PROTEST VS PUMP PRICES. Consumers, students, and members of progressive organizations stage a picket protest outside a gasoline station in Iloilo City, demanding the repeal of the Oil Deregulation Law and opposing the latest “one-time, big-time” fuel price hike, which they warn will further drive up transportation fares, commodity prices, and the cost of living for ordinary Filipinos. ALTERMIDYA/BAYAN-Panay

Transport coalition defies LTFRB warning, protests fuel prices, wages

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ILOILO City – Up to 500 transport workers and supporters across Panay Island are expected to join a two-day nationwide transport strike beginning today,...
Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) director Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño is calling on schools across Western Visayas to adopt the “get out, lock out, call out” emergency protocol to react quickly to shooting incidents and other threats. He stresses that the protocol should become familiar to everyone in schools rather than remain the responsibility solely of administrators and security personnel. PRO-6 PHOTO

SCHOOL SECURITY OVERHAUL; PRO-6 seeks emergency protocol, clear bags, drills amid campus threats

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ILOILO City – Schools across Western Visayas are being urged to tighten campus security and prepare students and personnel for shooting incidents and other...
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Police, cybercrime unit hunt source of viral Jaro high school threat

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ILOILO City – Jaro National High School (JNHS) went on heightened security Monday, locking one of its gates, tightening campus access and deploying additional...
The Batiano River originates in the Iloilo-Batiano River Basin in Oton, Iloilo and flows to Iloilo City through Molo district, then empties into the Iloilo Strait. Photo shows the Batiano River as seen in Molo. WIKIPEDIA PHOTO

Behavior shift cuts Batiano river waste by nearly half; City eyes wider rollout as...

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ILOILO City – A behavioral change program targeting improper waste disposal has slashed daily garbage recovered from areas along the Batiano River from as...
Children's charity Unicef reported in 2023 that roughly half of the 510 Indonesian children it surveyed had been exposed to sexual images on social media. GETTY IMAGES

Iloilo capitol orders disclaimer on employees’ public, socmed posts

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ILOILO – Iloilo provincial government officials and employees must now explicitly state that their public commentaries and social media opinions are made in their...
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LTO SCHOLARSHIP: Free training, licensing program gives pathway to transport, logistics work

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ILOILO City — More than 200 Western Visayans now have a potential ticket to employment in the transport and logistics industries after completing a...
“If we get the right data, we will be able to prepare. Revisit the pipes that we're putting in our drainage systems and review what else we can do to make sure that Iloilo is a resilient city,” says Mayor Raisa Treñas of Iloilo City.

Science-based data sought to determine if drainage systems can cope with heavier rains

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ILOILO City – Mayor Raisa Treñas is pushing for a science-driven reassessment of Iloilo City's flood-control and drainage systems to determine whether existing infrastructure...
Commuters board a modern jeepney along Calle Real in Iloilo City. As the new fare adjustments take effect today, September 28, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Region 6 warned drivers and operators that they cannot collect higher fares without displaying the updated fare matrix inside their vehicles. Under the approved rates, minimum fares increase to P14 for traditional jeepneys and P17 for modern jeepneys for the first four kilometers. ALLEN ANIMAS/PN

NO MATRIX, NO FARE HIKE; LTFRB warns public utility vehicle drivers as higher fares...

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ILOILO City — Public utility vehicle (PUV) operators and drivers in Western Visayas cannot collect higher fares starting today, Sept. 28, unless they first...
A total of 153 inmates were quarantined at the isolation facility of the Iloilo District Jail in Barangay Nanga, Pototan, Iloilo. This measure aims to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 contagion in prison cells, says Senior Jail Superintendent Gilbert of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology Region 6. FILE PHOTO

JAIL SECURITY TIGHTENED; Strip searches allowed on visitors suspected of hiding contraband – BJMP

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ILOILO City – Visitors suspected of sneaking drugs and other contraband into jails in Western Visayas may be subjected to strip or naked searches...
The Iloilo Provincial Capitol Building.

Iloilo prov’l capitol pitches youth and reading innovations for Galing Pook 2026

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ILOILO — From preventing teenage pregnancies and addressing youth mental health concerns to helping children overcome reading difficulties, the Iloilo Provincial Government is putting...
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