Pag-IBIG Fund finances homes of 16,975 low-wage workers in 2020
Pag-IBIG Fund financed socialized housing loans of 16,975 members belonging to the minimum-wage and low-income sectors in 2020 despite the pandemic, its top executives...
Over 90K Ileco ‘lifeline’ consumers get aid from ‘Pantawid Liwanag’
ILOILO City – The “Pantawid Liwanag” program Phase 1 of the Iloilo Electric Cooperative (Ileco) I, II and III benefited over 90,000 consumers in...
IPPO nets 91 fugitives, 65 loose guns in January
ILOILO City – For the month of January, the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) was able to arrest a total of 91 wanted persons.
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Ceres drivers, conductors hold strike, demand return of P56 allowance
BACOLOD City — About 20 drivers and conductors of Ceres bus operated by Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) mounted a strike in the in Victorias...
UP alumnus Defensor rues ditching of UP-DND accord
ILOILO – Keeping the security accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) would have been better...
DOH: Children aged 5, 10 among patients of new COVID variant
MANILA – Children aged five and 10 years old are among those infected with the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) variant in Bontoc, Mountain...
Front streets to frontlines
NO CROWDS. No drum rolls. No loud cheers and claps from live audience. This year’s Dinagyang Festival is very unusual for longtime performers at...
Dinagyang invades cyberspace
This year’s Dinagyang Festival goes virtual, allowing everyone – may they be in the city or otherwise – to join in the celebration safely...
That Dinagyang show
WITH the virtual Dinagyang celebrations this weekend, and with Facebook memories throwing back things at me, I thought I should just rerun this piece...
Come Home to AweSM Iloilo
All roads lead closer to home as the City of Love celebrates Dinagyang 2021, with events prepared to ensure strict protocols and complete experience...