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Modern PUV operators to get PHP 20,000 monthly aid

ILOILO CITY — Transport cooperatives and corporations operating modern public utility vehicles (PUVs) in Western Visayas, including Bacolod City, are set to receive PHP 20,000 per unit each month for three months under a government subsidy program meant to ease their loan payments and operating costs. The Land Transportation Franchising and

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PRO-6 accounts for 4,844 guns, 337 explosives

ILOILO CITY — Police have accounted for 4,844 firearms and 337 explosives in Western Visayas in four months as authorities intensified their campaign against loose firearms across the region. The figures cover operations from May 22, when Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño assumed as director of the Police Regional Office 6,

Jennifer P. Rendon•September 26, 2026

PRO-6 accounts for 4,844 guns, 337 explosives

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PRO-NIR steps up MassKara Festival security preparations

BACOLOD CITY — The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region has stepped up security preparations to ensure a safe, peaceful and orderly celebration of the 47th MassKara Festival here in October. Police Brig. Gen. Rudecindo Reales, PRO-NIR director, convened a coordination meeting for Task Group “MassKara Festival 2026” on Thursday, bringing together

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Ilonggo Kids Bring ‘Batchoy’ to Life at NMP Iloilo’s Immersive ‘Magbasá Kita’ Session

The National Museum of the Philippines Iloilo capped off its 2026 ‘Magbasá Kita: A Reading Program for Young Learners’ with an immersive storytelling session at the museum’s Book Nook on September 23, 2026. The activity introduced the local dish batchoy to daycare pupils from Brgy. Rizal Pala-Pala and Brgy. Baybay Tanza, Iloilo City. Batchoy is

UP Visayas law student tops FLP writing contest

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UP Visayas names Noel Galon Language Program lead

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ENVIRONMENT

Iloilo City, Oton build joint river management model

September 25, 2026

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CCC pushes ridge-to-reef action beyond coastal cleanups

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UPV seminar pushes innovation in coastal fisheries research

September 25, 2026

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September 26, 2026

Manila is exhausted. We know it. The foreign investors know it. For decades, international capital treated the capital region as the only front door to the Philippines. But something shifted this week. When Australian Ambassador Marc Innes-Brown sat down in Iloilo, he wasn’t just doing the usual diplomatic rounds. He brought a directive — a

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Modern PUV operators to get PHP 20,000 monthly aid

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PRO-6 accounts for 4,844 guns, 337 explosives