Cafe culture in Iloilo is alive and well from our love. Bluejay Coffee & Company serves coffee drinks, comfort food, and cozy interiors. Bluejay features a homey-laid back ambiance dominated by earthly tones that makes it an ideal space to hang out, catch up, read some notes, or finish a […]
TUBONG-TUBONG FESTIVAL Municipality of Tubungan Every 1st of May Tubong-Tubong is Festival in Tubungan, lloilo celebrated every 1st of May and is highlighted by the tribal dance competition showcasing the excerpts how Tubungan got its name and exposes the different rituals still being practiced by the Babaylans (ancient priestess or […]
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas welcomes the impending modernization of the Iloilo Commercial Port Complex (ICPC) in Iloilo City. This is after the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has awarded International Container Terminal Services Inc. (ICTSI) a 25-year concession contract to develop and operate the port facility. “The improvement of our port […]
Monti, in cooperation with Arellano, was also responsible for the ornamental relief sculpture adorning the façade of the Library Building at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas. Allegories to Law and Order flank either side of the building’s entrance, It was originally the municipal building of Iloilo. Source: […]
Brief History of the Iloilo Rehabilitation Center (Formerly Iloilo Provincial Jail) The Iloilo Rehabilitation Center, Iloilo City formerly called Iloilo Prov’1 Jail was constructed in late 1911 with a land area of 3,807.13 square meters with only one building to house not more than 150 violators of law. This building […]
The Municipality of Leganes sprang from a small settlement in the early part of 1840 in the site now known as Barangay Guihaman. The word Guihaman originated from the presence of wild boars or guiham which inhabited or foraged the place. The early founders of the municipality named the place […]
One of the versions of how Alimodian got its name and perhaps the most popular one tells of how a group of Spanish soldiers called upon a native gathering coconuts from atop the palms, about the name of the place. Ignorant of the Spanish language and impatient that he may […]
The town of Miagao is one of the seven towns comprising the First District of the Province of Iloilo. It is situated at the southern part of Iloilo Province, approximately 40 kilometers southwest of Iloilo City en route to the Province of Antique. The Miagawanons or Miagaweños are hard-working people, […]
Tigbauan is known as the Liberation Town. When the ten Bornean datus under Datu Puti landed in Panay, the families of Maglawis and Labing-isog settled at a river bank teeming with all Tigbaw reeds. So, they called their place Katigbawan. When the Spaniards arrived, they established the encomienda based in […]
The town of Tubungan was formally founded in 1768 through the efforts of Tan Mangon in barrio Tin-an which now forms part of the present town site. Settlers came from Nahapay, Guimbal, and the neighboring towns of Leon, Igbaras, and Tigbauan. In 1769, it was an arrabal (a political unit […]