GALLOPING INTO FORTUNE: Ilonggos hunt for must-have lucky charms for the Year of the...

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ILOILO City – As the Lunar New Year ushers in 2026 — the Year of the Fire Horse — the usual boxes of tikoy...
More than 20 houses were razed after a massive fire broke out on Monday afternoon, February 16, 2026, in Barangay Benedicto, Jaro, Iloilo City. Thick black smoke billowed over the area as firefighters, emergency responders and residents rushed to contain the blaze. MORE POWER / AJ PALCULLO PHOTOS

4th alarm fire guts over 20 homes in Jaro

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ILOILO City – A fourth-alarm fire tore through a densely populated section of Barangay Benedicto in Jaro district on Monday afternoon, February 16, destroying...
Passengers board a minibus in Iloilo City. Consolidated transport cooperatives and/or companies have secured millions of pesos in bank loans to buy minibuses in line with the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program. Suspending the program, they say, would be detrimental to their operation. IME SORNITO/PN

ICTTMO blames poor dispatching of minibuses for stranded commuters

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ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Traffic and Transportation Management Office (ICTTMO) has launched an intensified crackdown on overloaded minibuses, deploying monitoring teams across...
To ensure police neutrality during the May 2025 midterm elections, officers related by consanguinity up to the fourth degree to any candidate will be temporarily reassigned to other municipalities or provinces. Cops must steer clear of partisan activities and avoid serving political figures. The photo shows members of the Iloilo City Police Office. ICPO PHOTO

ICPO to deploy 131 cops for Chinese New Year

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ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) is deploying 131 police personnel across key areas to secure Chinese New Year celebrations, maintaining...
CAREER PATHWAY BOOST. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (foreground, second from left) leads the turnover of Career Guidance Instructional Modules (CGIM) to representatives of 80 public secondary schools during the “Pagbinag-binag: Thinking Through Career Options” activity at Pavia National High School, marking Iloilo’s rollout of a province-wide program aligning senior high school education with workforce demands. PHOTO COURTESY OF BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO

Iloilo pioneers nation’s first prov’l career guidance module; Public schools seek to align SHS...

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ILOILO – To close the gap between education and employment, the Iloilo Provincial Government has rolled out what it described as the first provincial-wide...
Iloilo’s prominent Chinoy community rings in the lunar New Year with a grand parade from Bonifacio Drive up to the Filipino-Chinese Arch the Filipino Chinese Friendship Arch on Plazoleta Gay, Iloilo City.

‘HARMONY IN RADIANCE’: Chinese schools keep Lunar New Year traditions alive

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ILOILO City — In a city shaped by centuries of trade, migration, and shared stories, the approach of the Lunar New Year once again...

Iloilo tourism workers displaced by ‘Tino’ receive P2.7-million emergency assistance

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ILOILO — The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released more than P2.7 million in emergency cash aid to tourism workers in...
The Visayan Sea. Photo courtesy of Dan Lozanes/ Facebook via PNA

BFAR ends 3-month Visayan Sea closure but wary of losing gains to illegal fishing...

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ILOILO — The three-month fishing ban in the Visayan Sea has officially been lifted, but authorities are coupling the reopening with a sweeping enforcement...
The Panay Consumers Alliance says overcrowded public utility vehicles are the “predictable outcome” of flawed transport planning under the national government’s Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program and the Iloilo City Government’s Local Public Transport Route Plan. AJ PALCULLO/PN / SCREENSHOT FROM MENARD JHON ARANDIA/FB VIDEO

‘SYSTEMIC FAILURE’: Overloading stems from vehicle shortage and policy missteps – consumers group

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ILOILO City — Persistent overloading in public jeepneys and minibuses is a direct result of government policy failures and a shrinking transport fleet —...
“Okay man na sa bata maka-cellphone, pero guide-dan lang,” says Arlynn Ablania of Barangay Ingore, La Paz, Iloilo City. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Iloilo parents sound alarm on children’s screen addiction, tighten cellphone rules

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BY NELJOY GALIGAO ILOILO City – As children spend more hours glued to cellphones for schoolwork, social media, and gaming, Ilonggo parents are tightening supervision...
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