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The Department of Health (DOH) congratulated Iloilo City for winning the prestigious Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Smoke-Free Award (ASA). The ASEAN Smoke-Free Award is initiated by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) to recognize cities, municipalities, provinces, and states across the ASEAN region that demonstrate exemplary commitment to implementing and maintaining smoke-free […]
More than 11,400 participants joined the BIDA RISE and RUN organized by the Iloilo City Government and Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) recently. No less than DILG Secretary Benhur Abalos led the 5-kilometer run which started from City Hall at Plaza Libertad to Fort San Pedro, Parola, Muelle Loney, Grand Xing Hotel, […]
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas may extend the suspension of face-to-face classes from pre-school to senior high both in public and private schools depending on the heat index forecast. Treñas, through Executive Order (EO) No. 047 – 2024 issued March 31, declared the suspension of classes from April 1 to 2, 2024, after the Department […]
“Bugana,” is a hiligaynon word that means abundant or plentiful. Ilonggos have it innately to be grateful, a culturally known practice that they do in times of overflowing fulfillment and prosperity. This is what emanated as the Iloilo City Government, headed by Mayor Jerry Treñas hosted a thanksgiving event called the ‘Salamat sa Bugana’, to […]
Riding a bike to work is not only economical but also beneficial to health and the environment.This has been proven true by Rey Panique, a City Hall job hire assigned at the City Planning and Development Office (CPDO). Thanks to the bike given by the Iloilo City Government. Panique is one of the 20 recipients […]
The Iloilo City government continues to undertake initiatives to serve the healthcare needs of more city residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The old health centers in Tanza-Esperanza and Arevalo will be expanded and rebuilt from the ground up, and transformed into mega-health centers that will house the clinical laboratory, dialysis stations, x-ray machines, and ultrasound […]
Iloilo City is now equipped to test not COVID-19 cases but also monkeypox cases with the opening of its Uswag Molecular Laboratory at its permanent site in Barangay San Pedro in Molo district. “It is a biosafety level 2 facility equipped with machines and instruments needed for molecular testing. At present, the facility will focus […]
The local government of Iloilo announced that the second Iloilo City Action and Response (ICARE) center in Barangay Balantang in Jaro District is ready to serve surrounding communities after its inauguration on February 4. “This is very strategic in the sense that it will cover barangays which are in Jaro and will be able to […]
The city government of Iloilo turned over 54 Japanese bikes to barangay tanods of selected barangays to boost their mobility and ensure public safety. 21 Japanese bikes for the Barangay Bike Patrol came from the city government while another 21 were donations from the Uswag Ilonggo and 12 from Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI). “I […]