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City Council moves to bar Vice Mayor Baronda from joining debates, sponsoring measures

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Council is moving to formally bar Vice Mayor Lady Julie Grace Baronda from sponsoring measures, joining floor debates...
“There is a Supreme Court decision stating that if we are going to conduct an inspection of civilian gun owners, there must be a search warrant,” says Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) director Police Brigadier General Randulf Tuaño. “We have to make sure that whatever inspection we conduct is within the bounds of the law,” he adds.

Gun checks hit legal wall; PRO-6: Home inspections need new law, must respect gun...

ILOILO City – Police cannot enter the homes of civilian gun owners simply to check how firearms are being stored unless authorities obtain a...
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Pavia clamps 7 motorcycles as no-parking law takes effect; violators face fines up to...

ILOILO — The Municipality of Pavia’s crackdown on illegal parking immediately netted seven motorcycles on Tuesday as it began enforcing its new wheel-clamping ordinance...
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Heroism lives in everyday service, cops told

ILOILO City – Heroism should not end with remembering the nation’s historic figures but must live on in the everyday choices of Filipinos to...

30 Western Visayas schools seek damage assessment after ‘habagat’, cyclones

ILOILO City – Thirty schools in Western Visayas have sought damage assessment following the successive effects of the southwest monsoon and several tropical cyclones,...
JOBS WITHIN REACH. Jobseekers flock to the 89th Iloilo City Charter Day job fair where 222 applicants were hired on the spot and thousands more pursued employment opportunities offered by 120 participating employers and recruitment agencies. ALLEN ANIMAS

222 hired on spot in Iloilo City job fair; over 2,000 more move closer...

ILOILO City – At least 222 jobseekers walked away with jobs while more than 2,000 others moved closer to employment as Iloilo City turned...

NU, La Salle expansion widens higher education choices in WV

ILOILO City – Iloilo is poised to further strengthen its position as a major education hub in Western Visayas as two prominent universities expand...
The electric mini sweeper simultaneously sweeps and vacuums waste as it travels through public spaces, including corners and other areas that may be difficult to clean manually. The Iloilo City government has bought one to reduce reliance on manpower and reach narrow and linear areas where the city’s larger sweeper truck cannot operate efficiently because of space and access limitations. ILOILO CITY GOV’T

Iloilo City turns to electric sweeper to speed up cleanup

ILOILO City — Faced with lengthy public spaces that are difficult and time-consuming to clean manually, the Iloilo City Government has deployed a P3.5-million...
MILESTONE GIFT. National Commission of Senior Citizens’ Western Visayas director Ann Rapunzel Ganzon shares a light moment with centenarian Lolo Resurreccion Tacusalme of Barangay San Isidro, Jaro, Iloilo City, as she personally hands him his ₱100,000 cash gift and presidential letter of felicitation under the Expanded Centenarians Act. NCSC-6 PHOTO

P116.37-M cash gifts released to 14,555 WV seniors; NCSC nears completion of milestone payouts

ILOILO City — More than 14,500 elderly Western Visayans are benefiting from ₱116.37 million in government cash gifts as the National Commission of Senior...
Commission on Elections - Region 6 director Atty. Dennis Ausan says election offices in Western Visayas remain in “election mode,” with preparations proceeding according to the existing electoral calendar. “Wala kami gapanumdom resetting or postponement subong... full swing ang amon preparations,” says Ausan.

Comelec bares BSKE sked amid postponement talks

ILOILO — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Western Visayas is pushing ahead with full-scale preparations for the Nov. 2, 2026 Barangay and Sangguniang...