Iloilo, Philippines News

Ayala Corp. on Tuesday said it is selling its stake in two power companies, which are involved in the construction of a thermal power plant in Iloilo.

THE COMMISSION on Elections assured voters that all their votes will be counted by the Precinct Count Optical Scanner machines even if there is a power failure in their respective areas.

An estimated four million voters in Western Visayas region are expected to exercise their right to suffrage today, May 13, midterm polls.

MANILA, Philippines An electric tower of the National Transmission Corporation in Miag-ao, Iloilo was hit by an explosion Friday night, authorities said.

THE Commission on Elections has raised the warning against betting on who will win among political candidates in the May 13 midterm elections.

THE Iloilo City Police Office has tagged as an isolated case the recent grenade blast that happened outside the residence of congressional bet Raul Gonzales Jr.

THE National Bureau of Investigation Regional Office and Bacolod City Police Office personnel seized assorted firearms and ammunitions during a raid Wednesday morning at the house of SPO1 Ricarido Rex Noble, the police said.

CANDIDATES with questionable integrity have no place in the city and the province of Iloilo with intelligent voters not easily swayed by vote buying, said Team PNoy senatorial candidate Bam Aquino.

THE Police Regional Office in Western Visayas region is all set to deploy augmentation forces in the whole region to ensure clean, safe, and fair May 13 polls.

FROM THE august halls of the Senate came a good number of the Philippine presidents.

Philippine Postal Corp. aims to raise revenues by 31 percent to P4.6 billion this year from last year's actual revenues of P3.5 billion as it beefs up express international mail services to cope with the changing market needs.

Two people died, including the husband of a Central Philippines mayoralty candidate last as violence stepped up days before Filipinos take to the polls for the mid-term elections.

WE ARE happy for Silay City. It qualifies to participate as one of the 8 pilot cities in the Philippines in the program 'Achieving Sustainable Urban Development' under UN Habitat for a Better Urban Future.

The Department of Tourism Central Luzon office has announced that the Philippines is set to chair and host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in 2015.

AN INTERNATIONAL organization has called on the government to include sexual and reproductive health and rights which is missed out in the Millennium Development Goals of the United Nations .

This southern city gets the bulk of tourist arrivals this year with an expected 526,000 visitors out of the 3.1 million expected arrivals in Western Visayas this year.

Relatives and friends surround the body of John Apura, who was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Iloilo.

MAYOR Jed Patrick Mabilog is not alarmed over the reassignment of 80 members of the Iloilo City Police Office to augment other police units in Western Visayas.

FIVE soldiers were killed and two others were wounded when armed men believed to be members of the New People's Army attacked the exploration site of Philex Mining's Bulawan Project in Sitio Umas, Barangay Camindangan, Sipalay City, around 9 p.m. Friday, May 3. Based on military report, those who were killed in action were identified as Corporal ... (more)

SENATOR Franklin Drilon assured more development projects for the city and province of Iloilo in the next three years under President Benigno Aquino III.