The Iloilo City Tourism and Development Office (CTDO) will be holding the first Giant Lantern Festival next month, scheduled to run from December 8 until January 6. The entries will be on display along Muelle Loney Street, with the winners to be announced on December 15, during the City Hall Christmas Party at Plaza Libertad, with first place …
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Iloilo City Government invited to leaders forum
The Iloilo City government was invited to attend this year’s Top Leaders Forum, set to take place on Wednesday, November 29, at the Conrad Manila in Pasay City. “We are greatly honored to be invited [to] this forum,” said Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III. “We will touch base with these groups to show to them …
Short film advocating depression awareness, prevention wins Population Office contest
By Jezza A. Nepomoceno and Nicho Carlo P. Salazar The short film “Pang-agda sa Kadulom (Invitation to Darkness),” produced by peer helpers of the Guimbal National High School Teen Center, was declared the winner of the 2nd Information Education Campaign sa Sine contest, an event put on by the Iloilo Provincial Population Office, during a …
USLS chemical engineering student tops licensure examination
By Dominique Gabriel G. Bañaga A University of St. La Salle (USLS) chemical engineering student topped this year’s licensure exam. 21-year-old John Cyril Claur, a resident of the Regent Pearl Homes Subdivision in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City earned a score of 84.20 percent, alongside Jared Philip Condez of the University of the Philippines-Visayas. In an …
PLAI National Congress closes today at SMX
The Philippine Librarians Association, Inc. (PLAI) National Congress, which opened at the SMX Convention Center at SM City Bacolod earlier this week, comes to a close today, November 24. The event, which gathered over 1,000 delegates, included the presence of the 11-member delegation from the Thai Library Association. Keynote speakers for the event included University …
‘Bring Home a Friend’ launches today in Iloilo City
The Department of Tourism-Region VI (DOT-6) will launch their Bring Home a Friend (BHAF) program today, November 24, at the SM City Iloilo Cinema 6, as part of the Month of Overseas Filipinos and International Migrants Day observances. BHAF focuses on encouraging Filipinos, both in the Philippines and abroad, to promote Philippine tourism by inviting foreign …
Campaign to End Violence Against Women begins today
The annual Campaign to End Violence Against Women observance kicks off today, November 24, with a forum in Talisay City focused on human rights and the pillars of the criminal justice system. The event takes place at the Talisay City Plaza covered court beginning at 9:30 a.m. and will be preceded by a caravan that will travel through …
BSP advises the public to save money in banks
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) recently called on the public to save their money in banks. “Only banks are allowed by law to accept deposits from the public, and bank deposits are insured up to P500,000 per depositor per bank,” the agency said, noting deposits with member banks are covered by the Philippine Deposit …
Remembrance for road traffic victims observed in Bacolod City last weekend
The Negros Occidental chapter of the Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc. (PAMET), in coordination with Project CARES (Community Activities Reaching to Everyone through Services), observed Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims Day last weekend at the Capitol Park and Lagoon in Bacolod City. Among the activities of the day included a ceremony at the Road …
Iloilo City Hall, plazas set to light up for Christmas next week
Iloilo City Mayor Jose Espinosa III recently directed Iloilo City Hall, along with various plazas throughout the city, to be lit up for Christmas beginning next week, December 1, at 5:00 p.m. “There will be dancing and [the] singing of Christmas songs on the opening of lights,” he announced. “We’ll make sure that the program …