‘Wellness, bicycles, Nearsol, and Iloilo’

AS A PARTNER in promoting wellness and health, NEARSOL joins Iloilo City’s efforts by sponsoring brand new bicycles for the “Iloilo Bike Festival 2022”....
A Semirara Mining and Power Corporation employee reseeds juvenile clams in the Marine Protected Area at Barangay Tinogboc, Semirara Island, Caluya, Antique.

SMPC reseeds 500 endangered clams on Semirara Island

INTEGRATED energy company Semirara Mining and Power Corporation (SMPC), together with the Department of Energy and barangay local government units, reseeded 500 endangered clams...
Seaweed farming is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed. It is deemed to be the fastest-growing aquaculture sector. The Philippines is one of the world’s leading producer of seaweeds.

UPV seaweed team to help Iloilo seaweed farmers

ILOILO – Prof. Encarnacion Emilia Yap, dean of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOS) of the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV),...
REPOPULATE. Negros Occidental is poised to increase the production of disease-free hogs to help other provinces hit hard by the African swine fever (ASF). On May 10, President Rodrigo Duterte signed Proclamation 1143, placing the entire country under a state of calamity for one year due to the ASF outbreak. PNA BACOLOD

6 new slaughterhouses to rise in Negros Occ.

BACOLOD City – The Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) will help fund the construction of abattoirs in six...
This July 5, the peso closed at 55.23 against the dollar, yet another low of almost 17 years or since the local currency closed at 55.26:$1 on Oct. 25 2005. The peso sank to its weakest against the US dollar on Sept. 27, 2004, when it closed spot trading at 56.45:$1.

Peso seen sinking to new record low in Q1 2023

MANILA – The US dollar may start to weaken this semester, but even then the Philippine peso may continue to lose against the greenback...
Red peppers are grown by learners at the Antique Integrated Farm School in Barangay Aningalan, San Remigio, Antique. PHOTO BY SAN REMIGIO LGU

DepEd official optimistic of BBM support for farm schools

SAN JOSE, Antique – An official of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Antique expressed hope that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. would support...
Iloilo City as seen from atop the city hall featuring the “Lin-ay sang Iloilo” bronze statue and the Iloilo River below. CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

Iloilo City impresses investors

ILOILO City has been getting a lot of attention and interest from giant investors who visited the metropolis recently. Mayor Jerry Treñas met with Megaworld...

Northern Negros ecozone ready to accept locators

BACOLOD City – The Northern Negros Agro-Industrial Export Processing Zone (NNAIEPZ) in Sagay City, Negros Occidental is now accepting locators interested to invest in...
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Ople warns abusive lawyers: ‘If you abuse OFWs, I’ll be your enemy’

WITH THE creation of the Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) during the Duterte administration, overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) now have an official home in...
A show cause order from the Social Security System is being posted near the entrance of an establishment in Iloilo City for contribution delinquencies. PIA-6 PHOTO

SSS calls out 12 Iloilo delinquent employers

ILOILO City – The Social Security System (SSS) conducted a surprise visit to 12 erring establishments in this city with contribution delinquencies amounting to...