New hospital up for San Carlos residents

BACOLOD City - San Carlos City in Negros Occidental opened its P180-million new city hospital Dec. 8. This 225-bed hospital sits on a 1.9-hectare area...

‘Is Iloilo ready for technology?’

BY: ROEYNA MAY FAMISARAN ILOILO City – The Green Technology Business Incubation (GTBI) at the West Visayas State University (WVSU) in La Paz district is...

WV INT’L TRAVEL FAIR ‘Event to boost tourism industry’

BY: ROEYNA MAY FAMISARAN ILOILO City – To merge all tourism stakeholders under one roof, the Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 6 in partnership with...

Guimaras women graduate from dressmaking course

By Eunice Sheene Fulgencio ILOILO City – Sixty-six women graduated from the Dressmaking NCII training on Dec. 1 at the GTIC Function Hall, San Miguel,...

Support for bamboo industry pushed

BY: EUNICE SHEENE FULGENCIO ILOILO City – With its contribution to the country’s gross domestic product, a solon is pushing for the support for the...

SSS requests urgent release of pension, 13th month pay

By: Resel Joy Tianero ILOILO City – The Social Security System (SSS) in Western Visayas said its head office is requesting banks to release the...

Agri sector seen growing 5-6% in 2017

MANILA - The Department of Agriculture is expecting the agricultural sector to recover and grow by 5 to 6 percent in 2017 from this...

POEA slates events for ‘OFW’ month

BACOLOD City - The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) – Negros Occidental has slated a series of activities for December which is observed as...

Produkto Lokal Iloilo launches Christmas fair

By Eunice Sheene Fulgencio ILOILO City – Produkto Lokal Iloilo, in partnership with the Iloilo Pride Team, Amnesty International and Youth First Initiative, launched their...

BOI, EMB experts give talk at Agri-Aqua Investment Forum

ILOILO City - The Panay Organic Producers Association (POPA) Agriventures, Inc. has invited key resource persons from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...