Learners meet their new teacher during the first day of school for academic year 2025-2026 at Iloilo Central Elementary School in Iloilo City, on June 16, 2025. According to the Department of Education Region 6, over a million learners across Western Visayas returned to their classes on Monday. AJ PALCULLO/PN

151,005 WV learners pre-register; DepEd urges parents to beat Feb. 27 deadline

ILOILO City – With only days left before the close of early registration on February 27, the Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 reported...
Sen. Robin Padilla cites a 2021 survey showing that almost 20 percent of Filipinos aged 15 to 24 had experienced thoughts of ending their lives. INQUIRER.NET

Youth groups fire back at Padilla, defend Gen-Z as ‘champions of change’

ILOILO City — Youth and church-based groups in Iloilo pushed back hard against Sen. Robin Padilla after he branded today’s young Filipinos as “weak”...

Iloilo City under 10-day gun ban ahead of ASEAN meet

ILOILO City – Authorities have placed Iloilo City under a 10-day gun ban starting February 20, suspending all permits to carry firearms outside residence...
A member of the Oton Bulb Onion Growers Association continue onion cultivation in Oton, Iloilo. The town is among the focus areas of the High Value Crops Development Program (HVCDP) for onion production in Iloilo province. Onion or bulb onion is one of the crops recommended by the Department of Agriculture for planting during the dry season. PHOTO FROM DARYLL SERVANIA, OTON MUNICIPAL AGRICULTURE AND COOPERATIVE OFFICE VIA DA-6

DA pushes heat-resilient, high-value crops in WV as dry season sets in

ILOILO City – With the dry season fast approaching and rainfall expected to decline, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is urging Western Visayas farmers...

1,900 cops mobilized as Iloilo City girds for ASEAN ministerial meet

ILOILO City – Security forces are going on full alert. More than 1,900 police personnel will be deployed across Iloilo City for the Association...
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Cops tracing source of school bomb threat

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), in coordination with the Iloilo Doctors’ College, have launched an investigation to trace the source...
FORMER PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE, VICE PRESIDENT SARA DUTERTE CARPIO

Panay lawyers’ group slams ‘diversion tactics,’ insists on accountability for Sara and Digong

ILOILO City — The National Union of Peoples' Lawyers (NUPL) – Panay Chapter accused Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio and former president Rodrigo Duterte of...

ZERO TOLERANCE AFTER BAN: BFAR warns of jail, license suspension as fishing resumes in...

ILOILO City – With fishing activities back in full swing in the Visayan Sea, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Region 6...
MORE Electric and Power Corporation’s residential electricity rate this February is now at P11.60 per kilowatt hour. This adjustment was due to a significant drop in electricity prices at the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market.

MORE Power rates reduced by P1.06/kwh

ILOILO City — MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) is sharing love most practically this February as the distribution utility announced a decrease...
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Downtown road closures loom for Chinese New Year parade

ILOILO City – Major roads in the City Proper will be fully closed to traffic starting at 7:30 p.m. of February 19 until February...