Category: Culture and Arts

The feast of Nuestra Señora dela Candelaria is a religious activity in Jaro district, Iloilo City held every second day of February.

To visit Iloilo City is to experience the diversity of Filipino culture as expressed in the Ilonggos’ love for cooking and food and their determination to preserve, protect and promote the tangible manifestations of the city’s glorious past like heritage houses and prominent landmarks.

The Philippine economy is expected to return to its 6 to 7-percent growth trajectory in 2022 after nearly two years of grappling with the pandemic despite the threat of the Omicron variant, according to the investment banking arm of the Metrobank Group.

Starting Jan. 17 next year, a “no booster, no entry” policy will be implemented among Iloilo City Hall employees and visitors.

The Sandiganbayan has sentenced a former lawmaker and two others for two counts of graft in the funding of a vocational education program run by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) using Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) in 2005.

Iloilo and six other provinces in the country have been flagged by independent research group OCTA as “areas of concern” due to the spike in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases within their vicinities over the past week.

The mayor of New Lucena, Iloilo confirmed on Wednesday, April 7, that she is positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

The province and city of Iloilo will remain under modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) and there will be no hard lockdown.

The global crisis, that is, the COVID-19 pandemic though replete with devastating consequences is considered a remarkable time for learning.