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ILOILO province will host the 4th Governor’s meeting on the Visayan Sea Protection and Coastal Law Enforcement Program, or the Visayan Sea Summit on Friday. The meeting, to be held in Hotel del Rio, Iloilo City, will be attended by governors of the four provinces surrounding the Visayan Sea, namely Governors Arthur Defensor Sr. of Iloilo, Alfredo Marañon of Negros Occidental, Rizalina Seachon-Lañete of Masbate, and Gwendolyn Garcia of Cebu...  

ILOILO City residents will witness the Philippine Dragon Boat team as it sails Friday along the Iloilo River as part of the 40th Ruby Anniversary of the Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival. The fest is slated February 12-19 with more than 100 sailboats participating and vying for honors in the country’s biggest sailboat race on Sunday along the 35-kilometer Iloilo Strait. /taxonomy/term/0read more  

Iloilo is a province of the Philippines located in the Western Visayas region. Iloilo, the Heart of the Philippines occupies the southeast portion of Panay Island and is bordered by Antique Province to the west and Capiz Province and the ...  

NINE fishing boats engaged in illegal fishing activities in the marine waters of Concepcion, Iloilo were apprehended by the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force recently. Bantay Dagat Task Force Supervisor Senior Police Officer 1 Gilbert Piedad, in a report to Provincial Administrator Raul Banias, identified the fishing boats as MBCA Anamea owned by Alexis Badiango, MBCA V.J.A. owned by Vicente Are, MBCA RJ owned by Ramie Patente, MBCA...  

ILOILO CITY, Feb. 9 — A top official of the French Embassy in the Philippines has praised Iloilo's Dinagyang Festival 2012 as one of his unforgettable experiences and thanked the Ilonggos for their hospitality. “I want to express my gratitude for the ...  

THE City Engineer's Office (CEO) reported a total of six government buildings and 14 private commercial buildings downtown Iloilo City to have gotten cracks caused by the 6.9-magnitude quake that hit Tayasan town in Negros Oriental on Monday. Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said the quake, which jolted various areas in the Visayas, was felt at intensity 5 in Iloilo City as reported by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. /taxonomy...  

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines (PIA) — Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology-Capiz head Ramil Atando said aftershocks will likely still occur in the next days or even weeks, following the February 6 earthquake in the Visayas region.  

For Western Visayas, these include: February 12 at the University of Iloilo; and in February at the San Enrique covered court in Negros Occidental; CPU, Jaro, Iloilo City; Dingoy Roxas Civic Center in Roxas City, Capiz; and at the Talisay covered court ...  

THE Province of Iloilo has been judged as one of the country's top ten achievers in rice production in the first-ever 2011 Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers Awards organized by the Department of Agriculture (DA). Governor Arthur Defensor Sr., together with Provincial Agriculturist Dr. Ildefonso Toledo, will receive the award Friday, February 10, at the Philippine International Convention Center in Manila. The other winning provinces are Ilocos Norte...  

Commodore Athelo Ybañez, Coast Guard Western Visayas commander, however, said it was unlikely that the tar balls were from a cargo ship that sank on January 22 in the neighboring province of Antique. The residents of barangays (villages) Sinogbuhan and ...  

ILOILO CITY, Philippines—Iloilo’s Dinagyang Festival drew an estimated 1.2 million spectators over the weekend as it continued to boost its stock as one of the country’s most attended tourism events, according to police and local organizers who ...  

ILOILO CITY—Ilonggo and regional cinema got a shot in the arm with the holding of the 2nd Iloilo International Film Festival at the SM City Cinema on January 19-21, simultaneous with the Dinagyang. Organized by the Film Development Council of ...  

After the successful Star Magic Games and Gerald Anderson Charity Basketball, the Star Magic Team, headed by Gerald, was invited to play at the Dinagyang Charity Basketball last January 21 at the University of San Agustin. Star Magic team players Young JV ...  

ILOILO CITY, Philippines — The city of Iloilo is safe for the upcoming Dinagyang Festival. Senior Supt. Marietto Valerio, chief of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), made the assurance Friday, saying the spate of crimes since the start of the New Year ...  

MANILA – After a rocky start in Luzon, the Balangay vessel finally docked at an Iloilo port in Visayas this week. Excited Ilonggo residents eagerly waited for the ship's arrival on October 11. The ship, carrying 22 crew members ...