Secretary general Elmer Forro of Bayan Panay speaks at a rally on June 12, 2019. Photo courtesy of Rappler.

Family, friends of arrested activist seek help from VP

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The family, friends and colleagues of arrested Ilonggo activist Elmer Forro penned an open letter to Vice President Leni Robredo during...
Photo by Amritanshu Sikdar on Unsplash

19 VILLAGE WELLS CONTAMINATED; Norovirus kills 3 La Paz residents

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Three residents of Barangay Ingore in La Paz district died of gastroenteritis and dehydration. A contaminated well is being blamed. The City...
Dengue is caused by Aedis eegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes – these are day-biting mosquitoes that live and breed in clean, stagnant water.

6 die as dengue cases in Iloilo province rise to 123

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ILOILO – The dengue death toll in this province rose to six as cases ballooned to 123, data from the Iloilo Provincial Health Office...
Cadet Ernie Alarba Padernilla of Passi City, Iloilo receives from President Rodrigo Duterte the Presidential Kampilan for being the valedictorian of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) “Alab-Kalis” Class of 2022. The PNPA graduation ceremony on April 21 was held at Camp General Mariano N. Castañeda in Silang, Cavite. PNPA PHOTO

Du30 promises house, lot to Ilonggo top PNPA grad

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The government will be giving a house and lot as incentive to the valedictorian of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA)...
According to the Department of Health – Region 6, 260,264 vaccine doses have been delivered to the island province of Guimaras since 2021.

Over 190T in Iloilo get COVID booster shots

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – In this province, 190,223 individuals already received vaccine booster shots against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is, however, way below the number of...

Gun ban violators in WV rise to 172

Iloilo
ILOILO City – From Jan. 9 to April 21, 172 persons in Western Visayans were arrested for violating the gun ban order of the...
HOME LEARNING KIT. USAID deputy director for education Yvette Malcioln (left) hands over home learning resource kits for numeracy to the Department of Education – Region 6 on April 13, 2022. The kits intend to provide teachers, parents as well as guardians with an easy and simple tool to help develop early grade learners’ deeper level of understanding of concepts and procedures in numeracy and mathematics. PNA, USAID PHOTO

8 WV schools get US home learning resource kits

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO – The United States government, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), recently handed almost 1,000 sets of Home Learning Resource Kits...
Only the Department of Social Welfare and Development has the authority to delist beneficiaries from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program, says Director Ma. Evelyn Macapobre of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas.

‘DSWD APOLITICAL’; Politicians can’t delist 4Ps beneficiaries – director

Iloilo
ILOILO City – No politician can remove beneficiaries from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western...

3,860 WV inmates qualified to vote

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ILOILO City – In jails across Western Visayas, 3,860 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) are qualified to vote in the May 9 elections, according...

Iloilo City Hall back to 5-day workweek by May 16

Iloilo
ILOILO City – City government employees will resume the regular five-day workweek schedule effective May 16. Mayor Jerry Treñas issued a memorandum order that city...
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