiting the response of Mayor Jerry Treñas regarding his appeal to lift the executive order declaring Bacolod Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran person non-grata over the uncoordinated transfer of Badjaos from this city to Iloilo City...
ILOILO CITY – The city government is set to open a rehabilitation center for stroke survivors. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/REHAB_CENTER_STROKE_9440b0d7ac/REHAB_CENTER_STROKE_9440b0d7ac.jfif) THE Iloilo City Stroke Rehabilitation Center is set to open in the third...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has inked a negotiation deal for the waste-to-energy proposal of a subsidiary of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC). On Tuesday, June 27, Mayor Jerry Treñas and MPIC Board of Director Rogelio Singson signed the agreement for the proposed Iloilo Solid Waste...
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...
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 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 – Mayor Jerry Treñas will represent the Iloilo City government in the upcoming United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) climate forum in Austria in September. TRENAS (FB) “This is an opportunity to promote the city’s best practices as well as the metro’s...