(Left) Western Visayas Sanitarium, now Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital; (Right) Don Jose S. Monfort Medical Center Extension Hospital, now Don Jose S. Monfort Medical Center

Conversion of 2 prov’l hospitals boosts bed capacity in Iloilo

ILOILO – The conversion of two Department of Health (DOH)-run hospitals in this province means increased bed capacity and more available medical services soon. President...
Torn campaign posters gathered across Iloilo City are being fed and re-fed to this shredder machine in Barangay Calajunan, Mandurriao district – where the city’s sanitary landfill is located – to come up with finely-textured shredded materials for recycling as alternative fuel for a cement factory. PHOTO BY ENGR. NEIL RAVENA/CENRO

‘REUSE, REPURPOSE,’ Campaign posters eyed as alternative fuel, bags

ILOILO City – The usefulness of election campaign materials such as posters and tarpaulins does not end on Election Day. In this southern city,...
MORE Electric and Power Corporation’s substation tenders undergo training to effectively and efficiently perform their responsibilities.

SAFETY FIRST; MORE substation tenders train on work safety  

ILOILO City – At least 25 personnel, particularly substation tenders of MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power), have undergone training on basic safety...

DOH warns of rising TB cases among WV kids

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) is calling on parents to submit their kids to vaccination to prevent diseases such as meningitis...
This is the Iloilo Strait as seen from Iloilo City’s Fort San Pedro. Across it is the island province of Guimaras. The city government is eyeing 200 hectares of reclaimed land in the Iloilo Strait from Fort San Pedro in the City Proper to the fishing port complex and Sto. Niño Norte, Arevalo district down south and up to Barangay Hinactacan, La Paz district up east. PN PHOTO

Exec lauds proposed land reclamation but…

ILOILO City –The general manager and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) lauded the city government’s plan to expand its...
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Another suspect in Diergos slay case set to surrender

ILOILO City – Another suspect in the death of businesswoman Claire Diergos expressed interest to surrender before the May 24 arraignment. Raffy Sorioso informed his...
Since classes will end on June 27, the Department of Education - Western Visayas will dedicate a two-month break for the validation of schools that are willing to implement limited physical classes. File photo courtesy of DepEd-VI

Over 1K schools in Region 6 set for limited F2F classes

ILOILO City – More than 24 percent or 1,247 of 5,068 schools in Western Visayas are ready for limited face-to-face (F2F) classes as of...
A girl gets her shot of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 in Iloilo City. The Department of Health is again appealing to eligible people to avail themselves of free COVID-19 vaccination as additional protection from a highly transmissible subvariant of the virus causing the disease. PN PHOTO

WV LOGS 3 OMICRON SUBVARIANT CASES; DOH confirms local transmission

ILOILO City – Western Visayas logged its three first cases of Omicron subvariant BA. 2.12.1, two of which were deemed local transmissions from the...

RMN DYRI Iloilo No. 1 in latest radio survey, garners 91.47% of AM listenership

ILOILO City – RMN DYRI Iloilo is once again No. 1 in Iloilo. Based on the 2022 second quarter official radio survey of the Kapisanan...
Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Iloilo City girds for low IRA

ILOILO City – The city government is preparing for a drop in its Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) next year. According to Mayor Jerry Treñas, the...