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ILOILO ON AUSSIE RADAR: At 80, Australia-Philippines ties look beyond Metro Manila

ILOILO CITY — Australia is looking to expand trade and investment opportunities in Iloilo as part of efforts to deepen economic ties with the Philippines, Australian Ambassador to the Philippines Marc Innes-Brown said during his visit to the city on Thursday, Sept. 24. Innes-Brown said increasing Australian investment in the

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Roxas City barangays surrender 51 loose firearms

ROXAS CITY, Capiz — A total of 51 unlicensed firearms have been surrendered by barangay officials to the Roxas City Police Station in connection with Police Regional Office 6’s Project RTT, or Restrict, Track and Turn-in, and Project CAPeace-Tawhayan. Lt. Col. Rogelio Tomagtang Jr., Roxas City police chief, said in a

Felipe V. Celino•September 25, 2026

Roxas City barangays surrender 51 loose firearms

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NEPC September rate dips to PHP 14.2487 under price cap

By Glazyl M. Jopson BACOLOD CITY — The Negros Electric Power Corporation (NEPC) announced Tuesday that its residential electricity rate for September will be PHP 14.2487 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), slightly lower than the PHP 14.2787/kWh rate in August. The PHP 0.03/kWh reduction is the first monthly adjustment since the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) imposed a

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Iloilo City, Oton build joint river management model

ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City and the municipality of Oton are moving toward a joint management model for the Iloilo-Batiano River system, bringing local governments, researchers and communities together to address pollution, erosion, flooding risks and other problems that cross political boundaries. Barangay officials, youth leaders, local environmental officers and academic researchers gathered Sept. 10-11,

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Three thousand, four hundred and eighty people caught in three months. On paper, the Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST) looks like it is winning the war on tobacco. But step back from the glowing press releases, and you realize those 3,480 apprehensions aren’t just a testament to local political will — they are a

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ILOILO ON AUSSIE RADAR: At 80, Australia-Philippines ties look beyond Metro Manila

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ILOILO ON AUSSIE RADAR: At 80, Australia-Philippines ties look beyond Metro Manila

Price cap blocks PHP 2.14 power hike

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14 Iloilo City barangays gain drug-cleared status

PRO-6 seizes PHP 210.5M drugs in four months

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Two women nabbed with PHP 1.49M shabu in Roxas

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Roxas City barangays surrender 51 loose firearms