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No mobile phone signal jamming at Dinagyang 2024

BY MARY JOY CAVAÑAS ILOILO City - Mayor Jerry Treñas has assured the public that there will be no mobile phone signal jamming during the...
Leganes won first runner-up in this year’s Search for Most Persons with Disability-Friendly and Inclusive Municipalities in Iloilo province. Photo shows the town’s representatives receiving the P30,000 cash prize and plaque of recognition from Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. and Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office officials. PN FILE PHOTO

How PWD-friendly is Iloilo province?

ILOILO – The province has around 30,000 persons with disabilities (PWDs). How effective is the implementation of the laws that give them protection and...
The high dam Of the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project Stage II has finally attained its designed height at 109 meters tall or at elevation 194 meters above sea level. NIA-6 Photo

Construction of three JRMP II dams ‘considerably completed’

ILOILO – The construction of the three major dam components of the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project Stage II (JRMP II) in Calinog, Iloilo is...

20 Iloilo LGUs feted for solid waste mgt initiatives

ILOILO – Twenty local government units (LGUs) were recognized by the Iloilo Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office (PGENRO) for their efforts, initiatives...
CURE FROM THE DEEP. One of the features of the Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park shown in this 2013 photo holds promise as a source of microorganisms that can be used to develop antibiotics and anticancer drugs. File photo by YVETTE LEE

ILOILO RESEARCHERS SEE POTENTIAL FOR DRUG DEVELOPMENT; Marine bacteria in Tubbataha show anti-cancer properties

FOR THE LAST five years, scientists from the University of San Agustin (USA) in Iloilo province have been combing the country’s oceans for microorganisms...
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SOCE submission slow in Iloilo City

ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Region 6 has issued a reminder to all candidates from the Oct. 30 barangay and...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. leads the blessing, inauguration and unveiling of the marker of the Balay Pagbag-o for children in conflict with the law at Ramon Tabiana Memorial District Hospital compound in Cabatuan, Iloilo. BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO PHOTOS

‘Balay Pagbag-o’ to cater children in conflict with the law

ILOILO – The first residential care facility in the province is now ready to house children in conflict with the law (CICL). Last week, Gov....
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Former PNP chief Cascolan dies at 59

ILOILO City – Retired Police General Camilo Pancratius Pascua Cascolan, former chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and undersecretary of the Department of...

MARINA-6 suspends distressed fast craft ops

BACOLOD City – The Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) Region 6 has issued a temporary suspension order for M/V Weesam Express 6 following its breakdown...
Iloilo City – the “Bike Capital of the Philippines” – is hosting this year’s National Bike Day Awards and Recognition from Nov. 24 to 26. ILOILO CITY GOVERNMENT PHOTO

Iloilo City is gold awardee for mobility anew

ILOILO City – This southern city was again recognized as one of the Most Bicycle-Friendly Cities in the Philippines for 2023 and awarded as...