UP Antiqueño urges Loren to return, face Ombudsman

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ILOILO City — Antique students in the University of the Philippines (UP) urged Sen. Loren Legarda and son Cong. Leandro Leviste of Batangas to...
Ilonggo activists Maria Luisa Posa-Dominado and Nilo Arado are only among numerous known and unidentified individuals across the country who disappeared, leaving their families without knowing whether they are alive or dead.

17-YEAR WAIT FOR JUSTICE: Groups press gov’t to resolve Iloilo activists’ disappearance, uphold human...

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ILOILO City — Nearly two decades after Ilonggo activists Maria Luisa Posa-Dominado and Nilo Arado vanished, human rights and cause-oriented groups are renewing pressure...

NU, La Salle expansion widens higher education choices in WV

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ILOILO City – Iloilo is poised to further strengthen its position as a major education hub in Western Visayas as two prominent universities expand...
The electric mini sweeper simultaneously sweeps and vacuums waste as it travels through public spaces, including corners and other areas that may be difficult to clean manually. The Iloilo City government has bought one to reduce reliance on manpower and reach narrow and linear areas where the city’s larger sweeper truck cannot operate efficiently because of space and access limitations. ILOILO CITY GOV’T

Iloilo City turns to electric sweeper to speed up cleanup

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ILOILO City — Faced with lengthy public spaces that are difficult and time-consuming to clean manually, the Iloilo City Government has deployed a P3.5-million...
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Tigbauan LGU urged not to allow poultry farm to run without complete permits

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ILOILO — First District’s Cong. Janette Garin has urged the Tigbauan municipal government to stop a poultry farm in Barangay Linobayan from operating —...
FIGHTING FOR SURVIVAL. A male Dulungan or Rufous-headed Hornbill (Rhabdotorrhinus waldeni) perches beside a nest hole in the forests of Panay. Only an estimated 1,000 to 3,000 mature individuals remain, making the protection of their remaining forest habitat crucial to the species’ survival. DAVID QUIMPO / HARIBON FOUNDATION PHOTO

PANAY HORNBILLS FACE EXTINCTION; Central Panay habitat under threat amid roads, energy projects

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ILOILO City – More than 95 percent of the world’s remaining Dulungan hornbills are now concentrated in the Central Panay Mountain Range, according to...
Department of the Interior and Local Government-Iloilo province director Dino Ponsaron says ²the usual rule on automatic succession under the Local Government Code cannot apply if all barangay officials vacate their posts simultaneously because no elected official would remain to succeed the punong barangay.

Tigbauan barangay faces leadership vacuum; DILG: Succession rule may not apply if all quit

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ILOILO – Barangay Linobayan in Tigbauan town could be left without elected village officials to run its affairs if the mass resignation of its...
MILESTONE GIFT. National Commission of Senior Citizens’ Western Visayas director Ann Rapunzel Ganzon shares a light moment with centenarian Lolo Resurreccion Tacusalme of Barangay San Isidro, Jaro, Iloilo City, as she personally hands him his ₱100,000 cash gift and presidential letter of felicitation under the Expanded Centenarians Act. NCSC-6 PHOTO

P116.37-M cash gifts released to 14,555 WV seniors; NCSC nears completion of milestone payouts

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ILOILO City — More than 14,500 elderly Western Visayans are benefiting from ₱116.37 million in government cash gifts as the National Commission of Senior...
Commission on Elections - Region 6 director Atty. Dennis Ausan says election offices in Western Visayas remain in “election mode,” with preparations proceeding according to the existing electoral calendar. “Wala kami gapanumdom resetting or postponement subong... full swing ang amon preparations,” says Ausan.

Comelec bares BSKE sked amid postponement talks

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ILOILO — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Western Visayas is pushing ahead with full-scale preparations for the Nov. 2, 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang...
Police personnel receive firearms voluntarily surrendered by residents as part of the Police Regional Office 6’s intensified Project RTT (Restrict, Track, and Turn-in) campaign against loose firearms across Western Visayas. PRO-6 accounted for 16 loose firearms in a 24-hour operation from August 25 to 26, 2026, 11 of which were voluntarily surrendered. PRO-6 PHOTO

PRO-6 nets 16 guns, 3 explosives in latest 24-hour blitz; 4 arrested

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ILOILO City — Police took 16 loose firearms and three explosive devices out of circulation across Western Visayas in just 24 hours, arresting four...
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