The Iloilo River Esplanade in the city’s Mandurriao district screams of verve this one early morning. The 1.2-kilometer linear park was a friendly stretch for walking, jogging, open-air dining, among others. INHALING THE CITY BLUES

Miss Universe in Iloilo City? Why not, says Treñas

Iloilo
ILOILO City – This southern city could be this year’s host of the Miss Universe Philippines (MUP) pageant in September. Yesterday, Mayor Jerry Treñas announced...

COVID hits Miag-ao, Pototan health workers

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ILOILO – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) did not spare healthcare providers and workers in the towns of Pototan and Miag-ao. As of yesterday, the number...
These bicycles will be used by barangay tanods in Iloilo City to patrol their jurisdiction. The city government turned over 54 bikes to watchmen of selected villages in the metro on Feb. 1. CMO

Japanese bikes to boost mobility of brgy ‘tanods’

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ILOILO City – The city government turned over 54 Japanese bikes to select barangay tanods to boost their mobility and ensure public safety. Twenty-one Japanese bikes...
Policemen ensure compliance of vendors and residents inside the public market of Passi City on Feb. 5. Those who will be caught not wearing facemask may end up behind bars or fined. PASSI CITY LGU

Passi mayor orders arrest of people flouting facemask rule

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ILOILO – In the city of Passi, a person not wearing facemask in public may end up behind bars or fined. “Dakpon kag pabayaron sang...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo presents the COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment and Immunization Plan 2021-2022. It contains the province’s vaccination strategies against coronavirus. CAPITOL PIO

COVAC PLAN ON A ROLL; Iloilo awaits approval of COVID vaccination plan

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ILOILO – This province could be the first local government unit (LGU) in Western Visayas to have an approved operational plan for the rollout...
Wearing facemask, this vendor tends to her dried fish products inside the public market of Passi City. After two days of lockdown due to a surge in coronavirus cases, the public market reopened on Jan. 31. PASSI CITY LGU

55 ‘talipapa’ vendors have coronavirus

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ILOILO – The transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Passi City is showing no signs of abating. Just this Wednesday, 55 talipapa or roadside flea market vendors...
HISTORIC PLAZA. Plaza Libertad on the intersection of Iloilo City’s J.M. Basa, De la Rama and Zamora streets is a recreational place for most of the Ilonggos. Then city government is redeveloping the plaza declared as a national historical landmark. ILOILO CITY GOVERNMENT FB PAGE

Plaza Libertad’s major facelift starts

Iloilo
ILOILO – The tree-laden Libertad Plaza, a historical landmark formerly called Plaza Alfonso XII on the intersection of J.M. Basa, De la Rama and Zamora streets,...
Photo courtesy of the Official Gazette

IPPO’s proactive approach against VAWC continues

Iloilo
ILOILO City – “Help. He’s in the next room. He’s going to beat me.” That call to the Iloilo Police Provincial Office’s (IPPO) Women and Children Protection...
An aerial view of the road being constructed by the Department of Public Works and Highways, connecting the provinces of Iloilo and Antique. SEC. MARK VILLAR/FB

New Iloilo-Antique route underway

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ILOILO City – Travelers will soon have options in going to Antique from Iloilo, and vice versa.  The estimated five- to six-kilometer road connecting the...
“Vaccine will come in the next six months at magno-normalize na tayo,” says Director Eric Lenard Tabaldo of the Land Transportation Office Region 6.

‘IT’S ABOUT TIME’; LTO-6: Full speed ahead for vehicle inspection

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Despite calls for a deferment, the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Western Visayas is not waiting for things to get back to normal...
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