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PhilHealth or HMO? Why your PHP 500 still matters

ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Health Insurance Corporation Region 6 (PhilHealth-6) has urged members to continue paying their contributions even if they are already covered by private health maintenance organization (HMO) plans. The agency said the state health insurance program extends coverage to a member’s entire family and offers benefits that

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Galbines returns home as Bacolod’s seventh bishop

By Glazyl M. Jopson BACOLOD CITY — Nearly 2,000 faithful and about 325 priests welcomed Bishop Louie Galbines as he was formally installed as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Bacolod at San Sebastian Cathedral here Tuesday. The priests came from the dioceses of Bacolod, Kabankalan and San Carlos, as well as Manila, Cebu

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Buwan ng Wika, nagsimula bilang isang linggong paggunita

Ang Buwan ng Wikang Pambansa ay dating ipinagdiriwang sa loob lámang ng isang linggo, mula huling linggo ng Marso hanggang sa unang linggo ng Abril. Sa pagbangon ng ating bansa matapos ang Ikalawang Digmaang Pandaigdig noong 1946, gumawa ng paraan ang pamahalaan para higit pang maitaguyod at mapaunlad ang paggamit ng ating Wikang Pambansa. Isa

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August 12, 2026

Every summer, our universities in Iloilo mint brilliant minds. We produce coders, engineers, and quiet visionaries who know exactly how to build the next disruptive platform. And every summer, we watch them leave. They pack their bags for Manila, Cebu, or Singapore, because staying here has historically meant letting a good idea die of starvation.

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