Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (left) and Iloilo Police Provincial Office director Colonel Gilbert Gorero lead the flag-raising and wreath-laying ceremonies during the 122nd “Cry of Santa Barbara” in Santa Barbara, Iloilo on Nov. 17, 2020. On Nov. 17, 1898 Ilonggo revolucionarios raised the Philippine flag at the plaza of Santa Barbara, the first such raising outside Luzon. It marked the start of the Ilonggos’ open resistance against Spanish colonizers. PHOTO FROM ‘BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO’

Santa Barbara honors COVID frontliners

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ILOILO – The municipality of Santa Barbara marked yesterday the 122nd anniversary of the first raising of the Philippine flag outside Luzon, known as...

No online ‘bulang’ in Janiuay

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ILOILO City – A bulang or cock derby was recently held in Janiuay, Iloilo but it was not streamed online, according to Colonel Gilbert...
Establishments in Iloilo City may no longer give their customers or visitors contact tracing forms as they can now submit their personal details through quick response codes starting next month. TECH GUIDE

‘NO QR CODE, NO ENTRY’: QR codes mandatory in Iloilo City by December

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Next month, the city government will replace manual contact tracing forms with a quick response (QR) code system in all business...
ONE OF THE 10 This restobar in Barangay San Rafael in Iloilo City’s Mandurriao district is among the 10 business establishments that were closed on Tuesday, Sept. 15 for operating without business permits and violating the metro’s modified general community quarantine rules.IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Resto bars closed ‘til end of November

Iloilo
ILOILO City – All resto bars operating in this southern city were temporarily closed effective yesterday. Mayor Jerry Treñas ordered the closure until the end...
“Amon ginapangabay ang inyo paghangop sa sining panahon sang pagtiraw. Indi kita magpanic,” appeals Mayor Bienvenido Margarico of Janiuay, Iloilo. JANIUAY LGU

Janiuay municipal hall on 2-day lockdown

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ILOILO – The municipal hall of Janiuay town is on a two-day lockdown starting Monday. A male engineer assigned at the Municipal Engineer’s Office...

20K food packs given to ‘Ulysses’ victims

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ILOILO – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 provided almost 20,000 food packs to local government units (LGUs) badly hit...

Weeklong police ops net 266 fugitives

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Weeklong police operations in Western Visayas led to the arrest of 266 wanted persons, according to the Police Regional Office 6...
The coronavirus pandemic is challenging the Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. to think out of the box as it prepares to stage Dinagyang Festival in January 2021. There will be no live performances of participating tribes. Performances will be pre-recorded for broadcasting on social media. PN PHOTO

DIGITAL DINAGYANG: Pandemic won’t derail Iloilo City’s top festival

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Dinagyang Festival 2021 is going digital. “We are ready to start the drums beating,” declared Atty. Joebert Peñaflorida, president of the Iloilo...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, PRO-6 spokesperson

Bolivar illegal drug group dismantled, says PRO-6

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ILOILO City – The group of Western Visayas’ top drug suspect Ernesto “Erning” Bolivar has been deemed dismantled by the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6). “Seventy...
A composite team of the Iloilo City government running after erring establishments padlocks this restaurant/bar on Muelle Loney Street for violating community quarantine guidelines, particularly the ban on alcoholic drinks. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

City gov’t may close all restaurants, bars

Iloilo
ILOILO City – “We might have to close all resto bars starting tomorrow up to the end of the month.” Mayor Jerry Treñas said this...
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