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PHP 15.4M in ukay-ukay buried in landfill

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Iloilo Trio Expo returns with 400+ exhibitors this July

By Aiya Cantomayor and Estrella Roja Urquiola More than 400 exhibitors from the Philippines and three other countries are expected to join the fourth Iloilo Trio Expo, a four-day trade event organized to generate business opportunities and strengthen Iloilo City’s position as a regional hub for the construction, tourism, and food industries. The expo, organized

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Smuggled cigarettes seized after Negros road crashes

Four people were arrested after they figured in separate road accidents while fleeing from authorities in Vallehermoso, Negros Oriental, following the seizure of PHP 2.6 million worth of suspected smuggled cigarettes July 4. The Police Regional Office-Negros Island Region reported that the Guihulngan City Police Station, in coordination with the Regional

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Mapa joins Aklan aquafarm listing for better data

KALIBO, AKLAN – Neither the scorching heat nor the remoteness of aquafarm sites stopped Undersecretary Claire Dennis S. Mapa, national statistician and civil registrar general of the Philippine Statistics Authority, from joining PSA Aklan data collectors in the nationwide Updating of the Listing of Aquafarms. The activity, known as ULAF, officially began June 29, 2026,

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Before anyone in Iloilo starts blaming farmers for the floods in Batad, sit with one number: PHP 14.83. That was the average farmgate price of a kilo of corn in mid-2025, per the Philippine Statistics Authority. Now ask what you would plant on a hillside if that kilo was the difference between tuition paid and

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