Fix the system, not just the structure
THE PROBLEM with the Buhang Flyover in Iloilo City goes beyond cracks in concrete — there are cracks in the system.
When Public Works Secretary...
A good idea gone wrong?
WHEN Iloilo City rolled out its Market Day scheme, the intent was to bring order to the streets, provide ambulant vendors with designated spaces,...
When poverty becomes a violation
IN ILOILO City’s latest clash between authorities and ambulant vendors, a question emerges: when does law enforcement cross the line from maintaining order to...
Balancing the scales in the streets
LOOKING beyond sidewalks and selling space, Iloilo City’s ongoing tension between ambulant vendors and market stallholders is a test of whether local governance can...
Truth is not optional
AT 45, Panay News stands not just as a newspaper, but as a quiet defiance.
In a time when lies travel faster than facts, when...
Prosecutors, judges deserve better protection
THERE IS something profoundly unsettling when those tasked to uphold the law must do so in buildings that could collapse on them. This is...
Key WV fish ports must be protected and modernized
IN THE QUIET calculus of food security, not all places carry equal weight. Some serve as mere points on the map. Others — like...
Stable prices, fragile systems: Government must not be complacent
FISH prices across Western Visayas remain stable. Markets are well-supplied, as reported by this paper yesterday. Consumers are spared the kind of food price...
Abundance amid crisis: Western Visayas must protect its fisheries advantage
AT A TIME when global tensions are pushing fuel prices upward and threatening to ripple across food systems, Western Visayas finds itself in a...
Survival on borrowed time
ILOILO traditional jeepney drivers continue to ply their routes from dawn until dusk as reported by this paper yesterday — not because the margins...