ILOILO CITY – Former Finance Secretary Jesus “Jess” Estanislao suggested a gradual implementation of the 300 percent hike in real property tax (RPT) here. “The way it is implemented, I would structure it is that it would not be 300 percent in one year,” Estanislao said. “It could be...
ILOILO CITY – The league of mayors in Iloilo province has elected another lady mayor as president. Mayor Suzette A. Mamon of Badiangan took over former Mayor Suzette Trixie Fernandez of San Enrique as the 2025-2028 president of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines-Iloilo during an...
ILOILO CITY — After taking the Iloilo City government to the Supreme Court (SC), the Riverside Group of Companies warned that excessive hike in real property tax (RPT) is destructive to the economy. “It will run Iloilo City’s economy to the ground,” warned Atty. Martin Pison, stockholder...
ILOILO CITY – A South Korean bank and a contractor are facing complaints of human rights and environmental violations over its role in the megadam project in central Iloilo province. A group of Filipino and Korean activists filed complaints in South Korea last Aug. 26 against the initial...
ILOILO CITY – Councilor Sedfrey Cabaluna is rallying his colleagues at the Sangguniang Panlungsod (City Council) for the passage of a resolution calling for the installation of warning signage in strategic areas to ensure the safety of stray animals and prevent road accidents. These strategic...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has been asked to submit a list of flood control projects in northern Iloilo province. The Iloilo Provincial Board approved the motion of Board Member Rolex T. Suplico that asked DPWH Regional Director Joel Limpengco to give details...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-six people fell ill after eating barracuda fish in Balasan, a town in northern Iloilo province. “They are now recovering and have already been discharged from the hospital,” said Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (PHO)....
ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo City government conferred posthomous achievement awards to writer Magdalena Gonzaga Jalandoni and violin virtuoso Gilopez Kabayao during the 88th Charter Day celebration on Monday, Aug. 25. “Their legacies continue to inspire future generations of Filipinos to...
ILOILO CITY – A petition has been filed before the Supreme Court (SC) questioning the Iloilo City government’s astronomical 300 percent real property tax (RPT) increase that the past and present Treñas administrations are pushing for full implementation by 2026. The Riverside Group of...
ILOILO CITY—A newly discovered plant found only in Capiz and Iloilo provinces may be endangered. Researchers sounded the alarm for Begonia jurgenneae following its discovery published by scientific journal Taiwania this month. Dr. Harold O. Buenvenida, Dr. Lillian Jennifer V. Rodriguez, and Mark...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo is set to host the National Vegetable Congress for the first time in November. The Panay Organization for Progressive Agriculture (POPA) Agriculture Cooperative and the Department of Agriculture (DA) are preparing to accommodate around 1,500 delegates in...
ILOILO CITY — After Mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu publicly lashed out, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) in Western Visayas retracted its analysis while blaming the media for alleged wrong reporting on the impact of real property tax (RPT) tax hike on inflation. The PSA-6’s change of tone...
