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Catch-up vaccination to close immunity gap among kids

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 6 is expanding its catch-up immunization to other provinces of the region this May...
EARLY PREPARATIONS. Police Regional Office 6 (PRO6) director, Brigadier General Flynn Dongbo (second from left), checks police personnel in Iloilo on May 9. In a statement on May 10 he said early preparations and focused executions of agencies under the Regional Joint Security Control Center resulted in the peaceful conduct of elections in Western Visayas. File photo courtesy of Regional Public Information Office

‘Early preparation leads to trouble-free polls’

ILOILO City – Police forces will stay in their assignments until all election paraphernalia are returned to their proper places, election results are completely...
ASSESSMENT. A geologist from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Western Visayas conducts a rapid geohazard assessment on landslide-affected areas in the municipality of San Dionisio, Iloilo due to Tropical Depression “Agaton”. MGB has recommended the updating of geohazard maps to include new areas affected by the landslide. PHOTO COURTESY OF MGB VI FACEBOOK PAGE

MGB wants W. Visayas geohazard map updated

ILOILO City – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Western Visayas has recommended the updating of its geohazard map to include areas and...

DYNASTIES REMAIN WELL-ENTRENCHED

ILOILO – Politics remains a family affair for several clans holding sway in this province’s five districts. Monday’s elections saw them even tightening their...
FIGHTING SPIRIT. Will persistent election loser Mel Carreon run in the 2025 midterm elections? “Depende sa health kag sa bulsa…kon maayo ang lawas ko I will never stop,” he says.

Perennial poll candidate undaunted by another loss

ILOILO City – If there’s a contest on the most number of election losses experienced, perennial poll candidate Mel Carreon, 80, would probably come...
Operation Baklas will continue until Iloilo City has been get rid of election campaign materials.

Removal of campaign posters starts

ILOILO City – The 2022 election is over. The removal of campaign posters and other election-related materials has commenced. The City Environment and Natural Resources...

26 incumbent mayors in Iloilo re-elected

ILOILO – Twenty-six incumbent mayors here – out of 43 – got reelected on Monday. They will start their fresh terms beginning June 30, according...
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2022 elections in WV ‘generally peaceful’

ILOILO City – The May 9, 2022 national and local elections across the region were generally peaceful.  There were no major election-related violent incidents, according...
Reelectionist Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote on Monday. PHOTO FROM FACEBOOK PAGE OF MAYOR JERRY TREÑAS

Radio blocktimer fails to unseat Treñas

ILOILO City – Popular radio blocktimer Salvador “Jun” Alojado Capulot’s attempt to unseat incumbent Mayor Jerry Treñas has failed. As of 1:30 a.m. this morning,...
NOT TOO OLD TO VOTE. Centenarian Lucila Sobrevega Sobremisana of New Lucena, Iloilo says she is exercising her right to vote, notwithstanding her advanced age. PHOTO BY IME SORNITO

Oldest person in Iloilo votes

ILOILO – The acknowledged oldest person in this province, the 107-year-old Lucila Sobrevega Sobremisana of Barangay Cabilauan, New Lucena town, made it a point...