Water insecurity threatens Iloilo City’s growth
ILOILO City is no longer the sleepy provincial capital it once was. Over the past decade, it has transformed into one of the fastest-growing...
Equity is the real immunity – the true test of Iloilo’s immunization drive
THE SCENE was both hopeful and telling when the Iloilo Provincial Government and the Department of Health kicked off the School-Based Immunization (SBI) Program...
Sustaining Iloilo’s momentum against preventable diseases
MORE THAN a once-a-year health initiative, Iloilo Province’s School-Based Immunization (SBI) Program is a safeguard against the persistent threat of preventable diseases that continue...
Building public trust in vaccination programs
THE RECENT launch of Iloilo’s School-Based Immunization (SBI) Program once again reminds us that public health success depends not only on the availability of...
Western Visayas’ aging future
WHILE the national conversation often revolves around a declining birth rate, the more urgent challenge for Western Visayas is the steady rise of its...
Stronger ports, stronger plates
THE NEWLY modernized Iloilo Fish Port Complex – inaugurated by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. this Aug. 13 – is a strategic investment in...
Western Visayas in heart crisis: 67 specialists for 8 million lives
WITH NEARLY eight million population, Western Visayas is facing a silent but urgent health crisis — it has only 67 cardiologists in total. As...
Incomplete, underfunded, inactive
IN THE BATTLE against youth violence, a disturbing truth has emerged in Iloilo City: one of the most important safeguards for its children is...
Knee-jerk responses to youth violence
THE PATTERN has become all too familiar in Iloilo City: a violent incident involving minors makes the headlines, the community is shocked, officials call...
Unsung heroes of Iloilo hospitals
IN THE QUIET corridors of Iloilo’s 13 district hospitals, countless acts of dedication take place every day — many performed by men and women...