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ERC corrects slide that flagged Negros Power system loss

ILOILO CITY – The Energy Regulatory Commission has walked back its own finding that Negros Electric and Power Corp. breached the system loss ceiling for private distribution utilities last year, saying the presentation slide that placed the Bacolod-based utility on that list measured it against the wrong cap. In an

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Bolanteros are back at ‘Super’ – but only at night

ILOILO CITY — Mayor Raisa Treñas-Chu on Monday, Aug. 24, touted a “win-win” solution that would allow ambulant produce sellers, or bolanteros, to sell their goods without compromising the livelihood of regular public market vendors. The bolanteros will sell in a designated area inside the Iloilo Terminal Market, commonly known

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Nearly 89,000 Iloilo children get free measles, rubella shots

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DSWD releases PHP 161.7 million to RSSI-hit Negros workers

BACOLOD CITY — The Department of Social Welfare and Development-Negros Island Region (DSWD-NIR) has released PHP 161,714,250 in Emergency Cash Transfer (ECT) assistance to qualified beneficiaries affected by the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation across the region. As of Aug. 21, 43 local government units (LGUs) were covered by the

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DSWD releases PHP 161.7 million to RSSI-hit Negros workers

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Metrobank Foundation names 10 Outstanding Filipinos for 2026

The Metrobank Foundation (MBFI) has announced the 2026 Metrobank Foundation Outstanding Filipinos, honoring four teachers, three soldiers, and three police officers for achievements that continue to improve lives, strengthen institutions, and address the critical needs in their communities. The 10 awardees join a distinguished roster of exemplary Filipinos whose work has helped nurture learners, protect

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Paying for the same flood twice

August 24, 2026

We should have learned our lesson about ghost projects. It has barely been a year since the President zeroed out locally funded flood control works because of a national scandal that gutted the 2026 budget request by PHP 377 billion. Now the money is creeping back into the 2027 National Expenditure Program, and the numbers

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Bolanteros are back at ‘Super’ – but only at night

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ERC corrects slide that flagged Negros Power system loss

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: Iloilo City Honors Outstanding Ilonggos, Employees

Top Stories

DOE seeks suspension of 40 power plants amid Visayas strain

Bolanteros are back at ‘Super’ – but only at night

Belat: the PHP 250,000 punchline

‘PUSA,’ ‘PAGONG,’ ‘BELAT’: Prosecution flags return of receipts for PHP 500-million OVP funds

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Bolanteros are back at ‘Super’ – but only at night

Nearly 89,000 Iloilo children get free measles, rubella shots

BROWNOUTS, HIGHER BILLS: Supply shortage to ease only by October, MORE Power says

PHP 802 million eyed for 2,021 new school guidance counselors

NEGROS

DSWD releases PHP 161.7 million to RSSI-hit Negros workers

Kabankalan school threat sparks probe, Bacolod safety push

Land dispute eyed in Calatrava farmer killing

Two nabbed, PHP 1.7 million shabu seized

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Philippine Aquatics eyes bigger events after Boracay meet

Eumir Marcial set to miss Asian Games redemption tour

Coco Gauff reigns supreme at the Cincinnati Open

Team Spirit makes Dota 2 history as first three-time TI champions

NBA: Thompson heads to Heat, DeRozan joins Denver

Carlos Alcaraz set for tennis comeback at US Open

FEATURES

Metrobank Foundation names 10 Outstanding Filipinos for 2026

At Five O’Clock Again in Joemel Mirabuena’s Threshold of Time

Sanya Lopez shows her vulnerable and emotional side in new alternative pop single ‘Laro’

Joshua ‘Wawa’ Gabayeran and the Aestheticization of Agriculture

Rotary Iloilo South dances toward a polio-free world

Scenes of Home: A First Look at ‘Pagpauli, Iloilo’

NCCA, UNESCO challenge teachers to turn living heritage into classroom lessons

The Mall, the Memory, and the Making of Happiness: Kyle Francis Dile’s Hamili nga Kalipay

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Paying for the same flood twice

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