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ILOILO CITY — The Iloilo City Government’s HAPLOS, or Health Assistance sa Pumuluyo, Laboratory kag Ospital Serbis, has provided medical assistance to 351 Ilonggos, with PHP 7.5 million released since the program’s launch. A flagship initiative of Mayor Raisa S. Treñas, HAPLOS aims to make medical and hospital assistance more accessible through partnerships with 10

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ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo City Council on Aug. 12 approved a PHP 148.1 million Supplemental Annual Investment Program for 2026, adding funding for personnel, public services, sports, health programs, market operations, and disaster risk reduction. City Planning and Development Coordinator Ronald Cartagena said the supplemental investment plan covers a total

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You have to wonder what they were snacking on when they filled out those liquidation forms. It takes a special kind of hubris to burn through PHP 125 million in exactly eleven days and then try to justify it with a grocery list. But here we are. According to the ongoing impeachment trial, the Office

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