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Undas 2026: Iloilo City cemetery crowd peaks at 33K

ILOILO CITY — Undas drew thousands of families to cemeteries across Iloilo City on Nov. 1, with the crowd estimate peaking at 33,410 in the early evening. The Iloilo City Emergency Operations Center (EOC) recorded the peak at 6:30 p.m. Christ the King Cemetery in Barangay Ungka, Jaro, had the largest

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Three Western Visayas most wanted rape suspects arrested in Antique

ILOILO CITY — Three men accused of raping a minor were arrested in separate operations in Culasi, Antique, on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. Police identified the suspects as alias “Ai-Ai,” 22; his brother, alias “Ar-Ar,” 32; and their relative, alias “Mar,” 25, all residents of Culasi. Personnel of the Culasi Municipal

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Three Western Visayas most wanted rape suspects arrested in Antique

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CIDG seizes PHP 5.2M in illicit cigarettes in Negros Oriental

BACOLOD CITY — The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Negros Occidental arrested three people following the seizure of suspected smuggled cigarettes worth PHP 5,265,000 during a buy-bust and entrapment operation in Barangay Old Namangka, Mabinay, Negros Oriental, on Oct. 29, 2026. The suspects were identified only as alias “May,” a resident

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November 3, 2026

We love talking about corruption as if it were a sudden moral virus — a few bad apples skimming off flood control budgets or customs gates. It isn’t. It’s the operating system. When political economist Calixto “Toti” Chikiamco stood before the 25th Jaime V. Ongpin Annual Memorial Lecture at Ateneo de Manila University, he didn’t just diagnose another scandal;

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Undas 2026: Iloilo City cemetery crowd peaks at 33K

City Hall to review Jaro market power bills after vendor plaints

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12 towns join Kasadyahan 2027 as Tultugan sits out

Alimodian vows tighter financial controls after COA flags PHP 2.7M trip

COA flags PHP 200-400 daily pay for Balasan workers

Iloilo launches PRIMETIME to boost youth mental health awareness

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Three Western Visayas most wanted rape suspects arrested in Antique