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CASH ON PAPER, JERSEYS IN HAND: COA flags PHP 6.5 million in Iloilo sports meet allowances

By Rjay Zuriaga Castor ILOILO CITY — State auditors questioned the regularity and validity of more than PHP 6.5 million in uniform and meal allowances for the Iloilo Province Varsity-Athletic (PIVA) Meet 2024, citing procurement lapses, inconsistent distribution methods, and insufficient supporting documents. The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged the transactions in its 2025 audit

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PHP 1.18 billion sugarcane losses put Iloilo province in calamity

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HALL OF FAME HONOR REINFORCES MAYOR RAISA’S COMMITMENT TO EVERY ILONGGO ENTREPRENEUR

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Iloilo City traffic: World Bank cites PUV oversupply, route skipping

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Ex-cop, 3 others nabbed in PHP 2.82 million drug bust

ILOILO CITY — A dismissed police officer and three others were arrested after authorities seized more than PHP 2.8 million worth of suspected illegal drugs in an anti-narcotics operation in Pototan, Iloilo, on the afternoon of Oct. 14. Police identified the suspects as alias “Rolly,” 47, a former police officer; alias

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Ex-cop, 3 others nabbed in PHP 2.82 million drug bust

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Food prices push Negros Occ. inflation to 6.4 percent

BACOLOD CITY — Inflation in Negros Occidental accelerated to 6.4 percent in September 2026 from 4.8 percent in August, driven mainly by higher prices for food, housing and utilities, and transport, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported Oct. 15. The reading is the highest for the province since October 2023, when inflation was 7.8 percent,

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Negros Occidental rolls out PHP 171 million rice aid

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G-Plaza brings a new retail pulse to Zambales

The stretch of National Highway in San Marcelino, Zambales, took on the energy of a new town center as G-Plaza Community Mall opened its doors, bringing together local officials, business leaders, medical professionals and members of the Gonzalez family for its inauguration and blessing. More than a commercial opening, the occasion marked another investment by

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MORE Power employees plant 500 narra trees in Alimodian

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GSU students battle in 30th Guimaras statistics quiz

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Securing Philippine health care in the age of AI

Bambi Escalante, Country Manager of Fortinet Philippines

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TMC Iloilo opens physician-led aesthetics center

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ARTS AND CULTURE

52 filmmakers, 24 hours, one theme: ‘Biyahe’

Mariela Angella Oladive

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Art, film, fashion: Iloilo Arts Festival 2026 takes over October

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The 6.4% mirage

October 16, 2026

You cannot eat a gross regional domestic product. Tell a mother in Molo or a sari-sari store owner in Jordan that Western Visayas led the entire country with a 6.4% economic expansion in 2025 — reaching a valuation of PHP 683.44 billion — and watch her stare back at her electric bill. We spent months patting ourselves on the back for

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CASH ON PAPER, JERSEYS IN HAND: COA flags PHP 6.5 million in Iloilo sports meet allowances

Iloilo City traffic: World Bank cites PUV oversupply, route skipping

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Services slowdown tempers Iloilo City’s growth in 2025

Slain journalist, Negros bishop among environmental award nominees

Estancia dengue cases surge 355%, highest in Iloilo

LTO-6 suspends license in La Paz hit-and-run probe

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