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Online Business Permit Renewal 2019

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Experience Easy, Fast and A More Convenient way of business permit renewal.

Renew your Business Permit in 3 simple steps:
1. Fill out and email to: icctobusrenewal2019@gmail.com.
Go to www.iloilocity.gov.ph. Click Downloads, Electronic Forms, Application Forms and Documents. Click and download “Declaration of Gross Receipts (DGR). Fill out the form and email to the address above.
2. Download and Print
Once the application is approved, an email will be sent to you containing your Approved DGR, Tax Order of Payment (TOP) and other pertinent documents. Download all attachments and sign the DGR.
3. Pay and Receive Business Permit
Present your Approved DGR, TOP, Barangay Clearance, Fire Safety Inspection Certificate (FSIC) and other requirements to the designated cashier window for online application, pay business tax due and receive your Business Permit, receipts and other documents.
(Please do not put comma (,) when filling out the monthly gross declaration.)

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Arangka Kita Mga Ilonggo!!

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Iloilo is a place bestowed with tremendous blessings. We have the bountiful harvest of produce and crops coming from most fertile soil of the island. From the plentiful rice production in central Iloilo, export quality bell peppers from the town of Leon and juiciest watermelon from the town of Oton, truly Iloilo is the basket of the entire region.

Iloilo’s coastal area is one of the most abundant fishing grounds in the country and its ocean that keeps on giving the best and diverse species of marine life, from fishes, mollusks and crustaceans that are the most sought after marine produce not only in the country but the world.

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Tourism

Why Iloilo City Celebrates the Charter Day every August 25

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Iloilo City’s history is as colorful as it can be. However, sometimes it comes to a blur as part of it is told orally or has not been recorded properly. Several articles were written about the Charter Day celebrations but there are some conflicting information. One of the articles stated that July 16 is the day the charter signed therefore the inauguration happened later. Hence, the search for facts led to the discovery of some important documents pertaining to the city’s charter day. Full copies of the original and amended charter of Iloilo City as well as presidential proclamations were found. These documents as well as notes from local personalities can help us understand what has transpired in 1937. Continue reading Why Iloilo City Celebrates the Charter Day every August 25 →

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ICPO CHIEF: ILOILO CITY STILL SAFE

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The top cop of Iloilo City has assured the public that the metropolis is very peaceful and safe.

Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) director Senior Superintendent Henry F. Biñas made the pronouncement in response to recent series of shooting incidents.

“These are isolated cases. For several months, we know that Iloilo City is very peaceful but it is unfortunate that these happened. Rest assured that the city police is doing steps to solve the problem,” Biñas stressed.
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Current Events

STOP! LOOK! READ!

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Due to the onset of rainy season and heavy rains, our body is susceptible to health risks especially Leptospirosis for those who wade in “tubig baha”.

Go to the nearest Health Center for Prophylaxis treatment and to prevent transmission of Leptospirosis especially in flooded areas;
~if they have open wounds and broken skin
~if eyes come in contact with contaminated/infected water or tubig baha
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DILG Region VI On-Site Assessment at BPLO Iloilo

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DILG Regional Office VI conducted an on-site assessment to the selected personnel of Business Permits and Licensing Office and Treasury Office last July 12, 2018. Facilitated by Bureau of Local Government Development (BLGD) Team headed by Virginia S. Clavel, Chief-LFRRD, Belinda F. Castro, Asst. Division Chief and Her She V. Pausa, LGOO II.

Iloilo City is one of the Highly Urbanized Cities chosen by the BLGD Team as one of the LGUs who has been in the forefront in Business Friendliness and Competitiveness with the implementation of its streamlined Business Permit and Licensing System.

Tourism

Paraw Regatta

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Paraw Regatta Festival or Iloilo Paraw Regatta Festival is an annual festival held in February in the Villa de Arevalo district, Iloilo City, Philippines. Its main event is a sailboat race in Iloilo Strait that features the Paraw, a Visayan double outrigger sail boat. It is the oldest traditional craft event in Asia and the largest sailing event in the Philippines. It is one of Iloilo City’s tourism events along with the Dinagyang Festival, Kasadyahan Festival, Chinese New Year festival and La Candelaria Fiesta. The Iloilo Paraw Regatta began as a half-day sailboat race but is now a multi-day, multi-event festival.
The Paraw race course is a 30 kilometres  long, running up the coast of Panay and then down the coast of Guimaras, before returning to the finish at Villa Beach. Participating paraws are categorized based on the waterline length of the boat and further classified according to their sails as “unpainted” or “painted”. The sails are painted with colorful designs.

The first race started in 1973 with the mission to preserve the historic value of the paraws. It is held every 3rd weekend of February at Tatoy’s Manokan, Sto. Nino Sur, Villa, Iloilo City. Today, the event has grown from being a boat race to a festival with various interesting activities.

The Ilonggos take great pride in the celebration of a long and illustrious history, and, as such, so do the sailors and master craftsmen that continue the preservation of the old ways since the creation of this province, and its Hiligaynon birthright.

Tourism

Dinagyang Festival

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Dinagyang began after Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Galindez, the first Filipino Rector of the Agustinian Community and Parish Priest of the San Jose Parish introduced the devotion to Santo Niño in November 1967 after observing the Ati-Atihan Festival in the province of Aklan. On 1968, a replica of the original image of the Santo Niño de Cebu was brought to Iloilo by Fr. Sulpicio Enderez of Cebu as a gift to the Parish of San Jose. The faithful, led by members of Confradia del Santo Niño de Cebu, Iloilo Chapter, worked to give the image a fitting reception starting at the Iloilo Airport and parading down the streets of Iloilo.

In the beginning, the observance of the feast was confined to the parish. The Confradia patterned the celebration on the Ati-atihan of Ibajay, Aklan, where natives dance in the streets, their bodies covered with soot and ashes, to simulate the Atis dancing to celebrate the sale of Panay. It was these tribal groups who were the prototype of the present festival.

In 1977, the Marcos government ordered the various regions of the Philippines to come up with festivals or celebrations that could boost tourism and development. The City of Iloilo readily identified the Iloilo Ati-atihan as its project. At the same time the local parish could no longer handle the growing challenges of the festival. 
Dinagyang was voted as the best Tourism Event for 2006, 2007 and 2008 by the Association of Tourism Officers in the Philippines. It is the not the only one festivals in the world to get the support of the United Nations for the promotion of the Millennium Development Goals, and cited by the Asian Development Bank as Best Practice on government, private sector & NGO cooperatives.