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 – Following closely after Passi City, Tigbauan has become the second local government unit in the province of Iloilo to declare a state of calamity due to dengue outbreak.
ILOILO — The ongoing upgrade of the Iloilo International Airport passenger terminal building in Cabatuan town has reached 60 percent completion, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) announced, signaling steady progress in a major infrastructure push aimed at improving passenger capacity, comfort, and efficiency.
ILOILO — The Iloilo provincial government has rolled out the first phase of its new tourism development program, naming eight local government units (LGUs) as initial beneficiaries of financial and technical assistance under the “Turista sa Barangay for MoRProGRes Iloilo” executive order, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. announced.
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.
Over the weekend, on July 27, the 10th edition of Sabores de Visayas was held with the usual mix of nationally or internationally renowned Filipino chefs and local chefs, some of them just emerging, in the Western Visayas region. This year’s lineup of guest chefs was stellar—Kalel Chan of the Raintree Restaurant Group, Mikel Zaguirre of Locavore (and many other F&B establishments, including the Bizarre Bar), the very first Filipino Asia’s Best Female Chef (2016) Margarita Forés, Macroasia executive chef at Asian Development Bank Panky Lopez, Patrick Go of Your Local, restaurateur, TV chef, and Manila Bulletin Lifestyle columnist Sandy Daza, and Myke “Tatung” Sarthou of Lore. They worked closely with Iloilo’s chefs, established and emerging, led by Jose Wilson Esperancilla and Maridel Uygongco of Maridel’s, a goto pastry shop in Iloilo City known to have pioneered the guava cake.
ILOILO City – On a night stitched together by elegance, resolve, and unmistakable Ilongga pride, Zestah Shalom Espinosa of Anilao, Iloilo stepped into her destiny — crowned Miss Iloilo 2026 after a competition that demanded far more than beauty. It was a triumph defined by consistency across every segment, a calm confidence under pressure, and a sense of purpose.
ILOILO City – For many Filipinos, migration is a family story that repeats across generations. A new exhibition at the University of the Philippines Visayas places that experience at the center of Philippine modern art, tracing how movement across countries shaped both artists and the work they produced.
ILOILO – The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has downgraded 10 towns in the province of Iloilo from the red to the pink zone category due to improvements in controlling the African Swine Fever (ASF).
