ILOILO – A total of 85 mayoralty aspirants and 84 vice mayoralty aspirants have officially filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) in this province from October 1 to 8, ahead of the May 12, 2025 national and local elections.
ILOILO – All five suspected cases of mpox (monkeypox) from this province have tested negative following confirmatory tests conducted at the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine (RITM) in Metro Manila.
ILOILO – A 34-year-old Ilongga overseas Filipino worker (OFW) expressed relief that she made it home safe. The situation in Lebanon is worsening, she said.
ILOILO City – A graduate of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) here ranked first in the October 2024 Fisheries Technologist Licensure Exam (FTLE).
CEBU CITY — A soft-spoken boy from Iloilo made the loudest noise in the second day of hostilities of the 64th Palarong Pambansa.
Charles Turla of Western Visayas set a new Palaro record when he registered 60.26 meters in the elementary boys’ javelin throw event on Friday morning at the Cebu City Sports Center here.
Yunar, the Hiligaynon word for birthmark, usually evokes nuances of identity, origin, and distinctiveness, something akin to our zodiac signs, which supposedly mirror our personality, fortune, and fate.
In this recent collection of works of Ilonggo artist, Leoniel “Sabrec” Cerbas, archetypal images are put together to reflect these astrological signs. Currently displayed on the walls of Museo Iloilo, the viewer of the artwork is drawn to its cursory form, design, color, texture, and overall aesthetics. However, as you move closer and take another look, the artwork reveals its hidden beauty: the symmetries, proportionality, balance, and order which project the narrative behind Sabrec’s brushstrokes.
The Asian University International (AUI) conferred honorary doctoral degrees on two Ilonggo frontrunners: Capt. Relly Jose Jr., CEO of GMM Global Maritime Manila Inc. and a valedictorian graduate of John B. Lacson Foundation University in 2011; and Alexie Mae Brooks, Miss Iloilo 2024 titleholder and multi-awarded athlete.
