Cost of neglect in heritage conservation
THE RECENT findings of the Office of the Building Official (OBO) should alarm every Ilonggo who takes pride in Iloilo City’s rich architectural legacy....
Building safely in a rapidly growing region
CRANES tower over Iloilo City’s skyline, new subdivisions sprawl across once-quiet barangays, and commercial hubs are rising fast in Bacolod, Roxas, and Kalibo. Western...
Remembering ‘Lady Caycay’, preparing for tomorrow
SEVENTY-seven years may have passed, but the memory of the 1948 “Lady Caycay” earthquake should never fade from Panay Island’s collective consciousness. Striking with...
Wake-up all on WV’s structural safety
THE MAGNITUDE 6.9 earthquake that shook Cebu this week and rattled much of Western Visayas is a stern reminder of the risks we live...
Iloilo City’s flood problem demands more than band-aid solutions
THE TERMINATION of the Mansaya Creek rehabilitation in Lapuz is a warning siren for the larger flood crisis that threatens Iloilo City. Every year,...
WV’s post-harvest losses
THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas revealed that an estimated five percent of rice production in the region is lost due to...
Seafaring as WV’s economic lifeline
WESTERN Visayas has long anchored the Philippines’ reputation as the world’s leading supplier of seafarers. With nearly 70,000 maritime professionals deployed across the globe...
Coordination or chaos
URBAN planning is not a guessing game. It is the backbone of building a livable, resilient city. Yet in Iloilo, that backbone is repeatedly...
Coordination key to smarter dev’t
FOR FAR too long, we have seen how the absence of clear coordination has resulted in duplication, waste, and even outright project mishaps in...
WV must turn coastal cleanups into concrete policy change
EVERY September, the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) transforms our shores into sites of solidarity. In Iloilo City, hundreds gathered on Sept. 20 in Barangay...