CORONICA

10-day Dinagyang gun ban starts Jan. 19

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) reminded the public that the 10-day gun ban for the Dinagyang Festival 2024 will begin...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. and Provincial Population Office head Atty. Ruel Von Superio, together with Mayor Darwin Bajada of San Dionisio led the groundbreaking ceremony of a leveled-up version of the teen center building at Nicomedes R. Tubar Sr. National High School. I CHANNEL MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION PHOTO

Leveled-up teen center to rise in 5th District

ILOILO – Improved versions of the teen center buildings will be built in the towns of Balasan and San Dionisio in the province’s 5th...
CANDIDO

BFP-6 on high alert for potential Dinagyang fires

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Fire Station is on high alert for potential fire incidents during the 2024 Dinagyang Festival. Bureau of Fire Protection...
A total of 228,984 dogs in Iloilo province have been vaccinated as of Dec. 31, 2023, data from the Provincial Veterinary Office showed. PHOTO COURTESY OF PNA

Iloilo-wide dog vaccination to begin on Feb. 1

ILOILO – The Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) is urging dog owners to participate in a province-wide mass dog vaccination campaign starting Feb. 1, in...
Spectators troop to the second Dinagyang Festival judging area, particularly in front of the Casa Real de Iloilo, during the opening salvo on Friday, Jan. 12. IME SORNITO/PN

‘Clean as you go during Dinagyang’

ILOILO – The Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office (PGENRO) is urging attendees of the Dinagyang Festival to adhere to the Clean As...
Police Regional Office 6 director Brigadier General Sidney Villaflor says they are proposing to the Iloilo City Government a focused, limited signals jamming during specific highlights of the Dinagyang Festival. AJ PALCULLO/PN

PRO-6 to city gov’t: Consider signal shutdown on Dinagyang 

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO, JEN BAYLON & MARY JOY CAVAÑAS ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) will be appealing to the Iloilo...
Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, head of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office, says hand-foot-and-mouth disease is manageable if patients consult with health facilities promptly.

Iloilo confronts 540% increase in Hand-Foot-and-Mouth Disease cases

ILOILO – This province recorded a significant increase in hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) cases in 2023, with a total of 3,497 reported from Jan. 1...
Coronica

Revelers reminded of Dinagyang dos and don’ts

BY JEN BAYLON ILOILO City – As Dinagyang draws near, the festival organizer and police authorities have set guidelines to ensure safer merrymaking. Police Lieutenant Colonel...
Mayor Jerry Treñas officially declares the opening of the Dinagyang Festival 2024 during the opening salvo on Friday, Jan. 12. ILOILO CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

P25-M worth of school projects await Dinagyang grand winner

BY MARY JOY CAVAÑAS ILOILO City – Eight school-based “tribes” are seeing action in the ati-atihan competition of the Dinagyang Festival on Jan. 28. The school...
Hundreds of cops from the Iloilo Police Provincial Office will be deployed in Iloilo City during the Dinagyang Festival. Photo shows police and coast guard personnel securing Friday’s opening salvo. ILOILO CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

Hundreds of IPPO personnel to augment Dinagyang peacekeepers

ILOILO – More than 300 personnel from the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) will augment the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) in maintaining peace...