Molo fire victims received P5,000 cash aid from the Iloilo City Government on Tuesday, Feb. 7. ILOILO CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

Molo fire victims get cash aid from city gov’t

ILOILO City – The city government released yesterday an initial financial assistance to 300 families displaced by the Jan. 28 fire in barangays West...
World Resources Institute (WRI) president and chief executive officer Ani Dasgupta (leftmost) presented the runner-up trophy to Sonia Cadornigara (3rd from left), regional coordinator of Homeless People’s Federation of the Philippines, Inc. for Iloilo City; architect ArrJay Rubinos (2nd from left); and Ericka Nava (rightmost) during the 2021-2022 WRI Ross Center Prize for Cities awarding ceremony in New York City on Feb. 1 2023. NEW YORK PM PHOTO

SOLE AWARDEE FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA; Iloilo City wins int’l award for housing and urban...

ILOILO City – This southern city has won an international award in New York for its “Participatory Housing and Urban Development” project. It is...
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WV logs 57 bullying cases in schools for SY 21-22

ILOILO City – In school year 2021-2022, the Department of Education (DepEd) in Western Visayas recorded 57 cases of bullying in public schools. Here is...
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PRO-6 chief to city, prov’l police directors: Intensify internal security operations

ILOILO City – The director of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) ordered provincial and city police directors, including municipal police station chiefs, across...
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Solid waste management plans of 3 Iloilo towns pending approval

ILOILO – Three towns in this province are yet to secure approval for their 10-year solid waste management plans. These are Guimbal, San Joaquin...
This is the Ungka II flyover at the junction of the Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue and the Felix Gorriceta Jr. Avenue in the municipality of Pavia, Iloilo. PHOTO COURTESY OF DPWH REGION 6

Widened Ungka road to open next week

ILOILO – Motorists and the riding public have to wait for one more week before they could use the widened road along the Ungka...
The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Iloilo, during a committee hearing on Feb. 1, recommended to the National Telecommunications Commission and telecommunications companies to upgrade their devices to ensure the proper implementation of signal jamming. IME SORNITO/PN

SP to NTC, telcos: Upgrade your devices

ILOILO – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) recommended to the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and telecommunications companies to upgrade their devices to ensure the proper...
Police Major Shella Mae Sangrines, spokesperson of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO)

75 Mandurriao, 15 CDEU cops relieved

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – Aside from the six city police station chiefs, 75 police personnel of the Mandurriao police station and 15...
The 62-year-old No. 1 most wanted man of Western Visayas was arrested in Cabuyao, Laguna on Feb. 2. He is now detained at the Pototan police station in Iloilo. ICPO PHOTO

W. Visayas’ No. 1 most wanted nabbed

BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Western Visayas’ No. 1 most wanted man – a former member of the Philippine Marine Corps – was...
Over 300 fire-displaced families from barangays West Habog-Habog and San Juan, Molo, Iloilo City each received P10,000 cash assistance yesterday. Rep. Julienne "Jamjam" Baronda facilitated the distribution of a total of P3.1 million from the offices of Sen. Christopher “Bong” Go and House Speaker Martin Romualdez. GLENDA TAYONA/PN

Molo fire victims get P10K initial financial aid

ILOILO City – An initial batch of financial assistance was released to fire victims in barangays West Habog-Habog and San Juan, Molo district yesterday...