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LOVE IS BETTER: Love-Love Baronda’s legislative track record fuels lead in Iloilo City vice mayoralty race

LOVE IS BETTER: Love-Love Baronda’s legislative track record fuels lead in Iloilo City vice...

ILOILO City – Former city councilor Love-Love Baronda is leading the vice mayoral race against the incumbent, who is backed by the administration’s...
The safety officer of the Bacolod City’s Office of Building Administrator assisted the emergency delivery of a mother at the parking lot of the Bacolod City Government Center on Monday morning, May 5, 2025. BACOLOD CITY PIO PHOTO

Mother gives birth in Bacolod gov’t center parking lot

BACOLOD City – A woman gave birth to a healthy baby girl at the parking lot of the Bacolod City Government Center (BCGC) yesterday...
A passenger jeep emits black smoke as it traverses E. Rodriguez Sr. Avenue, Quezon City. According to the Department of Transportation, all drivers of public utility vehicles will now be required to undergo mandatory drug testing. PNA

PUV drivers now required to undergo mandatory drug test

MANILA – The government will now require all drivers of public utility vehicles (PUV) to undergo mandatory drug testing, the Department of Transportation (DOTr)...
Photo courtesy of Peter Dazeley / Getty Images

Transport leaders back mandatory drug testing for PUV drivers; Clear, sustainable implementation sought

ILOILO City – Key transport groups in Western Visayas have expressed strong support for the government’s move to impose mandatory drug testing on all...
Isla Verde is an islet smacked in the middle of the Iloilo River in Barangay Navais, Mandurriao, Iloilo City. Covered by lush mangroves, it is a known sanctuary for wildlife. LPUKIDS IBIKE AND IPADDLE FB PHOTO

Ilonggos rally to save Isla Verde

ILOILO City – Mounting public outcry over the reported plan to remove Isla Verde from the Iloilo River has prompted city officials to take...
Photo shows the Iloilo International Airport.

Biz group questions revised fees at Iloilo Int’l Airport; PCCI-Iloilo calls for transparency, economic...

ILOILO City – The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) Iloilo Chapter is urging the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) to...
Alexie Mae Brooks, Miss Eco International 2025 and former Miss Iloilo, beams and waves to cheering Ilonggos during her homecoming motorcade in Iloilo City on May 5. The Leon, Iloilo native is the third Filipina to win the Miss Eco International crown. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Miss Eco Int’l Alexie Mae Brooks returns to hero’s welcome in Iloilo

ILOILO City – With cheers echoing from her hometown of Leon, Iloilo to the bustling streets of Iloilo City, Alexie Mae Brooks — the...
A resident of Barangay Airport, Mandurriao, Iloilo City participates in the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines at Festive Walk Mall on May 5, supervised by members of the Electoral Board ahead of the May 12 elections. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Comelec clears vote counting machines for Iloilo City’s mall voting on May 12

ILOILO City – All vote counting machines to be used in Iloilo City’s first-ever mall voting passed the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) final testing...
Participants join the demonstration on the use of the automated counting machine for the May 12, 2025 midterm elections during the roadshow of the Commission on Elections in Manapla, Negros Occidental on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. COMELEC PHOTO

3.1M WV voters reminded to guard against abuse of state resources and vote-buying

BY IME SORNITOILOILO City – With just days to go before the May 12 national and local elections, the Department of Interior and Local...
Photo courtesy of Bilis Cadiz

DBM-backed project in Cadiz City reopens

BACOLOD City – The P18 million worth of project funded by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental has...