Iloilo Provincial Capitol

Capitol ramps up stringent entry policies amid virus threat

ILOILO – The provincial government has enforced stringent policies on the entry of employees, visitors and clients at the provincial capitol amid the coronavirus disease 2019...
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Cancel mass events or face punishment – Treñas

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas warned those intending to defy his order prohibiting mass gatherings as a precautionary measure against the possible spread of the...
Proclamation 922 which puts the country under a state of public health emergency due to the novel coronavirus outbreak has triggered the implementation of a nationwide price freeze. Photo shows a woman checking prices at a grocery store in Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Price freeze: DTI warns profiteers

ILOILO – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced a nationwide price freeze on basic necessities pursuant to the Price Act or Republic Act 7581...
An electricity consumer in Iloilo City visits MORE Electric and Power Corp.’s Customer Services Office on General Luna Street to start the processing of her electrical connection. The city’s new power distributor assures all consumers of much easier and less cumbersome requirements. Getting electricity should not be complicated, it stresses.

ERC: MORE IS LEGIT | Commission’s website announces CPCN grant

ILOILO City – To dispel yet again the confusion as to which company is the legitimate power distributor here, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) announced in...
Students wearing protective masks during a school activity in Manila. AP

No classes in Iloilo City for 2 weeks

ILOILO City – From March 16 to 31 there will be no classes in all levels in both public and private schools here. It is a...
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‘Public safety should factor in holding events’

ILOILO City – The safety of citizens must be the first consideration of local government units (LGUs) in holding or canceling tourism events, stressed Director Helen...
Cong. Julienne Baronda. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Iloilo City solon, councilor quarantine vs COVID-19

ILOILO City – Cong. Julienne Baronda is currently on home quarantine. According to Baronda, on March 9 she had a meeting with Secretary Wendel Avisado of the...

DepEd-Iloilo foregoes graduation rites

ILOILO – To protect students, parents and teachers from possibly getting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Education’s (DepEd) Schools Division of Iloilo ordered...
Atty. Allana Mae Babayen-on

MORE POWER CRIES SABOTAGE: 38 electric meters ‘deliberately’ destroyed

ILOILO City – These past days 38 electric meters were reported broken to MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power). The new power distributor believed the...
A personnel of MORE Electric and Power Corp. mans the switchboard of the power substation in Barangay Bolilao, Mandurriao, Iloilo City. The new power distributor has taken control of all power substations in Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

No official order for MORE Power CPCN – ERC exec

ILOILO City – Contrary to what had been announced these past few days, MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) owned by ports magnate Enrique Razon...