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4 more Iloilo LGUs achieve ‘zero open defecation’ status

ILOILO – Three more municipalities and a component city in this province achieved “zero open defecation” status before 2018 ended. Residents stopped the unhygienic...

‘LAWFUL PROPAGANDA’: Comelec presses for ‘fair election campaign’

ILOILO – Midterm election candidates and their supporters not following campaign rules and regulations may be charged with violating the Fair Elections Act (Republic...

GMA: Iloilo’s flood control ‘backbone of progress’

ILOILO City – Former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo hailed the Iloilo flood control project constructed during her administration as the backbone of the progress currently...

Miag-ao’s fruit bats as tourist attractions?

ILOILO – The southern municipality of Miag-ao is famous for its fortress church, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But there is more to the town...

Poll candidates linked to illegal gambling, drugs

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is being swamped with phone calls and text messages linking several midterm election candidates to...
Photo shows the façade of the Iloilo City Hall in Iloilo City Proper. The Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index 2018 results recently awarded Iloilo City first place as the most improved local government unit for highly urbanized city (HUC) with Bacolod City ranked third. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo City gov’t to build ‘disaster command center’

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved Supplemental Budget No. 1 amounting to P50,750,000 for the construction of a multipurpose building on Ortiz...

ICPO to mobilize 250 cops for Paraw Regatta

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) will be mobilizing 250 police personnel to keep the 2019 Paraw Regatta on Feb. 17...

3 more phases of Iloilo River esplanade up for completion

ILOILO City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Iloilo City District Engineering Office (ICDEO) is hastening the completion of three more...

Museum of PH economic history opens in Iloilo City

ILOILO City – The pioneering Museum of Philippine Economic History, administered by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines, opens today at the newly...

Election gun ban: 96 violators nabbed, 182 firearms seized

ILOILO City – A total 96 persons were arrested for violating the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) gun ban across Western Visayas and 182 firearms were...