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Concrete pavements, fewer trees, and shrinking open spaces are making Iloilo City significantly hotter than nearby towns, with the heat index already reaching a dangerous 47 degrees Celsius, city officials said. Patricia Anne Constantinopla, resident meteorologist of the city’s Emergency Operations Center, said rapid urbanization has worsened the Urban Heat Island
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By Glazyl M. Jopson
By Glazyl M. Jopson
By Glazyl M. Jopson
CARTOON FOR MAY 15, 2026
The Grand Ballroom of Okada Manila does not need much to feel ceremonial, but on the night of the Asia Leaders Awards 2026, it earned the room it occupied. Ambassadors from the International Diplomatic Corps, Philippine government officials, and business figures from across the region crossed the foyer in clothing that doubled as biography. National
The heat index in Iloilo touched 46 degrees on Black Saturday. PAGASA’s Dumangas station logged it at around two in the afternoon, the highest reading in the metro this year. The next day, Easter Sunday, it settled at 43. Anyone who stepped outside that week did not need a thermometer to know. So when Iloilo
