Orly Regala Guteza, former aide of congressman Zaldy Co, appears during the sixth public hearing on the alleged anomalous flood control projects held at the Senate of the Philippines, Pasay City on September 25, 2025. On August 19, 2026 he issued an affidavit recanting his earlier statements that he delivered suitcases containing cash to then House Speaker Martin Romualdez’s residence and blamed Sen. Rodante Marcoleta and former congressman Mike Defensor for allegedly conspiring to spin the tale. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO BY NINO JESUS ORBETA

Palace seeks probe of alleged witness-fabrication scheme

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MANILA — Malacañang wants investigators to uncover whether an organized scheme existed to recruit and pay witnesses to fabricate allegations in the flood control...
The recent increase in electricity bills was driven by two primary factors – a surge in consumer power consumption and rising prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market, says Iloilo III Electric Cooperative, Inc. (ILECO III). Photo shows an ILECO II lineman replacing damaged insulator on Rizal Street, Pototan town. ILECO II PHOTO

12-hour brownout to hit 10 Iloilo towns this Aug. 23

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – Thousands of households and businesses across several Iloilo towns face up to 12 hours without electricity this Sunday, August 23, as Iloilo...
Photo shows bolanteros at the Iloilo Terminal Market.

LEEO files case vs ambulant vendor, vows to protect personnel enforcing market rules

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City — An alleged knife attack on a city employee during a market clearing operation has prompted the Local Economic Enterprise Office (LEEO)...
SCHOOL SCARE. Tigbauan, Iloilo police officer-in-charge Police Captain Alfred Mansoy assures parents and students that the security situation at Tigbauan National High School is under control after unverified reports of a death threat, possible shooting and stabbing circulated and caused alarm. Police found no evidence of an actual threat and are investigating the source of the false information while intensifying police visibility around schools. ALLEN ANIMAS/PN

Copycat school threat scare hits Tigbauan high school; Police probe source of shooting, stabbing...

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ILOILO — Police are investigating whether false reports of an impending shooting, death threat and stabbing at Tigbauan National High School were part of...
The red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infests sugarcane plants in parts of Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, posing a threat to sugar production in the province. GRACE SUAPE PHOTO

Over 301K Visayans affected by sugarcane pest

Iloilo Darlene Delgado -
ILOILO City — The red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) outbreak has affected more than 301,000 people across Western Visayas and the Negros Island Region,...
RIGHTS WITHIN REACH. Members of the Ati community in Bal-agon Sitio Gines, Barangay Badiang, Anilao, Iloilo actively participate in a Department of Social Welfare and Development-led community re-orientation on Indigenous Peoples’ and children’s rights, gender sensitivity and basic hygiene. The activity sought to equip Ati families with knowledge to better protect their rights, health and welfare. DSWD-6

Ati community armed with IP and children’s rights knowledge

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ANILAO, Iloilo — An Ati community in this town is being equipped to better assert residents’ rights and protect their families as government agencies...
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197 MM IN SIX HOURS: Iloilo City pushes engineering fixes as extreme rains swamp...

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City — A staggering 197 millimeters of rain dumped on Iloilo City in just six hours -- flooding a total of 70 barangays...
Capiz Gov. Fredenil Castro met with Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas Regional Technical Director Maria Teresa Solis on August 20, 2026, to discuss possible interventions and assistance for sugarcane farmers affected by the Red-Striped Soft Scale Insect (RSSI) infestation in the province. DA-6 is preparing agricultural inputs, while coordination with the Department of Social Welfare and Development is also being explored to provide additional assistance to affected families. RADYO MARAGTAS PHOTO

Capiz gov’t, DA-6 discuss aid for RSSI-hit sugarcane farmers

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CAPIZ — The Capiz provincial government is coordinating with the Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas (DA-6) to provide assistance to sugarcane farmers affected by the...

Two senior citizens arrested in Cadiz drug bust

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BACOLOD City — Two senior citizens were arrested after they allegedly sold suspected shabu during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Zone 1, Cadiz City,...

Passenger dies after falling from tricycle in Hinoba-an

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BACOLOD City — A 51-year-old man died after falling from a tricycle while traveling along Purok 1, Barangay Asia, Hinoba-an, Negros Occidental, at around...
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