Dueñas man nabbed for qualified rape by sexual assault

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ILOILO — Officers of the Dueñas Municipal Police Station (MPS) apprehended one of the municipality's most wanted men. The 55-year-old alias "Tatay Ado,” married and...
Iloilo Dinagyang Festival artistic director Prof. Eric Divinagracia says this year’s competing Ati tribes may extend their props as much as they want. “There is no size limitation anymore once they are performing,” he adds. In 2024 edition of Dinagyang, Tribu Silak of Iloilo City National High School missed out on major awards due to its oversized crow-shaped prop. ILOILO CITY GOVERNMENT PHOTO

NO LIMITS, BIGGER SHOW: Dinagyang Festival organizers scrap prop size cap in Ati tribes...

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ILOILO City – The bigger, the better. Competing contingents in the Dinagyang Festival 2026 Ati tribes competition will face no size limits on props...
“The new ecozones will bring economic opportunities closer to Filipinos. Ibig sabihin, mas maraming trabaho ang naghihintay sa Batangas, Iloilo, at mga kalapit na lugar,” says Executive Secretary Ralph Recto.

PBBM OKs new Iloilo ecozone to boost regional jobs

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MANILA – The administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has cleared the creation and expansion of two Special Economic Zones in Iloilo and...

Probe sought on legality of homestead titles in Iloilo City’s mangrove areas

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ILOILO City – Concerns have been raised over the issuance of homestead patent titles covering vast tracts of mangrove areas in this city, prompting...

New ICPO officer-in-charge named amid security shake-up as Dinagyang nears

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ILOILO City — The Philippine National Police (PNP) has installed a new officer-in-charge in the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) amid a broader command...
“Ang vehicular accidents are such a burden on our health care system… Ang gasto natin sa hospital sa mga vehicular accidents na dapat wala naman, malaki ’yan,” says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo Province.

‘Vehicular crashes a public safety threat’

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ILOILO – Alarmed by the continued rise in vehicular crashes in the province, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has ordered the Iloilo Police Provincial Office...
The Iloilo City Government urged Dinagyang revelers to use the designated garbage areas and be mindful of the city’s plants and greenery. Photo shows people walking on Iznart Street in City Proper district before the start of the Dinagyang Festival opening salvo on Jan. 10, 2025. ILOILO CITY TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT OFFICE PHOTO

DENR warns of festival waste surge; urges strict segregation ahead of Dinagyang, Ati-atihan

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ILOILO – With tens of thousands of revelers expected to flock to Iloilo City and Kalibo, Aklan for the Dinagyang and Ati-Atihan festivals, respectively...
Built in 1866 and dedicated to San Nicolas de Tolentino, the church of Cabatuan, Iloilo is believed to have sustained damage possibly triggered by a series of earthquakes in recent months, which authorities say may have loosened sections of its masonry. Widening cracks on the right belfry tower are also suspected to be earthquake-related. PHOTOS OF SAN NICOLAS DE TOLENTINO CHURCH OF CABATUAN, ILOILO FROM NEREO LUJAN

NHCP flags structural risks at Cabatuan church; orders engineering, soil studies after quakes

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ILOILO – The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) has warned of possible structural risks at the centuries-old Cabatuan Catholic Church and is...
This undated photo taken by the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force catches fishermen using the prohibited ring net in northern Iloilo’s waters. A ring net is a surrounding net the form of which is intermediate hybrid between a purse seine and a lampara net: like on a purse seine, rings at the lower edge of the net allow using a purse line to close it under the fish (pursing) and like on a lampara net, there is a central bunt (with smaller mesh) in which the capture concentrates as the two wings are hauled together and the leadline being shorter than the floatline give somehow a spoon-shape as in lamapara net. ILOILO PROVINCIAL BANTAY DAGAT PHOTO

BFAR-6 moves to enforce ban on fine-mesh nets, warns of worsening fish stock decline

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ILOILO — Alarmed by the continuing depletion of fish stocks in the Visayan Sea, the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources...

CITY SEEKS CLEAN SLATE AT ICDEO: Treñas, councilors press transparency, coordination

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ILOILO City – City government officials are calling for stronger transparency, accountability, and coordination at the Iloilo City District Engineering Office (ICDEO) following the...
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