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Dinagyang ‘Pamukaw’ on Dec. 14

ILOILO City – For an hour on Dec. 14, this city would be rumbling with drums. This Dinagyang Festival 2020 “Pamukaw” aims to kick-start the festive mood...
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

3-HOUR AIRPORT SHUTDOWN LOOMS | CAAP to passengers: Contact your airlines

ILOILO City – Are authorities ready to respond to a terrorist attack at the Iloilo Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo? For three hours on Dec. 14, from...
Iloilo City Hall. Panay News

Salaries of city gov’t workers up 10% in 2020

ILOILO City – Beginning January 2020, the salaries of city government employees would increase by 10 percent. The increase is contained in the P2.7-billion 2020...

House consultation on constitutional reforms held

ILOILO City – The House Committee on Constitutional Amendments held a public consultation on constitutional reforms at the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas yesterday. The vice...

Tricycle vs cargo van: 3 dead, 1 injured

ILOILO City – A tricycle crashed against a cargo van in Barangay San Vicente, Leganes, Iloilo. Three died while one was wounded. The following died...
A pole of Panay Electric Co. dangerously leans in Jaro, Iloilo City. A passing container van hit a dangling cable on Wednesday night, Nov. 13, 2019, inadvertently dragging the pole, according to witnesses. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

OPERATIONAL LAPSES | ERC to PECO: Lives, properties at risk

ILOILO City – Panay Electric Co. (PECO) committed operational and maintenance lapses that endanger consumers’ lives and properties, results of the Energy Regulatory Commission’s (ERC) inspection here...
GLOW IN THE DARK. Glowing Christmas lights attract people to the Iloilo provincial capitol on Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City. The provincial government officially switched on the holiday lights last night, Dec. 2, 2019. Ian Paul Cordero/PN

House rules set for capitol lights visitors

ILOILO – No smoking. No chewing gum. No vendors. These are just some of the dos and don’ts the provincial government enforced inside the Iloilo provincial...

‘Prevendio drug group member’ busted

ILOILO City – A man described by police as an elusive drug suspect was arrested yesterday in a sting operation in Barangay Hibao-an Norte, Mandurriao district. Police...
These centenarians receive P100,000 cash assistance and letters of felicitation from President Rodrigo Duterte during the National Respect for Centenarians Day at a hotel in Iloilo City on Monday. GAIL MOMBLAN/PNA

Centenarians in Iloilo to get more cash incentives

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has unanimously approved an ordinance granting additional benefits and privileges to centenarians in this city. On Thursday, the SP...
Ilonggos Francisco Solis (left), Arnel Mandal and Jessie Aligaga.

Ilonggos score triple golds in SEA Games wushu-sanda

MANILA – Ilonggos Arnel Mandal, Francisco Solis and Jessie Aligaga bagged gold medals each in the wushu-sanda events of the 30th Southeast Asian Games...