People and Culture

The USWAG Scholarship Program is part of Iloilo City’s W.H.E.E.L.S. roadmap (Welfare, Health, Environment, Education, Livelihood, Sustainability) under Education. Under the program, qualified beneficiaries get P5, 000 cash assistance per semester. To inspire the Uswag scholars to strive more with excellence, the City Mayor gives out cash incentive for those […]

Last April 16, 2024, VISOR ran a giveaway of “die-cast” scale models sent to them by Blue and Yellow Diecast Toys which are Suzuki Jimny tissue cases! VISOR Posted: Tried my luck as Sa Lugar Lang and here was my answer-entry: Hi Visor! I am Sa Lugar Lang (Ilonggo’s way […]

Manggahan 2024 will be on May 3-22, 2024. Here is the line-up of activities for this year:

Last April 1 – 3, 2024, RCK Ministries and Beautiful Powerful Women International continued the transformative journey of love and empowerment during the Transformed By Love Iloilo Mission Trip. This three-day mission trip, in collaboration with various local partners, brought forth healing, inspiration, and hope to countless individuals in Iloilo […]

Palm Sunday is a Christian holiday that falls on the Sunday before Easter. It marks the beginning of Holy Week, the week leading up to Easter Sunday, which commemorates the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ according to Christian belief. According to the accounts, Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a […]

One evening in February of 1966, the Iloilo skies were ablaze with fiery hues permeating the night light. A fire originating from Iznart Street had begun to gain momentum, stretching its scorching talons across the city. It was unexpected; it was devastating; and it was to forever redesign the geography […]

Originally, the recipe for bibingka called for tuba as leavening agent, on account of yeast present. Filomena Pepino learned how to make bibingka from her mother- in-law, Crescenciana Atrazo. For 40 years, she has been vending bibingka along the beach at Arévalo. But the origin of bibingka is vague. Some […]

A native of Pototan, Iloilo, Teresa Magbanua, with her courage, patriotism and military ability, became a heroine of the Philippine Revolution. Educated at Colegio de San José in Jaro, Iloilo, and in Manila, where she earned a degree in education, Magbanua became a teacher back in Pototan. She was revered […]

Negritos, Indonesians, and Malays were the earliest settlers in the region. Trade with other Asian peoples, particularly the Chinese, added to the diversity of the Ilonggos. With Spanish colonization came Spanish lineage. As the region increasingly developed, greater economic activity attracted the Chinese to settle in areas such as Molo. […]

Arevalo Archdiocesan Shrine of Santo Niño de Arevalo City Proper San Jose Parish Placer Immaculate Conception Tanza Parish Sta. Teresita Del Niño Jesus Parish Santa Maria Chinese-Filipino Parish Jaro National Shrine of Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria Spousal of Mary and Joseph Parish Parish of Nuestra Señora Del Pilar Saint […]