Surge in drug trafficking seen as pandemic restrictions ease
ILOILO City – The easing of coronavirus pandemic restrictions have prompted the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 6 to intensify its operation...
BOARD SHRUGS OFF BIZMEN’S PROTEST; Employers’ appeal won’t stop wage hike
ILOILO City – Even if they intend to file an appeal, employers are still obliged to implement the new minimum wage that will take...
Trash campaign materials collected rise to 10 tons
ILOILO – As the cleanup campaign “Limpyo Eleksyon” came to a close on May 20, the provincial government so far collected over 10 tons...
Region 6 logs fewer crimes in Q1 of 2022
ILOILO City – The average number of eight focus crimes in Western Visayas dropped by 12.74 percent in the first three months of the...
Weekly cleanup to get rid of dengue vectors pushed
ILOILO – The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) is urging the public to allot even just 20 minutes of their time in a week...
GIRD FOR THE RAINS, HAZARDS – PAGASA; ‘Above normal’ rainfall in coming months seen
ILOILO City – Get ready not only for the rains but also for the inconveniences and hazards they bring such as flooding and landslides.
The...
90% of Western Visayans yet to receive COVID booster shots
ILOILO City – Over five million of the target population in Western Visayas have yet to receive their vaccine booster shots against coronavirus disease...
Voters’ registration for brgy, SK polls this July
ILOILO City – For the synchronized barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections scheduled this Dec. 5, voters’ registration commences this July.
The Commission on Elections...
87.04% of WV brgys cleared of drugs – PDEA
ILOILO City – In Western Visayas, 87.94 percent of the barangays have so far been cleared of illegal drugs, according to the Philippine Drug...
Contact tracing for Omicron subvariant continues
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. pushed for the tracing of the contacts of two confirmed cases of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 in this...