A masterplan must lead to action
ILOILO CITY needs a Comprehensive Drainage Masterplan. But it needs something more: the political will, sustained funding and institutional discipline to carry that plan...
Medicines are more than medicine
FOR FAMILIES struggling to stretch every peso, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses are not merely medical conditions — they are financial...
Panay cannot wait for the lights to go out
THREE years is a dangerously short period in the energy sector. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) warning that Panay Island could face a baseload...
Make the sun shine on every economic class in Iloilo City
ILOILO City’s decision to grant a 20-percent discount on basic real property tax to homeowners installing solar panels is both practical and forward-looking. At...
Turning waste into wealth requires more than technology
SOLID waste has been one of Iloilo City’s most persistent and unpleasant problems. Every day, tons of garbage are collected, hauled away, and dumped,...
Build before the next outbreak
THE INAUGURATION of the new 25-bed isolation facility of the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Pototan, Iloilo is a physical reminder of a...
The Nuclear question Panay cannot afford to ignore
PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s renewed push for nuclear energy has brought a once-unthinkable question to Panay Island’s doorstep: Should it host a nuclear power...
Western Visayas is raising a generation of smokers, alcoholics
WESTERN Visayas has earned a distinction no region should want: the second-highest prevalence of youth smoking in the Philippines. The 2021 Young Adult Fertility...
Save the ‘kasag’ industry now
AROUND 15,000 fishermen, crab meat pickers and processing workers in Western Visayas face a livelihood emergency. They could lose their jobs due to the...
Fire truck figures must withstand the heat
THE BUREAU of Fire Protection’s (BFP) assurance that Iloilo Province has enough operational fire trucks should provide relief. Instead, the obvious discrepancy between the...