UP student crowned Dinagyang queen
ILOILO City – In this city’s annual search for “timeless beauty (and) exceptional heart”, a 20-year-old lass stood out and won the crown.
Among 15...
‘Join Dinagyang religious sadsad today’
ILOILO City – Dinagyang Festival’s religious sadsad (worship dance) in honor of the Santo Niño (Child Jesus) will be staged this afternoon in front...
Iloilo City mayor blasts Dinagyang ticket racket
ILOILO City – Some Dinagyang Festival complimentary tickets are being illegally sold – and exorbitantly.
Mayor Jose Espinosa III said he was disappointed that these...
SP hearings on 2019 Iloilo budget to end March yet
ILOILO – Due to the slow action of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s (SP) appropriations committee, the provincial government is currently operating on a reenacted 2018...
‘PRACTICE SAFE SEX’: Free condoms, HIV test during Dinagyang
ILOILO City – A nongovernment organization is promoting safe sex this Dinagyang Festival. Today it will start distributing free condoms. Free HIV (human immunodeficiency...
Señor Santo Niño fluvial procession today
ILOILO City – Around a thousand devotees are expected to join this afternoon’s fluvial procession in honor of the Señor Santo Niño.
The procession, one...
4 armed men kill Prevendido ‘hit man’
ILOILO City – Four armed men shot in Barangay Tolarucan, Mina, Iloilo yesterday a man believed to have worked for slain drug lord Richard...
Dinagyang drum and lyre tilt attracts 20 schools
ILOILO City – Twenty schools are competing in today’s drum and lyre contest “Tambor, Trumpa, Martsa, Musika”, one of the features of the annual...
‘BEWARE OF DINAGYANG HECKLERS’
ILOIO City – Politicians running for national elective posts this midterm elections must keep their speeches short during the Dinagyang Festival or risk being...
NTC approves mobile phone signal jamming
ILOILO City – The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has approved the request of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) for the temporary suspension of...