Iloilo’s Paraw Regatta Festival has just been concluded but the foundation, which is handling the staging of the annual event, is now looking forward to tapping foreign groups as donors for a grander celebration next year. Read more »

As one of the religious and cultural center of a prosperous region, Iloilo and Guimaras grew to be one of the country’s significant provinces. And during the Holy Week, religious customs and traditions are practiced around these provinces. A variety of events are clustered and is commemorated in various ways in service of worship. Read more »

There were no local takers that appeared in what supposed to be a pre-bidding conference for the government auction of the 54-hectare hectare Iloilo Manduriao airport yesterday. The government auction price ranges from P900 million to P1 billion. Read more »

Two significant milestones will happen today in the life of TNT Publishing Inc.–the official launching of the second edition of Iloilo Yearbook and the launching of The News Today as a daily newspaper. Read more »

Founded in 1584, Passi is now a chartered city in the Province of Iloilo. It is authentic that Passi City had the most colorful people in the island, the Pintados. However, the history of the church could be traced back in the early 1600’s but the present church was initiated in 1821-1837. The architectural style is perhaps undistinguished but it might be referred as Baroque.
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The Iloilo Business Hotel is located in Smallville, a popular night spot in Iloilo. Within the compound are hotels and a row of clubs, bars, restaurants, and coffee shops, within walking distance from each other.
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Local bidders who wanted to purchase the land area comprising some 54 hectares of the old Iloilo airport at Mandurriao district will attend a pre-bid conference this afternoon at the Iloilo City Mayor’s boardroom. Read more »

Iloilo City (13 March) — The Iloilo Airport is really intended to serve as catalyst for development, according to Mr. Ed Mangalili, Project Manager of the Iloilo Airport Project who briefed members of the Regional Development Council during their tour of the facilities of the new Airport. Mangalili said the airport would not only spur development around the area but even in the whole of Panay.

The construction of the Iloilo Airport, which is of international standards, came about because the old airport is no longer capable of future air demand, Mangalili said. When completed the Iloilo Airport is a bigger facility than the Silay Airport, Mangalili told the RDC members.

Engineer Eduardo Mangalili (in pink shirt), Project Manager of the new Iloilo Airport Project, briefs members of the Regional Development Council on the facilities of the new Iloilo Airport. (PIA-6)

Among others, it boasts of a 2.5 kilometer by 45 meter wide runway which can accommodate Airbus 330 and 340 and Boeing 747 planes, three Passenger Bridges, two baggage claim conveyors, a 500 seating capacity passenger lounge, a three-kilometer access road and nine separate buildings all within the 188 hectare airport complex.

The cost of construction is pegged at P8.758 billion.

So far, Mangalili said, three airline companies have signified their intention to avail of space within the new Airport and are expected to move in within the week to arrange their offices. Spaces within the airport are also open to concessionaires.

The completed airport facilities will be formally turned over to the Air Transportation office on March 19 and it will now be the ATO who will manage the facilities according to Mr. Alan Java, ATO Area Manager. The tentative schedule for the Airport inauguration is on April 12, 2007.

Meanwhile to enhance the competitive advantages of the country’s five super regions, the government is set to complete this year, aside from the Iloilo Airport, seven other airport projects that would further promote tourism and logistics by providing a more efficient mode of transport for goods and passengers. The eight airport projects are part of the 31 priority airport projects costing P94.37 billion targeted to be completed by 1022 under the Medium Term Public Investment Program (MTPIP). (PIA 6)

The Tigbauan church is the only one in the country which has a Latin American churriquesque style. The church was constructed in 1575 and destroyed during an earthquake in 1948.
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During Good Friday in the Municipality of Calinog, the “Paghukom” is held. Paghukom or “judgment,” commemorates the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Annually, it stages its sequences starting from the municipal plaza. Continue Reading »