ILOILO CITY – A 22-year-old ship apprentice died while trying to save colleagues from drowning on the Iloilo River here on Thursday, June 1. The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) identified the fatality as Sammy Bryle Gonzales, a resident of Zamboanga City and an apprentice of Weesam Express....
ILOILO CITY – A public-private partnership (PPP) has kicked off an underground wiring project that will refine the heritage zone of this city. PHOTOS of key heritage structures on J.M. Basa St. in Iloilo City once the P96-million underground wiring project is finished. (Arnold Almacen) This is...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P1.46 million was seized and six suspected drug pushers were arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Hippodromo here on Wednesday, May 31. SUSPECTED shabu worth P1.46 million was seized in Iloilo City on Wednesday, May 31. (ICPO) Police...
ILOILO CITY – Sen. Imee Marcos on Sunday, May 28, assured that she will personally relay to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. the unresolved problems with the P680-million substandard flyover here. PROTESTERS flock to the unused P680-million Ungka Flyover that straddles Pavia, Iloilo and Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – A group of Ilonggos has urged the Senate and the House of Representatives to probe the P680-million substandard and unused Ungka Flyover, one of the last projects lobbied by former Sen. Franklin Drilon. “We are urging both Houses of Congress to immediately act on resolutions for...
ILOILO CITY – Four education graduates from two universities here made it to the Top 10 of the March 2023 Licensure Examination for Professional Teachers (LEPT). Jirah Mae Gabo Flores of West Visayas State University (WVSU) ranked third in the LEPT secondary level with a rating of 92.40...
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...
ILOILO CITY – At least P250 million is needed to repair the substandard Ungka Flyover that straddles between Iloilo City and Pavia town, Iloilo province. THE substandard Ungka Flyover that straddles between Iloilo City and Pavia town, Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) This was revealed by Engr....
ILOILO CITY – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has launched an electric bus or E-bus to modernize and promote environmentally friendly transportation in this city. MORE Power has launched an e-bus to modernize transportation in Iloilo City. (MORE Power) “This is part of our...
ILOILO CITY – The Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC), the oldest existing Baptist union in the country, recently installed a new secretary general. REV. Danilo Azuela Borlado (center) and his family during his installation as the new general secretary of the Convention of Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – The 72-hectare township of property developer Megaworld Corp. at the old airport site here will have its ninth residential tower called “Firenze” soon. JENNIFER Palmares-Fong, Megaworld first vice president for sales and marketing for the Visayas, and Harold Brian Geronimo,...
ILOILO CITY – Face masks are again mandatory indoors in this city as a result of the increasing number of Covid-19 cases. PEOPLE wearing face masks pass by the Corona store on busy Calle Real in downtown Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Mayor Jerry Treñas has issued Executive Order No. 2023-048...
