ILOILO: HEART of the PHILIPPINES

A typical itinerary for a vacation in Iloilo usually centers on the historical attractions and gastronomy delights with a day trip to Guimaras . For a 3-day and 2 night stay, it is recommended to make Iloilo City as the home base for convenience.  This guide is merely a summary and the more detailed itineraries are linked within. It offers an overview of places to visit, things to do, what to buy, where and what to eat and what to bring home as pasalubong . Read more >>>   BACKPACKERS GUIDE to ILOILO Day 1: Welcome to Iloilo Travel to Iloilo City via shuttle vans, PhP50, from the airport all the way to SM City Iloilo. From there one can take taxis or just jeepneys to their hotel of choice. The historic town of Sta. Barbara is a must visit for it has a lot to offer - a historic century old church and covent, a museum, a heritage zone, the oldest golf course in the country, the only Belgian lace making in the Philippines pl...

Over a year ago, Double Dragon Properties (co-owned by Injap and Jollibee) announced their community malls venture in which they eventually partnered with SM creating CityMall Commercial Centers Inc.  Waiting to be filled up In Iloilo City, CityMall partnered with the Que family of Iloilo Supermart, leasing two prime lots of the Ques in Tagbak and Ungka Jaro for the first 2 CityMalls in Iloilo . Iloilo Supermart will be the anchor grocery store of these two community malls.  CityMall Tagbak Photo from USP Forum And on October 10, 2015, the first CityMall in Iloilo City opens in Tagbak, Jaro near the transport terminal. With less than a month to go before its opening, here's a preview of Iloilo Supermart at CityMall Tagbak in Jaro. A month from now, all these will be filled with grocery items And these counters with people lining up to pay their goods The freshest catch and buys of the day in one corner... And fruits, vegetables and m...

PRESIDENT Benigno Aquino III will lead the inaugural rites of the P700-million Iloilo Convention Center (ICC) on September 14 in Iloilo City.  Finishing touches are underway in front of the Iloilo Convention Center one week before its scheduled inauguration to be led by Pres. Noynoy Aquino Photo by Rock Drilon Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Western Visayas Director Edilberto Tayao confirmed this after receiving words from Senate President Franklin Drilon on the presidential invitation. ILOILO CONVENTION CENTER at the Iloilo Business Park is in icon in the works Photo by Marx de Silva Tayao said that Phase II of the project is soon to be completed with furniture and furnishing already in place. The two-storey ICC will be the main venue of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) meetings in Iloilo City slated to start on September 21 until October 6. Iloilo City is scheduled to host the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) ministerial meetin...