The Iloilo City Tourism and Development Office (CTDO) is set to launch in March the “Amoma,” an Ilonggo Hospitality Program that will establish and propagate the Ilonggo brand of customer service. “Amoma” is a unique Ilonggo trait of caring for one’s guests. The Hiligaynon word means hospitality. CTDO continues to […]
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The Iloilo City Government with its commitment to bring digital payments closer to the Ilonggos and as a means of available financial service has endorsed the PalengQR PH Program in the metro. This innovation to be implemented by the Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO) will be tentatively launched in March, […]
Iloilo City’s solid waste management strategies will be shared during a Netherlands-supported ecological undertaking in March. In a letter to Mayor Jerry Treñas dated January 17, Makati Business Club (MBC) Chairman Edgar O. Chua stated the partnership between MBC and the Embassy of the Netherlands will hold the high-level event […]
The Education Sector Mechanism (ESM) Workshop on Education Service Delivery, organized by the Iloilo City Government, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Research Triangle Institute (RTI) International, The Asia Foundation, and League of Cities of the Philippines, was conducted at City Hall Penthouse Jan. 24-26. ABC+, which stands for […]
Iloilo City will be one of the stopovers of the high-profile tour from the United States later this year. In a letter to Mayor Jerry Treñas dated January 12, Philippine Ambassador to the US Jose Manuel G. Romualdez revealed that some 250 to 300 guests will be coming over to […]
Iloilo City Government got a Geographic Information System (GIS) workstation from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and CRS Philippines’ Climate Resilient Cities Project on Jan. 10. “Climate change has changed a lot of our priorities in the city and we will continue to train our people to be […]
Iloilo City Government continues to undertake initiatives to cater to the healthcare needs of more llonggos that were made even more urgent during the height of the pandemic. The old health centers in Tanza-Esperanza and Arevalo will be expanded and rebuilt from the ground up and transformed into mega-health centers […]
The Ilonggos’ sense of pride is the greatest achievement. This is the assessment of Mayor Jerry P. Treñas of the year that was, which has brought much success to the metropolis. “We thank everyone since Iloilo City has experienced an excellent year in 2022, receiving awards and accolades from everywhere […]
Nine foreign dignitaries have so far confirmed as of January 3, 2023, to witness Iloilo Dinagyang Festival 2023 tribes dance competition at Freedom Grandstand on January 22, 2023. Read also: Iloilo Dinagyang 2023 Results Mayor Jerry Treñas said the visit of ambassadors to the metropolis to experience the much-awaited comeback […]
Seeking information about the life of Anastasio Montes, namesake of A. Montes Elementary School. An excerpt from “Maestros and Empire: Teachers in the Philippine Revolution of 1896” by Grace Concepcion of the University of Asia and the Pacific. “One of the provinces where teachers generously supported the government was Iloilo. […]