Esplanade 1 extension, bypass road inaugurated

BY RUBY SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Two multimillion-peso infrastructure projects – the Iloilo Esplanade 1 Extension and the Nabitasan-San Rafael Bypass Road – were inaugurated yesterday. Aside...

Dueñas traffic aide nabbed for drugs

BY RUBY SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Police arrested a traffic enforcer for allegedly selling prohibited drugs. Officers from the police station in Dueñas, Iloilo staged an...

Iloilo City Charter Day: What happened in 1937?

BY BEN JIMENA ON Aug. 25, 1937 the inauguration of Iloilo City was celebrated with a grand parade that started in front of the Iloilo...

Major streets closed today for Charter Day parade, street dance

BY GLENDA SOLOGASTOA ILOILO City – Several major streets will be closed to traffic today, the 80th anniversary of Iloilo as a charter city. There will...

‘Check health of surrounding communities’

ILOILO City – The two power firms operating coal-fired power plants in Iloilo should have constant monitoring of the health of residents surrounding their...

No more squatting for PhilHealth, DOH

ILOILO – The provincial government has donated two of its lots in Barangay Bolong Oeste, Santa Barbara town for the proposed regional offices of...

9 LGUs get P19.4M for childhood care projects

ILOILO City – The National Nutrition Council (NNC) in Region 6 released P19.4 million worth of checks to nine local government units (LGUs) to...

DoubleDragon to build biggest Mindanao hotel

HOTEL of Asia Inc., a subsidiary of DoubleDragon Properties Corp., has signed a joint venture agreement with Davao-based W2JP2 Corp. to build what is...

City vet creates committee vs bird flu

ILOILO City – Following the bird flu outbreak in Pampanga, the City Veterinarian’s Office created a Committee on Animal Health Protection (CAHP). With the office’s...

Activities restricted at new marine reserve

GUIMARAS – The Sangguniang Bayan of Jordan has declared as a marine protected area (MPA) the waters of Barangay Sinapsapan. Under Municipal Ordinance No. 004-2017,...