BACK-TO-BACK OPENING SALVOS. The Dinagyang Festival 2026 officially kicks off this weekend with back-to-back opening salvos – Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan this Saturday, Jan. 10, and the Dinagyang Ati tribes competition on Sunday, Jan. 11. Photo shows dancers of the Jimanban Festival of the Municipality of New Lucena, Iloilo, one of the eight Kasadyahan competing tribes, during their blocking rehearsal at the Iloilo Sports Complex on Jan. 8, 2026. ILOILO DINAGYANG FESTIVAL PHOTO

Dinagyang tickets sell out fast – IFFI

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ILOILO City – With festival fever reaching a boil, tickets for the highlight events of the Dinagyang Festival 2026 are rapidly running out, with...
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Iloilo City gov’t vetoes police’s signal jamming plan for Dinagyang

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ILOILO City – The city government and the Iloilo Festivals Foundation Inc. (IFFI) have rejected any telecommunications shutdown during the Dinagyang Festival, effectively scrapping...

USA College of Law beats nat’l average in 2025 Bar, produces 71 new lawyers

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ILOILO — The College of Law of the University of San Agustin (USA-COL) outperformed the national passing rate in the 2025 Bar Examinations. Seventy-one...

Prov’l gov’t to assist lone remaining barangay in illegal drug-clearing push

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ILOILO — The Iloilo provincial government will step in to help clear the last remaining barangay in the province yet to be declared drug-cleared,...

Tickets for ‘Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan’ at Iloilo Sports Complex to be given for free

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ILOILO City – The Iloilo provincial government will distribute free tickets for the Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan competition at the Iloilo Sports Complex in La...
Tourists stroll along White Beach in Boracay Island as authorities warn travelers to transact only with accredited tourism operators amid a rise in unregistered and online scam-prone tourism service providers. PHOTO FROM X

AMID RISE IN ONLINE SCAMS: Boracay tourism office warns vs unregistered tour operators

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ILOILO — The Malay–Boracay Tourism Office has issued a warning to travelers heading to Boracay Island, citing a growing number of unregistered and potentially...
“Our campaign against illegal drugs is continuous and aggressive. We will not relent because drugs destroy families, communities, and the future of our youth,” says Brigadier General Josefino Ligan, director of the Police Regional Office 6.

PRO-6: Over P.5-billion illegal drugs seized in Western Visayas in 2025

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ILOILO City — Police in Western Visayas seized more than half a billion pesos worth of illegal drugs in 2025, underscoring what authorities described...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. says locating the Mother and Child Unit at the Iloilo Provincial Hospital makes strategic sense, as the hospital serves as Iloilo Province’s central referral facility, noting that it is not feasible to equip all district hospitals with highly specialized healthcare services.

Gov’t to fund ‘mother and child’ unit at Iloilo Provincial Hospital

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ILOILO — The national government has committed funding for the construction of a dedicated Mother and Child Unit at the Iloilo Provincial Hospital (IPH)...
Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, head of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office, says the Department of Health Central Office has yet to issue formal advisory regarding new protocols for the “super flu,” and no confirmed cases have been officially reported in the province. ILOILO PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICE PHOTO

‘SUPER FLU’ ALERT: Iloilo revives ‘3Ms’ as flu fears rise ahead of Dinagyang Festival

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ILOILO — As the Dinagyang Festival draws near, the provincial government has moved to reinforce basic health safeguards, urging Ilonggos to strictly observe the...
Three men were injured after two motorcycles collided in Barangay Quinagaringan, Pequeño, Passi City, Iloilo in December 2025. The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region 6 says around 70 percent of all road deaths in Western Visayas involved motorcycles, with non-wearing of helmets and head injuries identified as the leading causes of fatality. PHOTO COURTESY OF PASSI RESPONDERS IN DISASTER

Motorcycle deaths drive WV road carnage: 461 killed in 2025; unlicensed driving, helmet non-use,...

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ILOILO — Motorcycles emerged as the deadliest factor in Western Visayas’ road safety problem, accounting for nearly 70 percent of all fatal crashes in...
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