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COA: 1,000 Iloilo River Plains families lack formal land tenure

ILOILO CITY — The 1,000 relocated families in the Iloilo River Plains Subdivision resettlement project live in housing units without formal security of tenure because the Iloilo City government has yet to complete the requirements for the turnover and disposition of the project, a Commission on Audit (COA) report showed. COA

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Passi police seize PHP 1.5 million in suspected shabu

By Jennifer P. Rendon PASSI CITY, Iloilo — An unemployed man was arrested during a police anti-narcotics operation late Thursday, Oct. 22, in Passi City. Police identified the suspect only as “Donald,” 36, a resident of Casamayor Street in Barangay Poblacion Ilaya. Members of the Passi City Police Station arrested the suspect during a buy-bust

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Passi police seize PHP 1.5 million in suspected shabu

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LTO-NIR warns commuters against colorum vehicles

BACOLOD CITY — The Land Transportation Office-Negros Island Region (LTO-NIR) has urged commuters across the region to avoid colorum and unauthorized public utility vehicles (PUVs) amid an increase in unauthorized public transport activities in recent months. In a statement, LTO-NIR Director Jeck Conlu stressed that unauthorized vehicles pose risks to the

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Maybank Women Eco-Weavers (MWEW) Launches Second Weaving Training Centre in the Philippines

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Thirteen to one

October 24, 2026

Thirteen to one. That kind of lopsided vote usually follows a declaration of war. Maybe a massive budget windfall. But in the Iloilo City Council, this near-unanimous decision was used for something much smaller but vastly more damaging. They silenced a single political opponent. Let us drop the pretense. The Treñas-aligned majority claims they are simply following the law. They point to

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COA: 1,000 Iloilo River Plains families lack formal land tenure

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