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Police personnel from Western Visayas stand in formation during the ceremonial send-off at Camp Gen. Martin Teofilo B. Delgado in Iloilo City on April 23, 2025. Twenty-nine officers from PRO-6 are being deployed to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to serve as Special Electoral Board members for the high-stakes May 12 elections — marking the first time the Police Regional Office 6 is sending troops to another region for election duties. PHOTO COURTESY OF POLICE REGIONAL OFFICE 6

Policemen on alert for more protests

ILOILO City – The Trillion Peso March in Western Visayas may have ended peacefully on Sept. 21, but authorities warned that heightened vigilance will...
Photo courtesy of National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

Iloilo opens new HIV treatment facility amid rise in infections

ILOILO – With human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in Iloilo Province rising at an alarming pace, health officials have unveiled a new treatment facility...
“Time will come nga mas damo pa ang basura sa aton kadagatan compared sa isda nga kinahanglan naton,” warns Mitzi Peñaflorida, senior environmental management specialist of the Iloilo Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office. Without public vigilance, oceans could face a tipping point, she says. NELJOY GALIGAO/PN

Region’s shorelines cleaned, trash hauled: Thousands mobilize for int’l coastal cleanup

ILOILO City – From Iloilo’s shores to Boracay Island’s white sands and Antique’s historic coast of Malandog, thousands of volunteers fanned out before sunrise...
The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas says payments collected by businesses from customers have been the main driver of retail digital payments over the past years. PHOTO COURTESY OF PYMNTS.COM

Iloilo targets full cashless payments in all towns

ILOILO — This province has taken a bold step toward a fully digital economy by mandating the use of QR Ph cashless payments across...
Iloilo City’s La Paz Plaza is an urban park and town square that features, among others, a spacious football field. PHOTO BY RALFF NESTOR FROM WIKIPEDIA

La Paz football ground to feature first world-class lighting in Western Visayas

ILOILO City – The La Paz Plaza Football Ground is poised to make history on October 7, 2025, when it becomes the first public...

Bacolod SP backs bill to lower VAT

BACOLOD City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has approved a resolution expressing full support for House Bill (HB) No. 4302, which seeks to lower...
The new traffic signal lights along the North Capitol Road in Bacolod City during its test operation in the first week of January 2024. Traffic lights equipped with radar sensor technology are to be fully operational in the initial three main intersections of the city this week. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO COURTESY OF PNA

BTTMD launches clamping operations in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – The Bacolod Traffic and Transport Management Department (BTTMD) has begun implementing City Ordinance (CO) No. 09-17-818, as amended by CO No....
Hundreds of Antiqueño volunteers from different government agencies and St. Anthony’s College gathered at the Barangay 4 esplanade in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique to participate in the 2025 International Coastal Cleanup. PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE PHOTO

TURNING THE TIDE: Antiqueños rally for cleaner coasts in 2025 Int’l Coastal Cleanup

ANTIQUE — Hundreds of Antiqueños joined forces on September 20 to protect local marine resources and keep the province’s coasts clean in celebration of...
Former president Rodrigo Duterte is seen on a screen in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, in this photo taken on March 14, 2025. AP

ICC makes public raps vs Duterte over drug war, Davao murders

MANILA – The International Criminal Court (ICC) has formally laid out crimes-against-humanity charges against former President Rodrigo Duterte, accusing him of orchestrating a bloody...
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‘Bulacan infra projects sabotaged for kickbacks’

MANILA – Billions worth of government projects in Bulacan were deliberately built below standard to free up funds for kickbacks, a former Department of...