Environmental protection: Accountability begins in the barangay
THE REVELATION that Iloilo City is recovering more than 700 kilograms of garbage per day from its drainage outfalls should be a wake-up call...
WV farmers need technical support
AS THE Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 6 rolls out its wet cropping season program, there is renewed hope among Western Visayas farmers...
Twin threats to aquaculture in Western Visayas
AS REPORTED by this paper recently, Western Visayas’ fisheries sector is experiencing a moment of triumph. In the first quarter of 2025 alone, the...
Abundance today, scarcity tomorrow
WESTERN Visayas has every reason to celebrate. With a fish sufficiency level of 117% and a 14.1% increase in fisheries production in the first...
Shortcut culture kills
THERE’S a reason we don’t hand out driver’s licenses like flyers at a mall — or at least, there should be. But in Western...
Too many drivers, too little discipline
AS REPORTED by this paper over the weekend, the rising tide of road accidents in Western Visayas paints a gory picture of what happens...
Functional illiteracy a barrier to progress in Western Visayas
WHILE Western Visayas can take comfort in its high basic literacy rate — with nearly nine out of 10 residents able to read, write,...
Waste management in Iloilo barangays: Compliance on paper, failure in practice
THE REPORT from Iloilo’s Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office (PGENRO) revealing that all 1,721 barangays have formally established Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs)...
Right to a healthy environment: Why it’s time to act locally
AS REPORTED by this paper yesterday, the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Region 6 has sounded the alarm: climate change is no longer just...
Dengue surge exposes gaps in school health preparedness
THE DEPARTMENT of Education (DepEd) Region 6 is wisely integrating dengue prevention into this year’s school clean-up efforts called “Brigada Eskwela”.
But the rising dengue...