Almost half a million Western Visayans vaxxed vs COVID
ILOILO City – Around half a million Western Visayans have already been inoculated with their first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019...
Upgraded Western Visayas Sanitarium mulled
ILOILO – Western Visayas Sanitarium (WVS), a Level 1 hospital in Barangay Inangayan, Santa Barbara town, may be upgraded to a Level 2 medical...
DOH OKS HOME VACCINATION; For bedridden residents, PWDs
ILOILO City – Local government units (LGUs) can do house-to-house vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for bedridden people and persons with disabilities (PWDs),...
Remittance center loses P1.5M to robber
ILOILO – A money remittance center lost about P1.5 million in a broad daylight robbery on Osmeña Street, Barangay Poblacion Centro, Calinog town on Saturday.
Gladys...
Iloilo City hospitals’ PhilHealth claims balloon to P1.3B
ILOILO City – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has yet to pay hospitals here whose unpaid claims to the state insurer further ballooned...
Passi sanitary landfill now fully operational
ILOILO – The P408-million Passi City Integrated Waste Management Facility located in Barangay Aglalana started operating on July 9.
Five towns – Dingle, Janiuay, Igbaras, Tubungan...
Accidental firing at PRO-6? ‘Reckless’ cop faces probe
ILOILO City – A police major at the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) was disarmed and restricted.
Police Major Elde Labis, assistant chief of the...
City cop arrested for ‘illegal cockfighting’
ILOILO City – For illegal cockfighting, a police officer assigned here and his four companions were arrested in Barangay Cagbang, Oton, Iloilo over the...
WV 5TH MOST POPULOUS IN PH; POPCOM: Family planning is important
ILOILO – Western Visayas is the Philippines’ fifth most populated area, the 2020 Census of Population and Housing showed. The Commission on Population (POPCOM)...
Utilize geohazard maps, LGUs told
ILOILO City – Local government units (LGUs) should utilize geohazard maps for a more efficient disaster preparedness response planning, according to the Mines and...