Sunday, February 23, 2014
Dinagyang Festival
The Iloilo Dinagyang Festival is a showcase of the rich heritage, colorful history, passionate devotion, and fun-loving spirit of the Ilonggo people. The festival traces its roots as a thanksgiving celebration in honor of Senyor Santo Niño, the child Jesus. Today, it has grown to be one of the Philippines’ most spectacular religious and cultural festivals.
La Paz Batchoy
La Paz Batchoy
Chowing down the steaming broth of La Paz Batchoy will surely stimulate and liven up your senses. This noodle soup, garnished with pork innards, crushed pork cracklings, vegetables, shrimp, chicken breast or beef loin, shrimp broth, chicken stock and round noodles or miki.
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Mission - Vision
VISIONTO BECOME A PREMIER CITY BY 2015
MISSION
We shall be a leader in the practice of participatory governance that will speed up and sustain growth and development, in order to open up more and better opportunities for all.
We shall constantly be upgrading our standards of education, ethics and transparency in government.
We shall significantly expand and improve our infrastructure, thereby securing a dynamic, safe, peaceful and healthy environment conducive to learning, sports and eco-cultural tourism.
We shall move forward while being fully dedicated to the preservation and further enrichment of our cultural heritage.
CORE VALUES
We are a city that thrives deeply, conscious of our accountability to God centered on family and community, with a commitment to efficiency and excellence nurturing an entrepreneurial spirit and good governance founded on integrity and a responsive citizenry.
Iloilo City
The City of Iloilo ( Hiligaynon: Syudad sang Iloilo or Dakbanwa sg Iloilo, Tagalog: Lungsod ng Iloilo, Spanish: Ciudad de Iloilo) is a highly urbanized city of Panay Island in the Philippines, and the capital city of the province of Iloilo. It is the regional center of theWestern Visayas as well as the center of the Iloilo-Guimaras Metropolitan Area. In the 2010 census, Iloilo City had a population of 424,619 with a 1.8% population annual growth rate.It is bordered by the towns of Oton in the west, Pavia in the north, Leganes in the northeast and the Iloilo Strait in its eastern and southern coastline. The city was a conglomeration of former towns, which are now the geographical districts, consisting of: Jaro (an independent city-before), Molo, La Paz, Mandurriao, Villa Arevalo, and Iloilo City Proper. The district of Lapuz, a former part of La Paz, was declared a separate district in 2008.
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