LANDBANK waives online fund transfer fees; mobile app transactions up 71% as of February

WITH the recent spike in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in the country, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is extending once again the...
Personnel from the Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas check hogs that will be transported to Metro Manila. The African swine fever has wiped out four million hogs amid the pandemic, causing pork supply woes and high pork meat prices especially in Metro Manila. DA-WESTERN VISAYAS/FACEBOOK

Duterte approves lower tariff for imported pork

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte reduced the tariff rates for imported pork meat to five percent to 20 percent from 30 percent to 40...

Surala Philippines holds “Summer Math Camp”

EVER heard your childsay “I don’t like Math!”, “Math is hard!” or maybe “Math is boring!”? Well that comes as no surprise because even...
AboitizPower’s 59-megawatt peak (mWp) solar power facility in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental

AboitizPower aims for 50:50 balance between RE, thermal portfolios by 2030

Aboitiz Power Corporation, the largest owner and operator of renewable energy in the Philippines, is aiming to hit a 50:50 balance between its renewable...

Media Wise Wins for the Business Community

Platinum in the time of pandemic! Amidst a global economic slump, a good sign that business recovery is on its way is when a...
Using harvester, farmers harvest rice crops in San Miguel, Iloilo. Palay is considered a major crop in Western Visayas. Region 6 is one of the major-palay producing regions in the country. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

WV remains a major palay-producing region

ILOILO City – Western Visayas is still one of the major palay-producing regions in the country. During the recently held 2021 Western Visayas Food Security...
Residents flock the Iloilo Fish Port Complex in Iloilo City to buy seafoods. The Philippine Statistics Authority attributed last month’s easing inflation rate to deceleration in prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages, particularly vegetables, fruits, and fish. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

PH’s inflation slightly eases to 4.5% in March

MANILA – The country’s inflation rate slowed down to 4.5 percent in March from the previous month’s 4.7 percent on the back of cheaper...
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NegOcc city closes resorts, parks

BACOLOD City – Due to the surge in local cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), resorts and parks in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental...

#GlobalWomenWhoRULE2021 sets out the International Women’s month in a pink and positive tone

This Women’s Month we set out to put together an event, partnering up with TNC (The New Channel), which would spotlight the experiences, struggles,...
A customer buys pork at a meat stall in Iloilo Terminal Market in Iloilo City. DA-6 Executive Regional Directors Remelyn Recoter says Western Visayas remains ASF-free. She encourages everyone to help maintain the region’s status. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Public urged to help sustain W. Visayas’ ASF-free status

ILOILO City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas encouraged the public to help prevent the entry of African swine fever (ASF)...