Eliza Consuelo H. Bellones, a Grade 10 student of the Philippine Science High School - Western Visayas, is this year’s Iloilo City girl mayor for the Boys’ and Girls’ Week celebration from Nov. 14 to 18.

Girl mayor wants more legislations for CICLs

ILOILO City – Girl mayor Eliza Consuelo H. Bellones wants more programs and legislations that would help children in conflict with the law (CICL)...
Atty. Raymundo Torres Pandan’s “Bittersweetland” won the grand prize in the 2022 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards - Novel Category. BCD PIO FACEBOOK PAGE PHOTO

Bacolod lawyer bags Palanca gold for novel

BACOLOD City – Bacolodnon lawyer and professor Raymundo Torres Pandan won the grand prize in the 2022 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards (CPMA) – Novel...
St. John De Nepomoceno – a century-old church – in Anini-y, Antique sustained cracks after a 4.8 earthquake jolted the southern part of the province on Friday morning, Nov. 11. WILLIE EIMAR FB PHOTO

Earthquake damages century-old church in Anini-y

ILOILO City – A magnitude 4.8 earthquake jolted the southern part of Antique province around 7:16 a.m. on Friday. According to the Philippine Institute of...

Lechon fest seen to spare hog raisers vs ASF

ILOILO City – To help hog growers earn amid the threat of the African Swine Fever (ASF), the Iloilo provincial government will launch a...
Ariel Joseph Alegarbes of Victorias City, Negros Occidental wins gold medal in the men’s 50-meter butterfly para-swimming in the ongoing Virtus Oceania Asia Games 2022 in Brisbane, Australia. SENERI ONAIROS FB PHOTO

NegOcc para-athletes bag awards in int’l tilts

BACOLOD City – The Philippine Sports Commission said that two Negrosanons para-athletes gave pride not just to their province but also to the country...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. encourages the Ilonggos to deposit their e-waste in the dropbox at the Iloilo provincial capitol lobby. ILOILO PROVINCIAL CAPITOL PIO PHOTO

Iloilo launches proper e-waste disposal initiative

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) kicked off its campaign for proper e-waste disposal with its newly-launched...
The Panay Bukidnon in Barangay Panuran, Lambunao, Iloilo celebrated their first ever Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. LAMBUNAO TOURISM FB PAGE PHOTO

IP Day highlights Panay Bukidnon culture preservation

ILOILO City – Indigenous People’s (IPs) Day – celebrated for the first time by the Panay Bukidnon in Barangay Panuran, Lambunao, Iloilo – served as...
Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

City council rejects proposed ‘Native Trees Act’

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) junked the proposed ordinance which aims to promote and protect native tree species. During Wednesday’s regular session, none of...

Ajuy food poisoning victim tests positive for COVID-19

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – One of the students of Pili National High School in Ajuy, Iloilo confined at the Sara District Hospital due...
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Treñas ready to suspend LPTRP ‘forever’ if…

ILOILO City – If the Department of Transportation (DOTr) won’t approve the city government’s proposed amendments to the Local Public Transport Route Plan (LPTRP),...