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Summer heat drives up electricity rates in Visayas as WESM prices double

ILOILO City – Electricity consumers in the Visayas are facing a significant increase in their bills this April as summer heats up, with the...
Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks (left) is crowned Miss Eco International 2025 by outgoing queen Angelina Usanova (right) of Ukraine in Alexandria, Egypt on April 19 (April 20 in the Philippines). MISSOSOLOGY PHOTO

Alexie Mae Brooks crowned Miss Eco International 2025

ILOILO City – Ilongga beauty queen Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks was crowned Miss Eco International 2025 during a glitzy pageant night at Alexandria, Egypt....
Photo courtesy of Love Love Baronda

RACI April 5-6 survey results: Baronda takes the lead

ILOILO City – Vice mayoralty candidate Lady Julie Grace “Love-Love” is leading the race with 53.3% support among the 600 respondents, based on the...

Over 3K arrests, millions in contrabands seized: Iloilo police mark banner year under Razalan

ILOILO – More than 3,000 individuals were arrested and millions of pesos worth of illegal drugs, firearms, and other contrabands were confiscated during the...
As part of measures to secure the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Monday, Oct. 30, a liquor ban will be implemented from Sunday, Oct. 29, until election day. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NEWS MINUTE

Tourism hubs face ‘dry days’; Comelec to enforce election liquor ban; hotels, resorts urged...

ILOILO City – With the May 12 midterm elections fast approaching, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has warned against potential liquor ban violations by...
Fifty-eight out of 70 passengers were injured after a jeepney from Alimodian, Iloilo overturned in Barangay Maninila, Miag-ao town on Saturday, April 19. The jeepney was en route to Tubog Beach Resort in San Joaquin town when it lost control on a curved road and flipped. TOTO BRENT/FACEBOOK PHOTO

58 injured in overloaded jeepney crash in Miag-ao; LTO tags incident as ‘reckless driving’

ILOILO – What should have been a cheerful beach outing turned into a nightmare when an overloaded jeepney from Alimodian town overturned in Barangay...
Passengers disembark from a vessel under the watch of Philippine Coast Guard personnel at a port in Antique Province during the Holy Week exodus. Nearly half a million travelers passed through Western Visayas ports during the Semana Santa rush, prompting heightened security and assistance operations across the region. PHOTOS COURTESY OF COAST GUARD DISTRICT WESTERN VISAYAS

Nearly half a million Holy Week passengers travel through WV ports amid heightened PCG...

ILOILO City – Passenger volume across Western Visayas ports neared the half-million mark during the Holy Week rush, prompting intensified security and safety protocols...
Photo courtesy of the University of the Philippines Visayas

UPV scientists develop pioneering technology for hospital waste disposal

ILOILO City – Scientists at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) here have developed a technology for waste disposal in hospitals known as...
Police Brigadier General Jack L. Wanky, director of the Police Regional Office 6, leads the inspection of transport terminals in Iloilo City on Maundy Thursday, April 16, 2025. PRO-6 PHOTO

PRO-6 reports peaceful Holy Week in W. Visayas

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) credited strong collaboration between law enforcement and the community for the peaceful observance of Holy...
Philippine Red Cross responders attend to injured individuals after a multi-purpose vehicle rammed a procession on Good Friday, April 18, in Barangay Alangilan, Bacolod City. PHIL. RED CROSS NEGROS OCCIDENTAL – BACOLOD CITY CHAPTER/FB PHOTO

Three dead as vehicle rams Good Friday procession in Bacolod

BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) will be filing multiple charges against the driver of a multi-purpose vehicle involved in a...