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Iloilo City
Friday, January 31, 2025

Rural Update

Good news and bad news

IT IS GOOD that we have more of the good news lately than bad news. Two consecutive events for Iloilo attracted nationwide attention and they should...

Memories

TWO VERY important family holidays have been observed by Filipino Catholics nationwide in November. All Saints’ Day comes on Nov. 1 and followed by All Souls’...

New DPWH projects will lease traffic in our country

WE ARE happy that the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) will build flyovers starting with one at the intersection of Sen. Benigno Aquino Jr. Avenue and the 14-km...

Need full implementation of our city mayor’s programs

WITH the needs of the City of Iloilo and the important priorities spelled out by Mayor Jerry P. Treñas immediately upon his election to office, we...

What happened to the city mayor’s programs?

IMMEDIATELY after the elections in May 2019, Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas announced the priorities of his administration, which we quote again below: 1. build a hospital...

Sailing on a stormy sea

WHEN we were with Couples for Christ (CFC) as Area Head for Guimaras province in the ‘90s, we crossed the Iloilo Strait every weekend for 12...

Transport option better left to Guimarasnons

WITH GUIMARAS boat operators not able to afford fiberglass or steel-hulled boats, we believe that what transport to use may be left to the Guimarasnons to...

Lifting of curfew brought problems

WHEN we first learned of the plan of Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry P. Treñas to repeal Iloilo City’s Executive Order No. 146 that imposed a curfew...

Total phase-out of wooden-hulled boats?

WE WRITE again about boats because the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) has announced that it is now implementing the plan phasing out all wooden-hulled boats. MARINA officer-in-charge...

Aluminum and fiberglass boats

WITH only 15 minutes trip between Iloilo and Guimaras, we believe wooden-hulled boats ferrying people and products between the two provinces may be retained but with...