Regional Executive Director Dennis Arpia of the Department of Agriculture in Western Visayas checks rice stocks and prevailing market prices during an inspection at a public market in Iloilo City on June 1, 2026. The monitoring aims to ensure that retailers and traders comply with the P50-per-kilogam price cap on five-percent broken imported rice.

DA enforces rice price cap, probes market irregularities

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ILOILO City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas has stepped up market inspections to enforce the government’s P50-per-kilo price ceiling on...
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WVSU produces record 1,060 Latin honor graduates in 2026

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ILOILO City – West Visayas State University (WVSU) has achieved an academic milestone this year, with nearly three out of every four graduates earning...
The recipients of the 2026 The Outstanding Students of Iloilo Awards (TOSIA) during the awarding ceremony at Robinsons Place Pavia on May 30, 2026. Organized by CI Regatta in partnership with the Department of Education, the annual awards honor outstanding Ilonggo students who have demonstrated excellence in academics, leadership, social responsibility, and faith.

24 Iloilo students honored for community impact, not just academic excellence

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ILOILO City – Twenty-four of Iloilo’s most accomplished students were honored not only for their academic achievements but also for their commitment to community...
“PRO-6 condemns any form of illegal activity involving any of our personnel, including illegal quarrying. Our position is to strengthen the evidence related to reports and cases we have received that indicate possible police involvement,” says Police Regional Office 6 director Brigadier General Randulf Tuaño. DYRP LIFE RADIO ILOILO PHOTO

QUARRY PROBE WIDENS; PRO-6 moves to build cases against cops tied to illegal extraction...

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ILOILO City — The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has begun validating reports linking police personnel to alleged illegal quarrying operations in Iloilo Province,...
MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) president and chief executive officer Roel Z. Castro and MORE Power chairman Stephen George A. Paradies unveil the company’s coffee table book “Illuminating Iloilo: MORE Power’s Grounding Milestones” (left photo) on Tuesday, June 2. Castro and Paradies also lead the ceremonial groundbreaking of the future MORE Power Tower alongside Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., Iloilo City’s Mayor Raisa Treñas and Iloilo City Lone District Rep. Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda, Uswag Ilonggo ‘arty-list’s Rep. James “Jojo” Ang, and Iloilo 2nd District’s Rep. Kathy Gorriceta. MAI LADIAO/PN

MORE Power launches coffee table book of milestones, breaks ground for corporate tower

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ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) launched its first coffee table book on Tuesday, “Illuminating Iloilo: MORE Power’s Grounding Milestones”,...
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Rains to still drench Western Visayas despite looming El Niño – PAGASA

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ILOILO City – The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) is dispelling misconceptions that the looming El Niño phenomenon will prevent rainfall. It...

Pavia police needs top-tier crime investigator – IPPO

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ILOILO — The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has justified the swift replacement of the officer temporarily assigned to the Pavia Municipal Police Station...
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2,020 free wi-fi sites go live in WV; remote communities get internet

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ILOILO City – Thousands of residents in Western Visayas, including those in some of the region’s most isolated and underserved communities, now have access...
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Region’s top fugitive captured after 38 years on the run

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ILOILO City – Western Visayas’ most wanted fugitive who evaded arrest for nearly four decades while facing charges of arson, multiple murder, and frustrated...
RIVER OF TRASH. Workers of the Iloilo City Government remove piles of garbage from a heavily polluted section of a waterway during the “Oplan Kontra Baha” cleanup campaign. City officials said 74 tons of waste were collected in just two weeks, highlighting years of accumulated garbage that contribute to flooding and environmental degradation in the city. GSO PHOTO

74 tons of trash hauled from city waterways in just 2 weeks; Iloilo City...

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ILOILO City – The city government’s anti-flood campaign has uncovered what officials describe as an environmental crisis after workers hauled 74 tons of garbage...
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