Hiligaynon is set to dominate the Dinagyang Ilonggo Arts Festival this January. Only Hiligaynon words and lyrics will rise up during the first Ilonggo Arts Festival, Jan. 17-22, 2010 as a special event of the main Dinagyang Festival on the fourth week of January. Festival artistic director Annie Divinagracia Sartorio said the festival would comprise [...]
Governor Niel D. Tupas, Sr. led the inauguratiion of the Iloilo Provincial Art Gallery dubbed as “Casa Real” located at the Old Iloilo Provincial Capitol Building, December 11, 2009. This is part of the tourism, culture, history and arts initiative of the Province to strive for a wide variety of programs and projects which is [...]
Acclaimed as the best tourism event for three consecutive years, the Dinagyang Festival is gearing for a grander celebration in 2010. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas, through the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Incorporated (IDFI), headed for the preparation of the festival, which is celebrated on the last weekend of January in honor of the city’s [...]
16 tribes have registered to join the 2010 Dinagyang competition. The two tribes that became controversial in the 2009 Dinagyang tribes contest are no longer participating. Updated Dinagyang 2010 Schedule of Events The participating tribes for the 2010 Dinagyang competition are: Himal-us, Silak, Ilonganon, Tribu Aninipay, Paghidaet, Molave, Panagat, Pag-asa, Angola, Bantu, Atub-Atub, Panaad, Pan-ay, [...]
Iloilo City is now prepared to host this year’s ‘Philippine International Mathematics Competition’ that will gather some 100 teams from about 30 countries worldwide slated November 28 to December 2. The competition that will gather mathematics wizards will not only serve as avenue for the exchange of ideas and information about the subject matter but [...]
There will be a Job Fair this week in Iloilo City. Tipid-Sulit Pinas’ HanepBuhay Job Fair it will be held at the PNB Lobby Hall on October 22 – 23, 2009, Thursday-Friday. The two-day event will be offering Iloilo job-seekers the chance of finding a job befitting of their chosen career. As a bonus, there [...]
The 4th Iloilo Information Technology (IT) Week on September 28-30 will highlight jobs and business prospects in the field of booming Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry. This year’s theme, “Facing Global Challenges through I.T.,” focuses on the opportunities for employment and economic advancement brought about by the ICT sector. The three-day event will feature [...]
ILOILO and Guimaras will have a “coming out party” of sorts during an investment forum in Metro Manila that will feature the two areas as future investment hubs in Visayas. The Iloilo Economic Development Foundation, Inc. (ILEDF) will host the Iloilo-Guimaras Investment Forum on September 4 at the Hotel Intercontinental Manila. The forum will present [...]
Iloilo City has been cited by the Institute for Solidarity in Asia (ISA), as one of the two cities in the country with distinctive mark on good governance. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said that the ISA, a non-government organization that advocates good governance, made an assessment and thereafter decided to elevate the mark [...]
Aimed at making Iloilo City the gateway of the Western Visayas region, the upcoming 4th Travel Exchange will not only gather travel and tourism suppliers from all over the Philippines but will also shower spectators with lots of travel packages and amazing prizes! To be held this August 28 to 30 at the Robinsons Place [...]
