‘DAGYANG TA!’ ‘Dagyang sa Calle Real’ seen to attract thousands

ILOILO City – Today’s pioneering “Dagyang sa Calle Real” event aims to bring back the ‘80s and ‘90s merrymaking vibe of the 52-year-old Dinagyang Festival. It...
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‘Dinagyang not an excuse to smoke’

ILOILO City – “The festival is not an excuse to smoke. Leave your smoking paraphernalia at home and enjoy the Dinagyang fully.” Better heed this advice of...
ILONGGA BEAUTIES. The winners of last night’s Miss Iloilo 2020 at the West Visayas State University Cultural Center flash megawatt smiles. From left: second runner-up Sharamie Apuli Solocio; Miss Iloilo-Binibining Pilipinas 2020 Karen Laurrie Bano Mendoza; Miss Iloilo-Universe 2020 Rabiya Occeña Mateo; Miss Iloilo-World 2020 Ann Roxal Dedel Palmares; and first runner-up Kheshapornam Empedrad Ramachandran. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Ms. Iloilo 2020: 3 ‘heartfelt beauties’ bag top crowns

BY EDENBERG NIELO ILOILO City – One is a firm believer in education as a ticket to success. Another champions protecting Mother Earth while another...
A member of the Philippine National Police investigation unit shows confiscated methamphetamine, known locally as shabu, along with Philippine peso bills seized from suspected drug pushers during an operation by the police in Quiapo, Manila on July 3, 2016. REUTERS

P.7-M ‘Dinagyang shabu’ seized

ILOILO City – Methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) worth P765,000 was seized from two drug suspects in Purok 5, Barangay San Vicente, Leganes, Iloilo yesterday. The shabu was intended...
Classified as an international airport, the Iloilo Airport is the first airport in both Western Visayas and the island of Panay to be built to international standards. Designed to accommodate 1.2 million passengers a year over a decade ago, it is poised for expansion as it now serves 2.4 million passengers annually. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘CORONAVIRUS ALERT’: Iloilo Airport tightens quarantine protocols

ILOILO City – Joining the rest of the world in heightening measures to prevent the spread of a new corovirus from China, the Iloilo Airport in...

Same guns used in Jaro, La Paz killings?

ILOILO City – Were the men who shot to death a call center agent in Barangay Cuartero, Jaro district a little past noon on Jan. 19...
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Dinagyang 2020: 18 schools vie for top honors in drum, lyre tilt

ILOILO City – Eighteen elementary and secondary schools from this city and province of Iloilo are competing in today’s “Tambor, Trumpa, Martsa, Musika” contest, one of...

For clean Dinagyang Festival: 300 trash bins, 62 portable toilets

ILOILO City – In a bid to make this year’s Dinagyang Festival garbage- and stink-free, the city government will be positioning 300 trash bins and 62...

More motorcycle cops to patrol city at night

ILOILO City – More policemen on motorcycles would be patrolling the city at night. Their tasks are to maintain peace and order and secure, among others, people...
TIGHT SCREENING. As two alert airport security personnel watch, newly-arrived airline passengers pick up their baggage from conveyors after undergoing x-ray inspection at the Iloilo Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo. The Bureau of Quarantine has deployed personnel in all airports to screen travelers as authorities try to prevent the entry of a mystery virus from China. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

IS ILOILO READY? Exec sounds ‘virus alarm’ as Dinagyang draws near

ILOILO City – Does the city government have “screening and sanitation systems” to protect people from the possible entry of a new virus from China that...