P100K bounty up as authorities hunt down bomb threat culprits
ILOILO — Treating the wave of bomb threats as a full-blown public safety crisis, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. on Wednesday placed a ₱100,000 bounty...
Iloilo Province’s P6.88-B budget for 2026 approved early to fast-track flagship programs
ILOILO — The Iloilo provincial government is set to enter 2026 with its largest and earliest-approved budget yet, after the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) endorsed...
Wage increase immediately enforceable, says DOLE-6
ILOILO City – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Region 6 on Wednesday pressed employers across Western Visayas to immediately enforce the newly...
Corruption hurts every family; elect honest leaders, BSPOs told
ILOILO – Against the backdrop of intensifying national outrage over alleged corruption involving high-ranking government officials, Iloilo 3rd District’s Cong. Lorenz Defensor challenged the...
BOMB THREATS WIDEN: Iloilo, Antique schools emptied as police trace ‘commonalities’ in messages
ILOILO City — The bomb threat wave that began disrupting Iloilo City universities last week has widened, sweeping across Iloilo Province and into Antique,...
Iloilo City Gov’t bucks entry of 1,000 ‘green’ taxis, says moratorium makes approval impossible
ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Government has dismissed claims it is backing Green and Smart Mobility (Green GSM) Philippines Inc.’s bid to deploy...
Dinagyang 2026 tribes competition shifts to afternoon in major schedule shake-up
ILOILO City – In its boldest schedule overhaul in recent years, the Iloilo Festivals Foundation, Inc. (IFFI) is reshaping the flow of Dinagyang Festival...
Iloilo aims to turn capitol grounds into top Christmas destination again
ILOILO – The provincial government is preparing to transform the capitol grounds into a major Christmas attraction once again — this time with a...
OCD critical aid averts humanitarian crisis over WV losses from successive typhoons
ILOILO – With communities across Western Visayas reeling from the successive blows of typhoons “Ramil”, “Tino”, and “Uwan”, the Office of Civil Defense (OCD)...
Iloilo launches aggressive push to eliminate cervical cancer; 17K women in island barangays targeted...
ILOILO — The Iloilo provincial government is shifting to a more aggressive, community-based strategy to stop cervical cancer, rolling out expanded prevention and screening...