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ASSISTANCE. The Iloilo City government releases initial financial assistance to families affected by the Jan. 28, 2023 fire in Barangays West Habog-Habog and San Juan on Tuesday (Feb. 7). City Mayor Jerry Trenas said the families can already start going back to their villages next week to be supervised by the city government. (PNA photo courtesy of Iloilo City Social Welfare and Development Office) ILOILO CITY - The families displaced by the Jan. 28 fire that razed the villages of West Habog-Hab...

RAZED.The fire that hit two barangays in Iloilo City razed 272 houses and partially damaged 17 others on Jan. 29, 2023. The city government is eyeing the national government housing project implemented by the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) to provide housing for the affected families.(Photo courtesy of Iloilo City Government) ILOILO CITY -The city government here is eyeing to provide housing to families that were displaced by a big fire in two barangays in Molo dis...

DESTRUCTION. A drone shot of the areas razed by fire in Barangays West Habog-Habog and San Juan in Iloilo City's Molo district past 4 a.m. on Saturday (Jan. 28, 2023). Initial data from the City Social Welfare and Development Office showed that 234 houses were damaged.(PNA photo courtesy of Iloilo City Government Architect's Office) ILOILO CITY - A residential fire engulfed 234 houses in Barangays West Habog-Habog and Zone 2, San Juan in Molo district here past 4 a.m. on Saturday, accord...

MORE COPS. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas welcomes Interior Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. during the turnover of Support to Barangay Development Program projects in Barangay Dungon B. on Wednesday (Jan. 18, 2022). Trenas, in an interview, said he will request additional police personnel for the city.(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOILO CITY - Iloilo City needs at least 1,000 more police officers for its 500,000 residents to meet the 1:500 police-to-population ratio. "Here in Iloi...

TURNED OVER. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas and Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. (3rd and 4th from left) lead the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the turnover of projects funded under the Support to Barangay Development Program (SBDP) in Barangay Dungon B in Jaro district, Iloilo City on Wednesday (Jan. 18, 2023). The barangay is a recipient of PHP20 million worth of projects in 2022 after it was declared insurgency-free in 2014.(PNA photo by PGLena) ILOI...

ILOILO CITY — Officials here have asserted that a duathlon race embroiled in a controversy is not a part of the 2023 Dinagyang Festival. PARTICIPANTS in the 1st Iloilo City of Love Dinagyang Duathlon. (The Adbenturistik) Mayor Jerry Trenas warned events organizers from using the Dinagyang Fes

REDUCTION.Mayor Jerry Trenas says the national tax share of Iloilo City will go down by PHP300 million in 2023. In a press conference on Monday (Sept. 12, 2022), Trenas said some of the appropriations of the city government will be affected.(Photo courtesy of Iloilo City FB page) ILOILO CITY-The city government here is expecting a PHP300-million reduction in its share from the national revenue in 2023. "We were told by DBM (Department of Budget and Management) that the Internal Revenue Allo...

CLOSED. A closure order is served on a water refilling station in Iloilo City for operating without business and sanitary permits. The local government has ordered the closure of water refilling stations with no permits following the acute gastroenteritis and cholera outbreak in the city.(Photo courtesy of Iloilo City Investment Services Business Permits and Licensing Division) ILOILO CITY - The City Health Office (CHO) on Tuesday said 292 or 74 percent of its 393 cases of acute gastroenteritis ...

MANILA - The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) is beefing up stakeholders' engagement to promote President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s priority housing program in the Visayas. DHSUD Secretary Jose Acuzar, along with other key DHSUD officials, went on a two-day swing in key cities in Visayas -- meeting with local chief executives including, Mandaue City Mayor Jonas Cortes, Tacloban City Mayor Alfred Romualdez, Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez, I...