Iloilo up to regain top titles in Aliwan FiestaTraffic in the city's streets leading to Iloilo Freedom Grandstand will be closed Friday for the send off party for this year's Dinagyang Festival winners Tribu Ilonganon and Tribu Kahilwayan. Stories linked to abduction, slay try of militants getting wilderNo solid leads are up as stories and theories are getting wilder on the abduction of two militant leaders and wounding of another in Oton, Iloilo. |
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Iloilo milk feeding program wins awardIloilo's milk feeding program dubbed as Batang Ilonggo, Palangga (BIP) Ka is one of the five Most Outstanding Project in Health and Nutrition given by Nestle Philippines because of its great benefit among preschool children. |
Ilonggo overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) can now seek assistance from the Overseas Filipino Economic Council of Iloilo City, created to look after their concerns.
The winning tribes in this year's Dinagyang competition are all set for the Aliwan Fiesta in Manila, with high hopes to regain the title grabbed by the Sinulog Festival of Cebu in last year's competition of festivals in the country.
Capitol's anti-drug and anti-crime czar appealed for calm and sobriety on the flurry generated by the attack on militant leaders in Oton, Iloilo recently.
Three aspirants for City Councilor all agreed that there is a need to legislate laws and ordinances which centers on giving livelihood programs to the poor and needy residents of Iloilo City.
Iloilo City is all set to roll the red carpet for over a thousand certified public accountants as they gather here for the 61st Annual National Convention of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA).
The unbeatable Apo Hiking Society is set to entertain Ilonggos when they hold one of their major concerts here on June 2, 2007, Saturday at the Centennial Convention Center.
The former UP Film Center (now UP Film Institute) mounts its own celebration for environmental awareness with a distinct program of films for the last two weekends of April. The main highlight will feature a marathon of screenings for Guimaras - Short Films from the Oil Spill on April 20 and April 21 at 7 p.m.
Negros Occidental -- The Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) started its cloud-seeding operation that is expected to bring on rains and prevent crop damage due to the dry spell in the province.
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Summer entails all the fun and adventure people want most. And for one who dreams of getting away and finding a tropical hideaway far removed from all the hustle and bustle of modern life, beachcombing is a treat.
Babes Rivera, manager of Spa Riviera held a bridal shower party recently. Guests were looking forward to meeting Alex, the guy said to have 'won her heart.'
Iloilo society's power couple Judgee Lopez-Peña and Sarah Opolencia-Peña once again gave the party of the year. Sarah, who was chosen as Iloilo's number one hostess by the Philippine Tatler, indeed lived up to her title as she celebrated Risa Maria Lourdes O. Peña, her second daughter's debut celebration last Saturday at their posh residence in Ledesco Village.
THE Philippine Christian University (PCU) has again provided Iloilo City with 97 individuals who are expected to shine in business and management because of their Christian foundation. They are graduates of Master in Management who majored in educational management, health administration, industrial psychology and public administration.