NEVER TOO YOUNG? Birth control pills are distributed at a health center in Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City, in this Inquirer file photo. Seven House bills that have passed deliberations at the committee level want contraceptives to be available to people of a younger set without the need for parental consent, but under certain conditions. MARIANNE BERMUDEZ/PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER PHOTO

Iloilo surpasses nat’l family planning target for three consecutive years; Pills remain top contraceptive...

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ILOILO – This province has consistently exceeded the Department of Health’s (DOH) national target for contraceptive use among women of reproductive age over the...
Cleanliness is not just the city government’s job, it is a shared responsibility, stresses Mayor Raisa Treñas as she orders a citywide clean-up every Saturday to combat the spread of dengue and leptospirosis.

Iloilo declares citywide Saturday clean-up

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ILOILO City – As the rainy season heightens the risk of infectious diseases, Mayor Raisa Treñas has ordered a citywide clean-up every Saturday to...
Online platforms should recognize the mandatory discounts given to senior citizens and persons with disabilities, says the Bureau of Internal Revenue. PHOTO COURTESY OF MONEYMAX.PH

P2.2-B social pension disbursed to 377K WV seniors

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ILOILO City – Over 377,000 indigent senior citizens across Western Visayas received a total of ₱2.2 billion in social pension from the Department of...
Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. leads the ceremonial turnover of checks to five Iloilo municipalities — Badiangan, Banate, Batad, Estancia, and Lemery — for the construction of Family and Youth Development Centers (FYDCs), aimed at strengthening grassroots mental health care and youth support services. “These centers are our commitment to grassroots development, especially in mental health, population education, and youth support,” he says. PHOTO FROM BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO

Iloilo bolsters grassroots mental health, youth support with P25M for family, youth centers

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ILOILO – To strengthen community-based mental health care and youth empowerment, the Iloilo provincial government has allocated a total of P25 million to fund...
The Department of Education Region 6 has implemented several interventions including the activation of Learner Rights Protection Officers and Child Protection Committees in schools following the two recent school-related stabbing incidents in Iloilo and Antique. Photo shows the Antique National School in San Jose de Buenavista town during the opening of classes for School Year 2025-2026 on June 16, 2025. THE MADIA-AS/FACEBOOK PAGE PHOTO

BULLYING PERSISTS IN WV PUBLIC SCHOOLS: DepEd-6 logs 343 cases, tightens safety measures

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ILOILO – The Department of Education (DepEd) has raised concern over the continuing prevalence of bullying in public schools across Western Visayas, recording 343...
Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Iloilo City Council majority bloc claims all 32 committee chairmanships

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ILOILO City – In a display of political consolidation, the Iloilo City Council has finalized its internal reorganization by assigning all 32 committee chairmanships...
RED ALERT. Network Plus Philippines sounds the alarm on the “unstable supply” of drugs for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in four regions outside Metro Manila. In this photo, a person campaigns for awareness on acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), the most severe stage of HIV infection. PHOTO BY MARIANNE BERMUDEZ / PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER

DOH-6 forms Regional AIDS Council to confront surging HIV cases in Iloilo

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ILOILO City – Alarmed by the continuing rise in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) cases in Western Visayas — particularly in Iloilo Province — the...
The Department of Education – Schools Division of Iloilo says its flagship learning recovery initiative, Tib-ong Bumulutho, had produced measurable improvements in student performance in reading and numeracy. JASPER JAN SANTOS PHOTO

Iloilo police call for clearer school security guidelines from DepEd

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ILOILO – With the opening of classes, the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has ramped up its security presence in public secondary schools across...
Photo courtesy of Balita Halin sa Kapitolyo

Malnutrition a threat to social justice, economic growth – Debuque

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ILOILO – Framing nutrition as both a moral imperative and economic necessity, Vice Gov. Natalie “Lee Ann” Debuque sounded the alarm on the need...
The construction of the Panay-Guimaras-Negros Island Bridges Project will start in 2025 once the detailed engineering design is completed on schedule and approved for funding and implementation by the Investment Coordination Committee and the National Economic and Development Authority Board. NEDA-6 PHOTO

FINAL DESIGN NEARS COMPLETION: Civil works for Panay-Guimaras bridge to begin July 2026

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ILOILO City – The long-anticipated Panay-Guimaras-Negros (PGN) Link Bridge project is moving closer to construction as 82 percent of its final detailed engineering design...
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