Track and intensity forecast of Tropical Storm Opong issued at 5 a.m., Wednesday, September 24, 2025. PHOTO BY PAGASA/FACEBOOK

DSWD-6 sustains P116-M relief readiness as ‘Opong’ emerges after ‘Nando’

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ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas is sustaining its full-scale relief preparation amounting to P116 million,...
FLOODED FLOOD CONTROL. Defeating its purpose to mitigate flooding, this portion of a flood mitigation structure in Barangay Mohon, Arevalo, Iloilo City has been inundated. Three projects worth ₱353 million in Arevalo were awarded to Discaya-linked contractors, yet transparency reports lack crucial details such as start and completion dates. Iloilo City Mayor Raisa Treñas and Oton, Iloilo’s Mayor Sofronio Fusin recently inspected sites in barangays Mohon and Sto. Domingo after residents blamed the projects for worsening floods.

Calls for sustained action echo after Ilonggos join Sept. 21 ‘Trillion Peso March’

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ILOILO City – Three days after the “Trillion Peso March” filled Iloilo City’s streets with chants against corruption, voices from the Sept. 21 rally...
These two Chinese nationals were arrested by Bureau of Immigration intelligence agents after being found working and managing a restaurant in the famous beach area of Boracay in Malay, Aklan, on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025. BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION PHOTO

Boracay Chinese restaurant raided for coddling illegal aliens

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AKLAN – Immigration operatives raided a beachfront restaurant in Station 2, Boracay, resulting in the arrest of two Chinese nationals allegedly working and managing...

Tricycle driver killed in Lambunao stabbing incident

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ILOILO – A 40-year-old tricycle driver was killed after being stabbed by a fellow driver during a heated altercation on Tuesday morning, September 23,...

Lending collector yields P408K ‘shabu’

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Iloilo City – A 29-year-old lending collector tagged as a high-value target was apprehended in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Calajunan, Mandurriao district at...
Knee-level floodwaters swamp a household in Barangay Sto. Domingo, Arevalo, Iloilo City, as southwest monsoon rains enhanced by Super Typhoon Nando continue to drench Western Visayas.

‘HABAGAT’ FLOODS HIT BARANGAYS: 24/7 ops activated; long-term drainage fix pushed

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ILOILO City – Habagat or southwest monsoon rains whipped by Super Typhoon Nando’s exit winds swamped six barangays here yesterday, forcing evacuations and prompting...
This flood mitigation structure in Buntatala Creek, Jaro, Iloilo City suffered delays due to informal settlers and waterline relocations.

Billions in Iloilo City flood projects face delays

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ILOILO City – At least 21 flood control projects worth more than ₱2.7 billion in this city are real and visible on the ground,...
Police personnel from Western Visayas stand in formation during the ceremonial send-off at Camp Gen. Martin Teofilo B. Delgado in Iloilo City on April 23, 2025. Twenty-nine officers from PRO-6 are being deployed to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to serve as Special Electoral Board members for the high-stakes May 12 elections — marking the first time the Police Regional Office 6 is sending troops to another region for election duties. PHOTO COURTESY OF POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE 6

Policemen on alert for more protests

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ILOILO City – The Trillion Peso March in Western Visayas may have ended peacefully on Sept. 21, but authorities warned that heightened vigilance will...
Photo courtesy of National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Iloilo opens new HIV treatment facility amid rise in infections

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ILOILO – With human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in Iloilo Province rising at an alarming pace, health officials have unveiled a new treatment facility...
“Time will come nga mas damo pa ang basura sa aton kadagatan compared sa isda nga kinahanglan naton,” warns Mitzi Peñaflorida, senior environmental management specialist of the Iloilo Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office. Without public vigilance, oceans could face a tipping point, she says. NELJOY GALIGAO/PN

Region’s shorelines cleaned, trash hauled: Thousands mobilize for int’l coastal cleanup

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ILOILO City – From Iloilo’s shores to Boracay Island’s white sands and Antique’s historic coast of Malandog, thousands of volunteers fanned out before sunrise...
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