How’s Jalaur River Basin rehabilitation doing?
ILOILO City – How is the 10-year Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)-funded rehabilitation project in Region 6’s Jalaur River Basin (JRB) doing?
The Jalaur River Basin...
OXYGEN RUNNING OUT; Task force’s intervention sought
ILOILO City – Rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are stretching thin the supply of medical oxygen in hospitals here.
“The biggest supplier of...
9 HEIs in WV seek tuition fee hike
ILOILO City – Nine higher education institutions (HEIs) in Western Visayas sought to increase their tuition and other school fees for academic year (AY)...
Ex-ICPO director, 15 personnel suspended for ‘unlawful arrests’
ILOILO City – Sixteen personnel of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), including its former director, were suspended for a month by the Office...
Solon to bring LGUs’ clamor for cheaper power rate to Congress
ILOILO – Second District’s Cong. Michael Gorriceta is bringing the clamor of some local government units (LGUs) here to have better power services to...
DOLE-6 releases P351M to TUPAD beneficiaries
ILOILO City – Between Jan. 1 and Sept. 9 this year, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Western Visayas released P351,721,947.50 to...
33 priests contract COVID
ILOILO City – Priests were not spared by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Since the pandemic began, 33 priests under the Archdiocese of Jaro which covers...
Safely reopen schools, group urges gov’t
ILOILO – A Panay-based group is calling on the government to safely reopen schools amid the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
On Sept. 13,...
WV hog raisers qualify for DA’s loan program
ILOILO City – Western Visayas is one of four regions eligible for the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) P300-million Agri-Negosyo Program and Calibrated Swine Repopulation...
NO RICE SHORTAGE; Despite pandemic, WV production reaches 818,600 MT in 1st sem
ILOILO – Despite the coronavirus disease pandemic, Western Visayas is 138.73 percent rice sufficient, according to Executive Director Remelyn Recoter of the Department of...