ILOILO CITY, June 11 -- Iloilo's provincial government and various government security forces will test and validate their interoperational capability in times of emergencies with the two-day Inter-Agency Territorial Defense Operations Exercise (ITDOEx) "Pag-ugyon 2026," the first of its kind in the Visayas region.

Spearheaded by the Iloilo Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (PDRRM) Council and the Joint Task Force "Spear" of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the ITDOEx is set to be held in the municipalities of Miagao and San Joaquin from June 16 and 17.

The simulation exercise was designed to also assess the effectiveness of the Provincial Community Defense Action (PCDA), Emergency Operations Center (EOC), Inc...