418,079 tourists visited Iloilo City from Jan. to July
ILOILO City – From January to July
this year 418,079 tourists – 400,640 domestic and 17,439 foreign – visited this
city, partial data from the Department...
To curb rice price drop, NFA urged to buy more
ILOILO – To help farmers overcome the
deluge of imported rice that has caused prices to drop, the National Food
Authority (NFA) has been urged to...
RIGHT TO TRAVEL: Iloilo City gov’t can’t stop Badjaos from returning
ILOILO City – The city government
would be deporting to Jolo, Sulu all mendicant Badjaos next month via a
Philippine Air Force C-130 airplane. But this...
No renewal of senior citizens’ IDs
ILOILO City – The Office of the Senior
Citizens Affairs (OSCA) here clarified to members there is no renewal of their
identification cards (IDs).
What is going...
Armed men torch construction company’s heavy equipment
ILOILO – Armed men believed to be
members of the New People’s Army (NPA) set on fire the heavy equipment of a
construction company on Wednesday...
WANTED: 149 WV FREED CONVICTS
ILOILO City – A total of 149
convicts from Western Visayas have been released by the Bureau of
Corrections (BuCor) since 2013 in line with the Good...
DILG to barangay execs: Where are your ‘lakbay aral’ action plans?
ILOILO City – Barangay officials who
participated in a recent five-day lakbay
aral (study tour) in Olongapo City and Bataan province must submit “reentry
action plans”, according...
All Iloilo LGUs to have waste mgt plans soon
ILOILO – Before this year is over, all
local government units (LGUs) here – 42 municipalities and one component city –
are expected to have 10-year...
Renaming of coastal road after deceased congressman pushed
ILOILO – Provincial Board member Rolando Distura has proposed the
renaming of the Iloilo City-Leganes-Dumangas coastal road to the Cong. Narciso
Dolar Monfort Boulevard.
The late Monfort,...
Motorcycle-riding gunmen shoot farmer
ILOILO City – A 72-year-old farmer was
shot to death by two motorcycle-riding gunmen yesterday in Barangay Cabugao
Norte, Santa Barbara, Iloilo.
Police believed land dispute sparked
the...