Pasidungog reflects the historical journey of the town San Miguel from its beginnings under the guidance of the Senor San Miguel (Saint Michael Archangel — the patron of the sick and the grocers, sailors and soldiers). Continue Reading »

What do you think of the new banner header … is it a keeper or will I need to modify it some more?

The Bayluhay from San Joaquin depicts the negotiations infamously known as the Barter of Panay between Makatunaw (one of the 10 Bornean Datus headed by Datu Puti) and Marikudo (ruler of the Negritos, natives of Panay), which took place at Imbidayan, along the beach of Barrio Sinogbuhan in San Joaquin.
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The word “tultugan” is actually an indigenous term for bamboo drum. The festival promotes the local bamboo industry, protecting their creativity and craftsmanship as to the different uses of the bamboo.
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THE Department of Transportations and Communications (DOTC) wants the proponent of the Panay railway rehabilitation project to be viable to become attractive to private investors, an official of the agency said Monday. Read More

Pahinis de Laua-an came to Iloilo from Antique to revel in the Dinagyang 2007 Kasadyahan Competition. The tribe aims to promote the native product of the town, which is muscovado sugar and the deliciously sweet delicacies derived from it.
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Kahilwayan is a cultural festival in a dance-drama from which showcases the events that led to the historic uprising of the Ilonggos against Spain to its ultimate cry of victory and freedom known to us now as the Cry of Santa Barbara. Continue Reading »

Greetings, I’m sorry for the slow postings for almost 2 weeks already. Explore Iloilo will be up and running soon as the ISP I’m currently applying for installs the internet connection. I’ve not yet updated this site because I’ve already sent home my pc and there’s no internet there yet and I’m not quite comfortable using other PCs in public internet cafes … It’s quite hard to understand, maybe I’m just too attached to my PC, hehe.

Rest assured I’ve already lined up a lot of new updates. Thank You

ROBINSONS Place will house the Iloilo City government free of charge beginning next month to give way for the construction of a new City Hall on its old Plaza Libertad site. Read More

Fort San Pedro or Fort Nuestra Señora del Rosario is located along San Pedro Drive in the domestic port area. Quadrilateral in shape, the fort was built between 1603 and 1616 and measured 60 by 60 meters. The walls were composed of cut outs of Guimaras rocks and coral stonesfrom along the Panay Coast. It is approximately 12 feet high from low tide of the sea and 30 feet thick.

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