ILOILO: HEART of the PHILIPPINES

Enjoy THREE (3) FREE SERVICES when you spend at least PhP 4,000 on LEVI's apparels as LEVI'S TAILOR SHOP at Robinsons Place Iloilo celebrates its 1st year anniversary. Choose from the following services - Fabric Applique, Studs, Patches, Embroidery and Distress. Iloilo Bloggers Inc. for Levi's Original And be among the first to get the limited edition back patches! At the Levi’s® Tailor Shop, denim wearers can add patches, pins, and studs on their trucker jackets or pants for an extra touch of attitude, character, and ownership. This anniversary promo is good Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, 2019 only.  Inside the Levi’s® Tailor Shop, customers can work with a master tailor to place original patches, studs, and collectible pins for added attitude. Hurry and get that style tailored fit for you!

Christmas is now felt and seen in The Medical City Iloilo as the hospital switched on the Christmas star lanterns that adorn its façade on November 18. A total of 77 stars were lighted during the switch on ceremony held at the Iloilo River Esplanade 2 and was attended by the employees and some patient partners of The Medical City Iloilo. The event was highlighted with the untying of the Christmas gift led by TMC Iloilo Chief Executive Officer Dr. Felix Ray Villa, TMC Iloilo Chief Medical Officer Dr. Debbie Noblezada-Uy, TMC Iloilo Physician Engagement and Development Unit Head Dr. Ma. Sancha Pauline Apolto-Garcia, TMC Iloilo Patient Partner Merlinda Junio and TMC Iloilo Executive Committee members. “This is the first time that we’re having this kind of event and we’re making it more memorable as the Christmas lanterns that we lighted up tonight were crafted by the inmates the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Iloilo and symbolize the burning pas...

Leading Visayas-Mindanao developer Cebu Landmasters Inc. (CLI) intends to further strengthen its presence in Western Visayas with the development of a P1.5 billion residential condominium project anchored by high-visibility retail spaces in a strategic Iloilo City location. The listed firm recently signed a joint venture agreement with businessman Alfonso Tan, chairman of International Builders Corporation (IBC), for a high-rise residential tower on a prime corner lot in the city’s downtown area.  CLI will own 50% of the residential development and will manage the development. IBC, who recently developed the GT Town Center Mall in Pavia, will simultaneously develop a downtown mall that connects to the residential tower. The tower will be the first condo offering in the highly accessible downtown area. CLI chief executive officer Jose Soberano III disclosed: “We are very proud to forge this partnership with Mr. Alfonso Tan and his family. He has established...

One of the newest hotels in the City of Love, Park Inn by Radisson Iloilo is celebrating its very first Christmas!  Adapting as "Paskwa Sa Panai" as its holiday theme, the concept focuses on Iloilo City's naturally colored and festive Holiday customs and traditions. And to enliven the spirit of the Ilonggo tradition and incorporate it during the Christmas season, Park Inn by Radisson Iloilo partnered with Cham Lopez, Balai Hablon, and Atelier de Hablon.  The centerpiece is a 12-foot Christmas Tree on display at the hotel's lobby decorated with hablon angels, Christmas balls wrapped in hablon cloth, rattans balls, Capiz shell stars and other Panayanon pieces. SM Hotels and Conventions Corporation (SMHCC) EVP Peggy Angeles, Park Inn by Radisson Iloilo GM Sonny Alvaro and Iloilo City Congresswoman JamJam Baronda led the ceremonial lighting and handed out gifts to children from SOS Children's Village.  ...

Seda Atria Iloilo officially ushers in the Holiday season with the ceremonial lighting of its Christmas Tree. The ceremony was led by Hotel Manager, Mr. Joseph Del Rosario and Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas together with City Tourism Officer Junel Ann Divinagracia. Musical numbers abound as songs and dances filled the evening.  A medley of Christmas songs was performed by the La Musica Embajadores - alumni of the Troubadors of the University of San Agustin.  Showing graceful moves throughout the night was the Sidlangan Dance Company. On its 3rd year, Seda Hotels continues its support for Smile Train - a charity organizatio that provides 100% free cleft repair surgery and cleft care to children. Guests can also be part of this endeavour and continue bringing more smiles especially to the children with the purchase of Smile Train ornaments and cards (available at the hotel lobby) to be hung at th...

Iloilo Business Park brings back the memories the yesteryears in a dazzling "nostalgic childhood Christmas"-themed mega display as property giant Megaworld Corp. officially launched the merriest season of the year in Iloilo City. A 40-foot Christmas Tree serves as the township's Holiday centerpiece and a colorful display of lights dubbed as "Enchanted Forest of Lights" brightens the whole township, Megaworld brings the most dazzling Christmas ever the Ilonggos! Launched last Nov. 8 , the Christmas Tree lighting ceremony was led by Iloilo City Councilor Jay Treñas, Iloilo Business Park vice president for sales and marketing Jennifer Palmares-Fong, and Festive Walk Iloilo general manager Buford Tan.  Keeping the nostalgia and magic of Christmas alive, local performers from Parkour Iloilo, Jumpstreet Gymnastics, and Claravall-Gonzales School of Classical Ballet regaled the audience with their aerial tricks, acrobatics, and graceful bal...

New organizer Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) sets innovations for a whole new Dinagyang experience themed “Perfect Vision: Celebrating the Ilonggo Spirit in Honor of Senior Santo Niño” that climaxes January next year.  The Ilonggo revelry celebration levels up with a 360-degree showcase in its 2020 edition in perfect vision of spectators. “Dinagyang 360 is an arena theater-type performance. The presentation is a design challenge. Judges will be positioned on all four sides, north, east, west, and south. The change is also to democratize the limited space in four stages,” explained Eric Divinagracia, chair of tribes and artistic committee. “The concept revolves around three aspects including indigenous culture of Ati, devotion to Santo Niño and dagyang or merry-making. We have to showcase Ilonggo values portrayed in bountiful harvest or helping one another, among others. These should be shown in the color and texture used by participants,” he explained. ...

In celebration of the 70 years of Philippine-Korean friendship, the Embassy of the Republic of Korea, the Korean Cultural Center in the Philippines (KCC), the Korea Foundation for International Culture Exchange (KOFICE) and SM, present the Korean Film Festival in seven cities around the Philippines.  This year's festival with the theme Sailing Beyond Together, will kick off in Manila on November 6 at the Samsung Hall in SM Aura Premier. No less than Jeon Go-woon, director of the festival's opening film Microhabitat, will grace the opening night with a Special Director's Talk.  Jeon Go-woon's Microhabitat is an award-winning comedy-drama film which follows the story of Miso who gets by in her life by housekeeping. When the government doubles the price of her favorite things — cigarettes and whiskey, she decided to leave her house. Before doing so, she makes a list of friends, who may or may not, be willing to make a space or two for her. ...