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A fire in Iloilo City on February 7, 1966 destroyed nearly three quarters of the City Proper area, the central business district, of Iloilo City in the Philippines. It is the single most devastating fire in the city's history.The 12-hour-long fire began at a lumberyard on Iznart Street then spread across Quezon and Valeria streets. The fire trucks of the government, the now-Bureau of Fire Protection, were ill-equipped to fight the fire because they had to travel 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to Jaro, Iloilo City to fill their water tanks.After the fire, commercial activity returned to the area with many of surviving concrete commercial buildings being rebuilt, but the area was left with fewer residents since many homes were replaced by commercial structures. Some survivors were relocated to the district of La Paz in Iloilo City. Among the commercial buildings impacted was the Majestic Theater, which was rebuilt. New commercial landmarks constructed include the Marymart Center, a shopping mall, and the new Iloilo branch of the Philippine National Bank. In the aftermath of the fire, the Iloilo Filipino Chinese Fire Prevention Association Incorporated was established. It is now known as Federation Iloilo Volunteer Fire Brigade. It is one of the two private volunteer fire departments, though they include some part-time on-call firefighters.

Saint Paul University Iloilo, also referred to as SPU Iloilo, St. Paul, St. Paul's or by its acronym SPUI, is a private Catholic basic and higher education institution run by the Philippine Province of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres in Iloilo City, Iloilo, Philippines. It is one of the six campuses comprising the Saint Paul University System. It was founded in 1946 by the Sisters of Saint Paul of Chartres from France with the help of American Catholics. It presently offers academic programs in basic education, tertiary and post-graduate studies in the fields of information technology, teacher education, business, accountancy, liberal studies, nursing, and physical therapy. At present though SPUI form part of the Saint Paul University System, it remains distinctively independent with its own administration.

Assumption Iloilo (also known as AC or Assumption Convent) is a private Catholic coeducational basic education institution run by the Sisters of the Religious of the Assumption in Iloilo City, Philippines. It was founded by the Assumption Sisters in 1910. It offers preschool, grade school, and high school education for males and females.

Iloilo City Proper (City Proper) (also locally known as Downtown, Ciudad, Iloilo Poblacion, or simply Iloílo) is one of the seven districts of Iloilo City in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It is the second-most densely populated district, after Molo. The City Proper has a population of 46,350 residents as of the 2020 census. It is known as the heart of Iloilo, as it is the seat of the city and provincial government, as well as other local, provincial, and regional government offices. The district is also home to the majority of the city's financial institutions, where banks and other firms can be found on every corner of the streets. Iloilo City Proper is the current economic and financial center of Iloilo. The City Proper received its present name from the province's original Irong-Irong reference. It was founded as La Punta and inhabited in 1602 when Spanish and Chinese residents from Jaro and Molo expanded their territorial area. During its heyday, it was called Yloylo or Iloilo. In current modern times, old 19th and 20th-century buildings can still be found across the district, particularly along the entire street of J.M. Basa, popularly known as Calle Real.

ACSI (Associated Computer Systems Institute) College or ACSI is a network of private computer and business colleges. It has two colleges: ACSI College Iloilo and ACSI Caregiver School

Iloilo Sports Complex, also known as the Iloilo Sports Center is a multi-use sports complex in La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines and is the venue of athletic events in Iloilo province and Western Visayas and occasionally hosts large gatherings such as concerts. Its main stadium, the Main Stadium, has a seating capacity of 7,000.Iloilo Sports Complex includes an Olympic-size swimming pool, an oval running track, a football field, two volleyball courts, two basketball courts, two tennis courts and four badminton courts. An indoor gymnasium is located 200 meters away from the main site.The athletics track underwent repair in 2014 which costed ₱100 thousand though it had to be rehabilitated again due to the number of sporting events hosted by the venue. The sports venue had to be closed in October 2015 for renovation works. The ₱18 million rehabilitation was completed in December 2015. The athletics track was rubberized and had its lanes painted. The football field also had its grass switched to another type of Bermuda grass.It hosts the home matches of Iloilo F.A. football team. In February 2018, Kaya Futbol Club adopted the Iloilo Sports Complex as their home venue. Liga Futbol Inc., the organization that manages the Philippines Football League approved the usage of the field for league matches by Kaya on April 20, 2018. The club is set to play their first home league match against Global Cebu on May 2.

The Iloilo Science and Technology University (also referred to as ISAT-U or ISAT) is a state research university located in La Paz, Iloilo City, Philippines. Founded in 1905 under the American colonial government of the Philippines, it is mandated and chartered as a polytechnical university by the Philippine government to provide undergraduate and graduate courses in technology education, agriculture, fishery, engineering, arts and sciences, forestry, business, health, computer, criminology, nautical and short-term vocational-technical and other continuing courses. It attained its university status in 2013 renaming it to its present name, the Iloilo Science and Technology University (ISAT-U). As a public research university, ISAT-U is also mandated to promote research, advanced studies, extension work and progressive leadership in its area of specialization. Its main campus is located in Burgos St., La Paz, Iloilo City with external campuses in Leon, Miag-ao, Barotac and Dumangas.

The Iloilo Mission Hospital (also known as Central Philippine University–Iloilo Mission Hospital or CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital), commonly referred to as Mission Hospital, Mission, CPU–IMH or IMH, is a private tertiary, academic and teaching hospital located in Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines. Established in 1901 through the auspices of the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board from the United States by the American missionary doctor, Joseph Andrew Hall, it is the "first and oldest American and Protestant founded hospital in the Philippines". It was originally named as Sabine Haines Memorial Union Mission Hospital in memory of Charles Haines's son, a New Yorker whose grant made possible for the founding of the hospital.CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital is also the first hospital for the soldiers and constabulary (the predecessor of Philippine National Police) during the American regime in the Philippines. In 1907, it formally changed its name to Union Mission Hospital when the Baptists joined the Presbyterians in administering the hospital as their joint-mission healthcare institution for medical work in Visayas. It was later ceded to the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society in 1925. In 1931, the hospital moved to its present site in the City of Jaro (now a district of Iloilo City), thus later in 1932, it was renamed to Iloilo Mission Hospital along with its nursing school.It pioneered the nursing education in the Philippine islands through the establishment of the Union Mission Hospital Training School for Nurses in 1906, the first school of nursing in the Philippines. It was later transferred and became an organic academic unit of Central Philippine University renaming it to its present name, the Central Philippine University College of Nursing. The nursing school's milestones include producing the first three nursing graduates, the first nursing board exam ranked number one topnotcher, and the first number one top performing school in the history of the nursing licensure examination, education, and profession in the Philippines.Operating as the university hospital of Central Philippine University, it is independent from it in entity and is operated and administered by a separate board of corporation and trustees. Iloilo Mission Hospital predates CPU's founding (founded in 1905) by four years.CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital is a LEVEL III Department of Health of the Philippines accredited and licensed tertiary private hospital. It serves the community in general and as a teaching, training and laboratory hospital and facility for Central Philippine University in the medical fields and academic healthcare programs of Medicine, Nursing, Medical Technology, Physical Therapy, Medical Social Work, Pharmacy, Nutrition and Dietetics. The hospital's chaplaincy program on the other hand is served by the Central Philippine University College of Theology.In 2001, Iloilo Mission Hospital celebrated its centennial, commemorating its century of existence and its contribution since its founding in 1901 to the Philippine and American colonial history in the Philippines and in Asia as it pioneered the Nursing education in the Philippines, and as the First American and Protestant founded hospital in the country. As a commemoration to its centennial, the IMH Centennial Building was built as a monument to it along with the hospital's acquisition of the Philips MX8000 CT Scan machine, the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. In May 2019, another milestone of the hospital in facilities upgrading, is the acquisition of the Siemens Healthineers ACUSON SEQUOIA Ultra-Premium Ultrasound Machine, also the first in the Philippines and in Southeast Asia.Iloilo Mission Hospital is accredited also for residency training program in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology and with Family Medicine and Surgery. At present, though founded originally by the Presbyterians, the hospital is subsequently affiliated with the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches but remains independent.

Molo (locally [ˈmolo]) is a district of Iloilo City in Iloilo Province, on Panay Island in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It is the most densely populated district of all the seven districts of Iloilo City. Molo was a separate municipality before it was incorporated into the then-municipality of Iloilo by virtue of Act No. 719 of 1903. Molo was originally the Parián (Chinese district or Chinatown) of Iloilo, which is the area that the Chinese residents of Iloilo lived in. It is also known as the "Athens of the Philippines," being the birthplace of famous Philippine Ilustrados and some of the country's greatest philosophers and political leaders, including numerous chief justices, senators, governors, generals, congressmen, and cabinet officials. Several known families that came from Molo include - the Locsin, Lacson, Sayson, Pison, Layson, Yusay, among others, who are descended from Chinese immigrants who hispanized, adopted Roman Catholicism and settled in Molo. The popular St. Anne Parish Church, more commonly known as Molo Church, is a centuries-old church which lies in front of the Molo Plaza. The national high school of the city, Iloilo City National High School, is also located in Molo. The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) are among the government agencies with regional offices in Molo. The Philippines' national hero, José Rizal, visited Molo Church on his way to Manila from exile in Dapitan. He exclaimed "La iglesia bonita!" as he saw the church, acknowledging its beauty.Pancit Molo, a popular Ilonggo dish named after the district, is a pork dumpling soup is a type of soup using wonton wrappers consists of a mixture of ground pork wrapped in molo or wonton wrapper, shredded chicken meat, and also shrimps. According to the 2020 census, Molo has a population of 76,393 people, making it the second-most populous district of Iloilo City, after Jaro.

The Port of Iloilo (Spanish: Puerto de Iloilo) in Iloilo City, Philippines, serves the province and city of Iloilo and the entire Panay Island, in Western Visayas of the Philippines. It is located away from the older port facilities on the Southern coast of Panay Island, in the Panay Gulf, and one of the country’s safest and most natural harbors. Guimaras Island shields the port from violent storms and makes it ideal for harboring ships and vessels.

West Visayas State University Medical Center (commonly referred to as WVSU Medical Center and WVSUMC but colloquially known as Don Benito) is a government owned hospital operated under the West Visayas State University. It was established in the 1940s after which when the Cacho family of Panay Electric Company (PECO) sold their property to the Philippine Women's College, then later to the Lopez family turning it into Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital (Don Benito Lopez Hospital). When West Visayas State College become a university through a presidential decree in 1986, the need for the university to have a laboratory hospital for its college of medicine students paved the way, resulting in 1987, for the government to purchase the Don Benito Lopez Memorial Hospital (Don Benito Lopez Hospital), turning it into West Visayas State University Medical Center.On November 29, 2001, the Department of Health of the Philippines - Bureau of Health Facilities and Services and the university's Board of Regents through approved the hospital's conversion to West Visayas State University Medical Center.A Level III public hospital, WVSU Medical Center healthcare services include out-patient, in-patient, ancillary and allied health medical services. It also serves as a laboratory hospital for the clinical training of WVSU's nursing and medicine students.It is subsequently forms as an auxiliary unit under the West Visayas State University but is autonomous in entity and management.

West Visayas State University (WVSU, referred to colloquially by locals as West; Filipino: Pamantasang Pampamahalaan ng Kanlurang Bisayas) is a public normal research university located in La Paz, Iloilo City, Western Visayas region of the Philippines. It was established in 1924 as Iloilo Normal School under the tutelage of the Thomasites, but dates back its founding in 1902 as a part of Philippine normal school system with Iloilo National High School established by the American colonial government. It later became West Visayas State College in 1965 and acquired its university status becoming West Visayas State University in 1986. The university is one of the accredited Philippine Universities of the University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific and one of the most prominent institutions in the Philippines in the field of Teacher Education, Nursing and Medicine.The West Visayas State University (WVSU) system is composed of the main campus, six external campuses (which are distinct from the main campus) and the WVSU Medical Center. The La Paz (main campus) is organized with an integrated laboratory school and twelve degree granting tertiary schools and colleges. In the collegiate level studies, the academic programs the university offers include Agriculture, Arts and Sciences, Biology, Business Management, Cooperatives Management, Forestry, Hospitality Management, Information and Communications Technology, Mass Communication, Medicine, Nursing, Operations Management, Political Science, Public Administration, Physical Education, Teacher Education and Tourism. The Law program of the university under the newly established College of Law was opened in August 2020. It was later followed by the establishment of the College of Dentistry. The 2,000 hectare Mari-it Wildlife and Conservation Park which is managed as part of the 3,000 hectare WVSU College of Agriculture and Forestry campus in Lambunao, Iloilo, is the largest hornbill breeding facility in the world.The Philippine Commission on Higher Education has also designated the university through its main campus as National Center of Excellence in Teacher Education and National Center of Development in Nursing while the Lambunao Campus as National Centers of Development in the programs of Agriculture and Forestry.