Fil-Estate Group of Companies will pour in P500 million in a subdivision project in Sta. Barbara town in Iloilo. The real estate giant will initially build 500 units within the next two years in their project dubbed “Sta. Barbara Heights” at Barangay Inangayan around 17 km north of Iloilo City. Continue Reading »

Cathay Pacific, a Hong Kong based airline, has just recently opened their new ticketing office in Iloilo City to cater to passengers in Western Visayas. It is located in D’ Arthur Suites along General Luna St., City Proper.

Currently, Cathay Pacific does not service direct international flights in the New Iloilo Airport (just like in the case of Davao). If there is enough demand though, they would most likely consider putting up direct flights to international destinations. Their main market could be overseas filipino workers (OFWs) having roots in Western Visayas, tourists visiting Iloilo and using it as a gateway to nearby provinces, or even Koreans going to Iloilo to study English.

This new development surely takes Iloilo one step closer to its desire of having international flights to complement its new modern airport.

It’s been over a month since Typhoon Frank hit Iloilo and the situation in Iloilo is starting to get back to normal. People are back to work and classes have begun, most of the streets and houses have been cleared up of mud, and construction activities have resumed.

The city proper appears fully recovered and bears no evidence of the worst typhoon in the city’s history. The dirt clouds hounding the streets of Mandurriao have cleared up and Smallville, Iloilo’s nightlife strip, has resumed full operations.

Jaro District, the worst affected by Typhoon Frank, unfortunately doesn’t share a similar fate. There’s still heaps of mud at the road sides releasing a bad odor and dirt clouds when dry. Hopefully, the families displaced by the storm have been given assistance by the relief efforts and are already standing on their own feet.

Generally, the city is in a good shape and people can visit or do business in Iloilo once again.

Motorized boats fitted with outriggers serve as the main form of transportation between Iloilo City and the island-province of Guimaras. Here, a line of five boats are just a portion of a steady stream that ferries passengers everyday.

This is the roll-on/roll-off (Ro-ro) barge that takes trucks, vans, cars, and passengers, to Guimaras from Iloilo City, vice-versa. the trip is about 30 minutes long depending on weather conditions.

The old world charm persists to this day along the Muelle Loney, Iloilo City’s river wharf. The river wharf is named after British Vice-consul Nicholas Loney who is credited for opening up the city to world trade in the 1800s.

Along Valeria St. in the City Proper, the Atrium Mall and another building beside it exude an ambiance of elegance and modernity.

This house beside the Atrium Mall along Valeria Street was demolished, perhaps to give way to a bigger structure. The remains reveal an interesting mosaic of the rooms that used to be in the house.

The expansion of the wharf at the Iloilo Domestic Port has allowed it to dock more ships at the same time.

Locals refer to this busy intersection as “stoplight”. The term most certainly comes from the traffic lights here that maneuvered the heavy traffic. Now, the stoplight hosts the first flyover in Western Visayas.