Garbage problem begins at home
THE POSSIBILITY that garbage from neighboring municipalities is being dumped in Iloilo City deserves a serious investigation. But the city government must not allow...
Flooding should not be Iloilo City’s annual tradition
DESPITE years of drainage projects, flood-control programs, and promises of resilience, why are nearly half of Iloilo City’s population still living one prolonged downpour...
Wanted: Trained rescuers
A MAJOR earthquake will not ask whether a municipality is first-class or fourth-class before bringing down a building. Yet in Western Visayas, a trapped...
Wake-up call for wastewater management
THE GREASE-like waste that coated around 300 meters of the Iloilo River near Esplanade 4 should compel Iloilo City to look beyond finding one...
Protect Iloilo River’s hard-won revival
THE OIL-LIKE waste that recently covered some 300 meters of the Iloilo River near Esplanade 4 must not be dismissed as an isolated case...
Feed the future, not just the statistics
WESTERN Visayas has every reason to celebrate the gradual decline in child stunting and wasting over the past five years. But celebration should never...
The high cost of failing to segregate waste
ILOILO City’s garbage problem is no longer merely an environmental concern. It has become a costly failure of public discipline and law enforcement, draining...
Make inclusion a reality beyond the ramps
THE EXPERIENCE of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Western Visayas, as reported by this paper yesterday, exposes a painful reality: the Magna Carta for...
Stop making excuses, start enforcing the law
DRUNK DRIVING is a deadly crime waiting to happen.
The head-on collision along Iloilo City’s Diversion Road on July 12, where one rider was allegedly...
Accessibility delayed is equality denied
ONLY ABOUT half of Iloilo Province’s 43 local government units can currently be considered truly Persons with Disabilities (PWD)-friendly, according to the Provincial Social...