ILOILO CITY – Two soldiers were wounded in an encounter with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Igpaho, Tubungan town, Iloilo province on Wednesday, January 17. TWO soldiers were wounded in an encounter in Tubungan, Iloilo on January 17. Lt. Col. J-Jay Javines, spokesperson of the 3rd...
ILOILO CITY – The city government has spent P257 million to beautify plazas here. “The plazas are being restored by the city because we want to make public spaces available to our constituents which are very important as it gives people a place to rethink and recharge,” said Mayor Jerry...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized P1.7-million worth of suspected shabu from two drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Kauswagan, City Proper District, on Monday, January 15, a little over a week before the Dinagyang Festival starts. The City Drug Enforcement Unit (CDEU) of the Iloilo City...
ILOILO CITY – The city government led by Mayor Jerry Treñas is willing to join the proposed class-action lawsuit stemming from the New Year blackout. “(We are) standing united for justice and accountability,” Treñas said in a statement. THE city of Iloilo is willing to join a class action...
ILOILO CITY – MORE Power, this city’s power distribution utility, warned that prolonged power interruptions following the New Year blackout that affected Panay Island can happen again if the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) fails to finish a key facility in Iloilo. Roel Castro,...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued seven fishermen from a distressed fishing boat off the coast of San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. A DISTRESSED fishing boat is towed back to Guimbal town, Iloilo province after the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) rescued seven fishermen on...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Council has approved a 40 percent reduction in real property tax (RPT) for a two-year period. The Iloilo City Council approved this week the ordinance authored by Councilor Rex Marcus Sarabia that imposes 60 percent RPT payment for the years 2024 and 2025. THE Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P7.95 million from two major drug pushers in this city. SHABU worth P7.9 million was seized from two suspected drug pushers in Iloilo City. (PNP RPDEU-6) Suspects “Pirot” and “Erwin” yielded 1.1 kilos of shabu during a buy-bust...
ILOILO CITY – Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr. sought the completion of National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) infrastructure to avert another massive blackout in Panay Island. Defensor particularly wants NGCP interconnection lines for the islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu...
ILOILO CITY – The province of Iloilo, composed of 42 towns and the component city of Passi, sustained a P3.72-billion economic loss from the January 2 to 5 blackout. THE provincial capitol estimates that Iloilo sustained an economic loss of P3.72 billion from the New Year blackout....
ILOILO CITY – The 10th most wanted person in Iloilo province was caught on Tuesday, January 9. The suspect, alias “Brian,” was nabbed in Calinog town, Iloilo in a joint operation led by the 606th Company of the Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB)-6 and backed by the Lambunao Municipal...
ILOILO CITY – In response to the clamor of the business sector, the Iloilo City government reduced real property tax (RPT) here by 40 percent for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. “This is in view of the many inquiries we are getting on the increase in RPT,” said Mayor Jerry Treñas here. THE...
