ILOILO City – For 15 years now, the Uswag Scholarship, a pet program of Mayor Jerry P. Treñas since he was a congressman, has benefitted a total of 29,389 Ilonggo students in this southern city.
Features the float designs of the municipalities, provinces, and organizations that joined the 126th anniversary of Philippine Independence celebrated in Metro Manila where Iloilo was one of the participating provinces
ILOILO City – The prominent Lopez family of Iloilo has officially unveiled “The Patrimony of All – Ang Panublion sang Tanan”, an exhibit featuring 16 carefully selected masterpieces by renowned Filipino artists Juan Luna, Felix Hidalgo, Juan Arellano, and Fernando Amorsolo from the Lopez Museum and Library (LML) Collection.
ILOILO – When fully repaired, the cost of the newly-built but defective P680-million flyover in Barangay Ungka II, Pavia town would have ballooned to nearly P1 billion.
It is with great pleasure that we present this publication of Western Visayas in guidebook form. This is part of the Department of Tourism Region VI promotional service intended to be used for information, reference and other purposes.
Many of our tourism offices abroad, embassies and consulates are hard put with materials to present to prospective visitors to the country. This publication will enable them to have a ready reference of Western Visayas in the Philippines. Tour operators, travel agencies and other institutions catering to the business of travel and tourism have often found difficulty in assisting clients due to lack of information. They, too, will find package tours they can promote. Even schools and students who are into research and term papers will find this book a rich source of information.
ILOILO – To engage more men in modern family planning methods, the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) and the Iloilo Provincial Hospital (IPH) in Pototan town are offering free “no scalpel vasectomy” services this August, declared as Family Planning Month.
Rural Farms in Iloilo are becoming attractive tourist destinations because more visitors want an escape from the stress of early mornings and late afternoon traffic jams and tiring daily routine workload. Many enjoy a drive to rural Iloilo and spend the day or to stay overnight to connect with natural and cultural heritage. Enjoy a richer and authentic leisure experience such as picking your own vegetables or fruits in season in a beautiful field, harvesting eggs, a carabao-driven cart ride probably or feeding the goats and doves are just a few of the fun and fabulous activities waiting for you. Farms offer these wonderful unique experiences.
ILOILO City – In just four years, Western Visayas’ farm schools have sparked an agricultural renaissance among local students, turning classrooms into green hubs for sustainable food production and economic resilience.
