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SoKor experts begin design study for landmark WV mega bridges

ILOILO City – South Korean consultants recently visited Panay Island, including Negros Occidental, as part of the process to determine the most suitable detailed...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. joins the Tribu Kapitolyo, a representative of the Iloilo Provincial Government that performed as a non-competing tribe during the Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan on Saturday, Jan. 27. BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO FACEBOOK PHOTO

Iloilo prov’l gov’t to elevate Kasadyahan standards with rigorous selection process

ILOILO – To enhance the performances of competing tribes in the Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan 2025, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. announced that a panel will...
Colorful paraws set off from the shoreline of Arevalo district in Iloilo City during last year’s main sailing event of the Paraw Regatta Festival. PN FILE PHOTO

Paraw Regatta to hoist sails from Feb. 25 to March 3

BY GEROME M. DALIPE IV ILOILO City – Touted as the oldest and largest traditional craft event in Asia, the Paraw Regatta Festival will hoist...
Mayor Jerry Treñas urges business permit applicants to be vigilant amid reports of fake business permits circulating in Iloilo City. ILOILO CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

Joint city-capitol damage suit to be filed vs NGCP

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – A joint complaint will be filed this month by the city and provincial governments of Iloilo against the...
Bingawan’s Mayor Mark Palabrica receives the Gawad KALASAG Seal of Excellence under the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils and Offices category during the regional awarding ceremony at the Casa Real de Iloilo on Feb. 2. Also in photo are Office of Civil Defense Region 6 director Raul E. Fernandez, Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) division chief Ma. Aletha Nogra, Iloilo’s Provincial Administrator Raul Banias, and Provincial DRRM officer Cornelio Salinas. PHOTO COURTESY OF RAUL BANIAS

Iloilo, 18 LGUs get Gawad KALASAG Seal of Excellence

ILOILO – The province of Iloilo and 18 of its local government units (LGUs) were awardees for the 23rd Gawad KALASAG Seal of Excellence...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Ethan Estaya, Traffic Enforcement Unit chief of the Iloilo City Police Office, says their task is to investigate road incidents while the Iloilo City Traffic Management Unit is assigned to ensure that the roads and lanes have a good flow of riders and vehicles. RADYO BANDERA ILOILO FACEBOOK PHOTO

Parties in fatal crash face-off today

MA. THERESA LADIAO ILOILO City – Jeepney driver Morito Soliguen and the family of Jeymar Fortaleza, the graduating college student who died in a car...
“Sa akon pagtan-aw, we will not realize our dream of having this (Iloilo-Guimaras_ bridge. One year from now, ban na sang public works (due to the 2022 election). Sa akon nga tan-aw indi na ina mapursige o ma-umpisahan sa administrasyon ni Presidente Duterte,” says Sen. Franklin Drilon.

Whatever happens to Drilon’s anti-red tagging bill?

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – As calls for its abolition are mounting, the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC)...
The International Container Terminal Services, Inc. (ICTSI) clinched the deal to redevelop and operate the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) in Iloilo City. The port (seen in this photo) will be renamed Visayas Container Terminal after handover to the ICTSI. PHOTO COURTESY OF PHILIPPINE PORTS AUTHORITY

SOON: MODERN ILOILO PORT; Treñas: World-class facility to boost WV’’s economic growth

ILOILO City – The wait for the redevelopment of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) here is over. The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has finally...
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CIDG-6 urges public to report social media ‘romance scams’

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – Scammers never sleep and often take advantage of special occasions like the love month. With the advent of technology,...
Chinese lanterns adorn Iznart Street in Iloilo City as the Filipino-Chinese community in the city prepares to celebrate Chinese New Year, which falls on Saturday, Feb. 10. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Ilonggo ‘Tsinoys’ to celebrate 20th Chinese New Year

ILOILO City – All is set for the Filipino-Chinese community’s New Year celebration in this city. Poised as “the grandest ever”, the celebration anchors on...