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Month-long Statistics Month activities put WV tourism data in spotlight

ILOILO City — Western Visayas will put tourism under the statistical lens this October as government agencies roll out a month-long series of activities...
“Bal-an ta man two years are not enough. Subong pa lang ang aton mga projects, especially given sa akon barangay manug-manifest pa lang ina, wala pa gani naumpisa,” says Liga ng mga Barangay (LNB) Iloilo president and ex-officio Provincial Board member Amalia Victoria Debuque. She supports the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to November 2026. NELJOY GALIGAO/PN

Prove you deserve 2 more years, Iloilo brgy officials told

ILOILO – The two-year extension handed to barangay officials should not be treated as a political windfall but as an extended test of performance...
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Hoax alerts face fines, cyber-tracing

ILOILO City – Individuals, businesses and online pages behind fake bomb threats and other fabricated public safety warnings now face fines, possible prosecution and...
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El Niño damages farms in WV, other Visayas regions

ILOILO City – Western Visayas is among the regions already sustaining agricultural losses from El Niño, which is forecast to further intensify and possibly...

Treñas, Lujan clash over criticism of Iloilo governance

ILOILO City – A public exchange over criticism of City Hall has drawn a sharp distinction between loyalty to Iloilo City and scrutiny of...
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Commuters feel pinch as taxi flag-down fare rises to P65

ILOILO City – Taxi passengers here will have to dig deeper into their pockets, as the flag-down rate increases to P65, drawing concerns from...
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Police, cybercrime unit hunt source of viral Jaro high school threat

ILOILO City – Jaro National High School (JNHS) went on heightened security Monday, locking one of its gates, tightening campus access and deploying additional...
The Batiano River originates in the Iloilo-Batiano River Basin in Oton, Iloilo and flows to Iloilo City through Molo district, then empties into the Iloilo Strait. Photo shows the Batiano River as seen in Molo. WIKIPEDIA PHOTO

Behavior shift cuts Batiano river waste by nearly half; City eyes wider rollout as...

ILOILO City – A behavioral change program targeting improper waste disposal has slashed daily garbage recovered from areas along the Batiano River from as...
The Iloilo Provincial Capitol Building.

Iloilo prov’l capitol pitches youth and reading innovations for Galing Pook 2026

ILOILO — From preventing teenage pregnancies and addressing youth mental health concerns to helping children overcome reading difficulties, the Iloilo Provincial Government is putting...
Twenty-eight modernized jeepneys of the Iloilo City Alliance of Operators and Drivers Transport Cooperative plying the Ungka Jaro CPU-Iloilo City route and vice versa are once again joining the “Libre Sakay” program. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

1,500 Western Visayas PUVs eyed for P60K cash lifeline amid fuel price surge

ILOILO City – Modernized jeepney and UV Express operators in Western Visayas could receive as much as P60,000 each in government financial assistance to...