Iloilo, Philippines News

THE Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force is recalling immediately the identification cards it issued to more than 100 volunteers upon knowing through social media that some volunteers themselves are cigarette smokers.

A GROUNDWATER level study is currently being conducted in six towns of Iloilo province by the National Water Resources Board .

We were terrified over the prospect of our eating mangoes coming to an end. The smell of the fruit prevails over Shenyang's fruit stalls as the southern crop scents Dong Bei's summer.

ILOILO City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog has called on all village officials on the city to lead the battle against dengue and get rid of mosquito spawning grounds.

You'd think after the disaster of Mariah and Nikki in American Idol , Apl.de.ap, Lea Salonga, Bamboo Manalac and Sarah Geronimo would train their considerable charms into drawing out a very subdued audience.

The almost 360 passengers aboard the St. Gregory The Great of the 2GO shipping lines were spared from near sea disaster as the ship nearly capsized after it suffered a hole in its hull while navigating Iloilo Strait Saturday morning.

Yesterday, exactly one month from the May 13, 2013 elections, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom Manila office held a good conference, "Liberal Challenges 2013-2016" held at C3 Events Place in Greenhills, San Juan City, Metro Manila.

A Cebu Pacific Airbus A319-100, registration RP-C3197 performing flight 5J-448 from Iloilo to Manila with 95 passengers, landed on Manila's runway 24 at about 16:12L in heavy rain but temporarily veered off the runway destroying 5 runway lights before coming to a stop on the runway.

THE government's Philippine Postal Corp. has completed the door-to-door delivery of P1,500 cash amount to 329 senior citizen beneficiaries of the social pension program in Iloilo City.

THE National Housing Authority is completing the construction of the first batch of housing units in Barangay Acuit, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo earmarked for low salaried members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines , Philippine National Police , Bureau of Fire and Protection, and Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Iloilo.

MEMBERS of the Liga ng mga Barangay in Iloilo City are in full support for the holding of a barangay elections in October this year.

State-run Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said breaks in rainfall maybe expected "lasting for a few days or weeks."

A NEW tourism product for development that focuses on existing bridges of Iloilo City was launched recently by the Department of Tourism as added attraction to domestic and foreign tourists.

THREE sites in Western Visayas bidded to be the venue for the Ministerial Meetings of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation where the Philippines is set to be the host country.

Western Union regional vice president for the Gulf, Pakistan and Afghanistan pointed out that remittance costs from the Gulf to Asia are among the lowest in the world Every month, Cynthia Pablo sets aside 20 per cent of her salary for remittance back home.

THREE village projects in Iloilo City will be funded with P1 million each to be taken from the city's cash award for being a winner of the Seal of Good Housekeeping which entitles the city to the performance challenge fund of P3 million.

THE Hotel and Restaurant Association of Baguio wrote President Benigno Aquino III and local officials seeking for the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Loakan Airport in a bid to host international events and conferences.

Mt. Napulak presents a unique natural beauty. The mountain top itself is a total wonder.

FOUR local government units in Iloilo including the capital city will be a pilot test area for the door-to-door payout scheme of social pension starting June 4 for the elderly persons, 77 years old and above.

THE contractor of 1,000 housing units for relocatees of the Iloilo River Plains Subdivision Phase I at the Lanit relocation site in Jaro district is set to donate 138 more housing units at the San Isidro relocation site, also in Jaro district to the City Government and National Housing Authority .