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6 hours ago · By Rjay Zuriaga Castor. July 26, 2024. Resize. ILOILO CITY — The highly urbanized cities of Bacolod and Iloilo have new police chiefs. Col. Joeresty Coronica, the former Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) chief, was sworn in as the new chief of the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO). Coronica took the helm of the ICPO in January last year.
6 hours ago · The city’s namesake Iloilo River hosts the densest urban mangrove ecosystem in the country after years-long rehabilitation efforts. Research led by Dr Resurreccion Sadaba, lecturer at the University of the Philippines Visayas, mapped some 132 hectares of mangrove forests along Iloilo City’s coastal and river systems. First steps: nationwide ...
1 day ago · The tanker Terra Nova left Bataan province en route to the central province of Iloilo with over 1.4 million litres (370,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil stored in watertight tanks when it got ...
6 hours ago · LSEG Eikon data shows Terra Nova has a deadweight tonnage of 1,415 tonnes and was headed to the central province of Iloilo. Last year, oil tanker MT Princess Empress was carrying about 800,000 litres of industrial fuel when it capsized on Feb. 28 and eventually sank, causing an oil spill which took three months to cleanup and hit tourist towns.
6 hours ago · The Philippine-flagged MT Terra Nova was found to have met regulations around travelling in heavy weather. It was sailing towards the central Iloilo city at a speed of 0.1 nautical miles per hour ...
6 hours ago · Philippine Coast Guard (PCCG) personnel prepare to deploy an oil spill containment boom and skimmer at a port in Limay, Bataan on Friday, July 26, 2024. A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 ...
6 hours ago · Iloilo International Airport ( IATA: ILO, ICAO: RPVI ), also known as Iloilo Airport, [3] [4] and as Cabatuan Airport, [5] after the municipality of Cabatuan, Iloilo, [3] where it is located, [3] is an airport serving the province of Iloilo in the Philippines, [6] including its capital city, Iloilo City, the regional center of the Western ...
