ILOILO CITY – A fact-finding team of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) initially found the alleged deduction of cash aid by barangay officials in Iloilo City to be systematic. “It makes me think it is organized and pre-planned,” said DSWD Assistant Secretary for Regional...
ILOILO CITY – An artist community in Oton town, Iloilo province will be the site for a study on communal spaces with a grant from the School of Architecture of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. A groundbreaking ceremony was held at the compound of the Oton Visual Artist League (OVAL) in...
ILOILO CITY – A subsidiary of Meralco PowerGen Corp. (MGen) has launched a P17.3-million lighting system for a football field in this city. The Panay Energy Development Corp. (PEDC), a subsidiary of the MGen that operates coal-fired power plants in this city, inaugurated the lighting system of La...
ILOILO CITY – Despite one student in custody, the national government is needed to help solve and stop the spate of bomb threats in Iloilo, particularly Iloilo City. In a resolution, the Iloilo City Council asked the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the National...
ILOILO CITY – The chairman of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry-Iloilo is praying for political unity as he warned of the negative impact of political turmoil on the business sector. “I am praying that the political climate will unite in Iloilo City so that they can collaborate...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Education-6 said the spate of bomb threats in Iloilo province are affecting the physical and mental-well being of students. “We condemn this act that is affecting the learners,” the DepEd-Western Visayas said in a statement on Wednesday, Nov. 19. The impact is...
ILOILO CITY —The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) clarified there are no ghost and defective flood control projects in southern Iloilo province. The DPWH-Iloilo 1st District Engineering Office (DEO) reiterated this to the Iloilo Provincial Board in compliance with the legislative...
ILOILO CITY — Thirteen new bomb threats were received in schools here and the province of Iloilo on Tuesday, Nov. 18, following 10 on Monday, Nov. 17, for a total of 23 in just two days. The fresh bomb threats – seven in Iloilo City and six Iloilo – disrupted classes again. The first to...
ILOILO CITY – The 2025 Panublion trade fair of the Department of Trade and Industry-Western Visayas earned P11.8 million, surpassing its target by P3 million or 40 percent. The DTI-6 set an P8-million sales target for the recent trade fair at SM City Iloilo that showcased 150 micro, small, and...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and the Department of Health (DOH) have encouraged health researchers in Western Visayas to use artificial intelligence (AI). Speaking at the recent 6th Western Visayas Health Research Conference, DOST Secretary Renato Solidum Jr. said...
ILOILO CITY – Ten different schools in this city and the province of Iloilo received bomb threats on Monday, Nov. 17. The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) and the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) still have to identify people responsible behind these bomb threats that disrupted classes and...
ILOILO CITY — The megadam project in Iloilo province will be completed with an additional P5.96-billion funding approved by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) confirmed an earlier disclosure by Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. that Marcos...
