ILOILO CITY BRACES FOR HIGH-RISK SCENARIOS: Authorities wary of Dinagyang crowd surges, bomb scares,...
ILOILO City – With up to 50,000 people expected to converge here for the peak of the Dinagyang Festival next week, authorities have placed...
Red Cross mulls child-friendly spaces at major Dinagyang Festival venues
ILOILO City – With massive crowds expected to pack major Dinagyang Festival venues, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) Iloilo Chapter is setting up dedicated...
Another Iloilo barangay captain falls in drug sting; police seize P6.46-M shabu
ILOILO — A barangay captain was arrested in a high-value drug buy-bust operation that netted nearly a kilo of suspected shabu worth an estimated...
LTO-6 scraps roadside license seizure, shifts to digital ‘alarm’ system for violators
ILOILO — Roadside confiscation of driver’s licenses ends in Western Visayas starting this January 26.
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region 6 will implement new...
8 towns vie for P1.2-M top prize in Dinagyang’s Kasadyahan contest
ILOILO — With higher stakes and intensified competition, the Iloilo provincial government has confirmed that the champion of the Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan, one of...
Iloilo eyes modular, district-level waste-to-energy facilities under PPP
ILOILO — Facing rising waste volumes and mounting pressure to modernize disposal systems, the Iloilo provincial government is considering a public-private partnership (PPP) to...
Dinagyang’s La Paz judging area to expand spectator access
ILOILO City – Responding to soaring public demand ahead of Dinagyang Festival, the Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) will be adding more than 400...
‘Empowered na ako’: Ati leader finds new voice through innovative healthcare initiative
ILOILO — For years, Leonisa Lumangyao, leader of the Dacal Ati Association, knew the limits of healthcare in her community. Among the Ati, first...
Jaro fiesta opening salvo to trigger road closures this Jan. 17
ILOILO City – Major roads surrounding Jaro Plaza will be closed this Saturday afternoon, January 17, as the Iloilo City government rolls out traffic...
Family driver arrested in Badiangan; P408-K worth of illegal drugs seized
ILOILO City — Authorities apprehended a family driver in Badiangan, Iloilo, after seizing an estimated P408,000 worth of suspected shabu during an anti-illegal drug...