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Friday, January 31, 2025

Rural Update

Filipinos are all over the world, but…

IT IS INTERESTING to note that Filipinos are almost everywhere in the world. We did not expect that Wuhan, China has many Filipinos working and also settled...

‘Pasungay’ is fun, let us invite everyone

WE ARE sharing our thoughts in this column on the Pasungay event in San Joaquin, Iloilo which has been cancelled as a fiesta event because of...

Iloilo expanding; traffic should get priority attention

WE CAN see that Iloilo’s business has expanded considerably. You will note the increased number of cars on the streets or parked at the malls. Imagine,...

Preparedness in our barangays

WITH the eruption of Taal Volcano in the province of Batangas that caused residents to leave their homes and seek shelter in public buildings like gymnasiums...

Promote Iloilo’s products at Dinagyang

DINAGYANG 2020 has announced its schedule of activities from Jan. 10 to 26. It includes an Arts Festival; the 3rd National Bamboo Music Festival; a Miss...

The festivals are coming: Welcome to Iloilo!

WE WILL welcome the New Year 2O2O tomorrow. What can we look forward to? We will continue to import rice for our consumption requirements. We have a new Secretary of Agriculture in the person of William Dar...

Ferry service at the river

WE READ from a national daily that the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority or MMDA, in order to reduce traffic in the metropolis, is again launching the...

Iloilo City won another award

WITH Iloilo City recently winning an “Asean Clean Tourist City” award together with San Carlos City in Negros Occ., we believe our congresswoman Julienne Baronda will...

Pole fires are just maintenance problems

ILOILO City congresswoman Julienne Baronda is asking the House of Representatives to probe Iloilo’s pole fires. With due respect to our congresswoman, we quite disagree with this...

Ilonggos in Metro Manila should come home

ILONGGOS are one of the bigger groups of provincianos in Metro Manila. By their nature they are good mixers and they live wherever convenient for their...