SIDEWALK SHOPPING. A young boy patiently waits for his Christmas present as his father and mother check this sidewalk stall for toys and other items in downtown Iloilo City. Early this December, the government kicked off the annual holiday campaign “Ligtas Christmas sa Healthy Pilipinas” to guide the public on easy and doable ways to safely celebrate the holiday season. PN PHOTO

‘DANGEROUS TOYS’; DTI to holiday shoppers: Be vigilant

Iloilo
ILOILO City – This holiday season, pick the right toys that will pose no harm to children, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)...
MORE Power president Roel Castro (right foreground, back facing the camera) gives a pep talk to his personnel before deploying them to Negros Island.

Iloilo’s MORE Power to help restore electricity in Negros

Iloilo
ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has sent a team to Negros Island to help Negros Occidental Electric Cooperative (NOCECO)...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol. Panay News Photo

Iloilo Prov’l Board questions ‘calamity’ recommendation

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) did not right away approve on Tuesday the recommendation of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council...

Iloilo City under state of calamity

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) has placed this city under a state of calamity so that immediate assistance can be provided by...

5,370 fugitives arrested, 3,915 firearms seized

Iloilo Ruby P. Silubrico -
ILOILO City – This year from January to November, various police units under the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) arrested 5,370 wanted persons and...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (sixth from right) receives the award of Iloilo as “Most Competitive Province in Western Visayas” from the Department of Trade and Industry during the 5th Regional Recognition Ceremony of Competitive Local Government Units on Dec. 20, 2021. CAPITOL PHOTO

Iloilo most competitive province in Region 6

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO – Faring well in four key areas – economic dynamism, government efficiency, infrastructure, and resiliency – this province was hailed by the Department...
A firefighter surveys what’s left of the public market of Oton, Iloilo that fire gutted before dawn on Monday. The Bureau of Fire Protection’s initial estimate of the damage reached P44 million. PN PHOTO

‘EVERYTHING’S GONE’; Fire razes over 300 stalls at Oton market

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – They dodged Friday last week’s super typhoon “Odette” but not Monday’s predawn conflagration, according to displaced vendors at the gutted public market...
Nobody wanted the vaccine wastage to happen, says Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, chief `of the Iloilo Provincial Health Office.

COVID-19 vaccine wastage: 100 Pfizer vials damaged

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – One hundred vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech-made vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) got damaged in Badiangan town. How? Health undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire in...
Photo Courtesy of Gulf News. For Illustrative Purposes only

Region 6’s rice losses to ‘Odette’ hit P820M

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Losses to Western Visayas’ rice crops due to super typhoon “Odette” reached P820 million, data from the Department of Agriculture (DA)...
Photo courtesy of Iloilo City Government

Iloilo City opens dialysis center

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The city government opened it first-ever Uswag Dialysis Center 1 in Barangay East Baluarte, Molo district on Monday. Mayor Jerry Treñas and...
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