MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) has the lowest rates from January to May of 2026 tax-inclusive, while many other distribution utilities publish tax-exclusive rates. In June, its rate reached P13.91 per kilowatt-hour, up P2.04 from May.

MORE Power maintains historic low electricity price in Iloilo despite tax-inclusive rates

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City — Rising generation and transmission costs continue to push up power rates across the country, with distribution utilities affected whenever the National...
Construction of Cell No. 5 at the Bacolod City sanitary landfill in Barangay Felisa reaches 75 percent completion as of April 2026, with the facility expected to be operational by June to address the city’s growing waste disposal needs. MAE SINGUAY/PN

Victorias LGU withdraws bid to use Bacolod landfill

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BACOLOD City — The Victorias City government has formally withdrawn its proposal to dispose of its residual waste at the Bacolod City sanitary landfill,...
Sen. Jinggoy Estrada is facing a non-bailable P573-million plunder charge and two counts of graft in connection with the alleged anomalies involving flood control funds. INQUIRER PHOTO / GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

Sandiganbayan bars Jinggoy from Sara impeachment trial; Request has no legal basis, says anti-graft...

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MANILA — The Sandiganbayan Fifth Division has denied Sen. Jinggoy Estrada’s request to personally attend the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio, ruling...
A large group of volunteers and aid workers stand in deep mud during heavy rain, working together at the site of a landslide by a school at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

8 killed after landslide hits girls’ school in Bangladesh

World Panay News -
DHAKA – Seven students and a teacher have been killed in Bangladesh after a landslide hit a girls' school inside a refugee camp. The Islamic...

Iloilo MSMEs equipped with disaster risk tool to strengthen business resilience

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ILOILO City – To help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) withstand natural disasters, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) trained local businesses...
New Department of Health – Western Visayas director Dr. Mar Wynn D. Bello intends to strengthen public health programs through greater collaboration with local stakeholders and by using community health data to improve services, particularly for underserved populations.

New DOH-6 director Bello vows stronger public health programs

Iloilo Neljoy N. Galigao -
ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) has appointed Dr. Mar Wynn D. Bello as its new regional director for Western Visayas, entrusting...
Iloilo Provincial Nutrition Action Officer Dr. Wendel Tupas-Marcelo (left) says the province aims to become malnutrition-free by focusing interventions on wasted children before their condition progresses to irreversible stunting. For her part, Provincial Health Office head Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon says one of the biggest contributors to the province’s gains was the provincial government’s “SiPag at TiyaGa for MoRProGRes sa Bagong Pilipinas” convergence program.

Malnutrition rate in Iloilo province hits 5-year low; Nutrition, food security programs credited for...

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ILOILO – Child malnutrition in Iloilo Province has steadily declined over the past five years, with provincial health officials attributing the sustained improvement to...
Photo courtesy of Aklan District Jail

Regional jail bureau blames shortage in manpower for Aklan prison stabbing; Guards may face...

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6 has acknowledged that a critical manpower shortage at the Aklan District...
The designation of Central Philippine University in Iloilo City as the Bar examination testing center in Western Visayas for this year spares aspiring lawyers across the region from the financial and logistical burden of traveling to other regions to take the country's toughest licensure examination.

CPU named Western Visayas’ lone testing center for 2026 Bar Examinations

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City – Central Philippine University (CPU) has once again secured its place as the only Bar examination testing center in Western Visayas, after...
Screenshot via AJ Palcullo/PN

Passenger safety paramount amid inclement weather, says Western Visayas coast guard; 87 sea travelers,...

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City – Sea travel across parts of Western Visayas ground to a halt Friday. Inclement weather due to a typhoon-enhanced southwest monsoon forced...
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