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TREÑAS URGES ILONGGOS: Stop sharing viral rant on homegrown café chain

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas is calling on Ilonggos to stop circulating the controversial vlog attacking homegrown café chain Coffeebreak, urging the public...
Former Calinog, Iloilo Mayor Alex Centena (fourth from left) takes his oath as the new Commissioner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, representing island groups including Mindoro, Palawan, Romblon, Panay, and the rest of the Visayas, before Department of Agrarian Reform secretary Conrado M. Estrella III (third from left), during a ceremony attended by Agrarian Reform undersecretary Jesry Palmares (extreme left) and other officials.

Former Calinog mayor appointed to IP commission

ILOILO – Former Calinog mayor Alex Centena has been appointed commissioner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP), representing the island groups of...
Ajuy, Iloilo’s Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (MFARMC) receives national recognition as one of the Top 3 finalists in the Institutions II Category of the 2025 Gawad Saka Awards during the awarding ceremony held at the Philippine Trade Training Center in Pasay City on May 26. BFAR-6 PHOTO

Ajuy’s fisheries council earns nod for sustainable marine governance

ILOILO – The Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (MFARMC) of Ajuy town has secured a spot among the top three national finalists...
Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon (left), chief of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office, says community-level health education is important as a first line of defense against mpox. Currently, there is no proven treatment for this viral disease that causes flu-like symptoms and skin lesions. ILOILO PHO/DOH PHOTOS

VIRAL THREAT: Mpox resurfaces in southern PH, prompts warning in Iloilo

ILOILO – With the spike in mpox (formerly known as monkeypox) cases reported in Mindanao, particularly in the Soccsksargen, Bangsamoro, and Zamboanga Peninsula regions,...
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WHO WILL QUENCH ILOILO? City caught between price and promise as water giants clash...

ILOILO City – The battle for control over Iloilo City’s future water supply intensified during a hearing held Monday by the Sangguniang Panlungsod, as...
Increased presence of police officers and barangay tanods will enhance the anti-criminality campaign in the communities.

Iloilo police director post remains in limbo; Election ban stalls appointment

ILOILO — The designation of a permanent director for the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) remains on hold, with Police Colonel Roland Bulalacao continuing...
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Pavia, Barotac Viejo secure P10-M grant to boost waste mgt capacity

ILOILO – To ramp up local environmental protection efforts, the provincial government has awarded a total of P10 million in financial assistance to the...
Weak ash emissions were observed at the crater of Mount Kanlaon on Tuesday and Wednesday, April 1 and 2. These events generated grayish plumes that rose 100 to 400 meters above the crater before drifting to the general west. SCREENSHOT FROM PHIVOLCS FACEBOOK VIDEO

Entry ban enforced: Access to Kanlaon’s 6-km danger zone suspended amid heightened volcanic...

ILOILO City – Authorities have ordered the immediate suspension of all human activity within the six-kilometer extended danger zone (EDZ) surrounding Mount Kanlaon on...
Police officers from Western Visayas receive a warm welcome at Camp Martin Delgado, Iloilo City after serving as Special Electoral Board members in Basilan during the May 2025 BARMM (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao) parliamentary elections — the first deployment of Police Regional Office-6 personnel to augment polls in another region. PRO-6 PHOTO

Iloilo cops first PRO-6 team to serve in BARMM polls

ILOILO City – In a historic first for the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), 29 police personnel from Western Visayas were deployed to Basilan...

DPWH-6 decries graft complaint as harassment

ILOILO City – Officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Region 6 are fighting back against graft charges filed by a...