Unemployed? 42T jobs up for grabs tomorrow

ILOILO City – Jobless? A total of 42,327 employment opportunities would be made available in tomorrow’s job fair of the Iloilo provincial government’s Public Employment Service...

‘Tis the season of ‘akyat bahay’

ILOILO City – This holiday season everybody should be extra cautious. “Akyat bahay” or robbery groups are just waiting for the right opportunity to strike, according...
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Iloilo farmers to benefit from DA cash transfer

ILOILO City – To help small rice farmers affected by the falling prices of palay and the deluge of imported rice, the Department of Agriculture (DA)...

Iloilo health sector urged to combat air pollution

ILOILO City – The health sector here should lead the campaign against air pollution, considering the negative effects of polluted air to children, women and other...

HIV SELF-TEST NOW IN ILOILO

ILOILO City – Know your status. Self-testing for HIV or the human immunodeficiency virus is now possible in this city. The Family Planning Organization of...
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Panay, parts of Negros under signal No. 1

ILOILO City – The whole island of Panay, Guimaras and the northern portion of Negros Occidental were placed under tropical cyclone warning signal No. 1 yesterday...

Free CHR legal aid on Human Rights Week

ILOILO City – Tomorrow the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Western Visayas is bringing its free legal aid caravan to Tubangan, Iloilo. This is one...

28 local gov’t units in Iloilo acclaimed as ‘child-friendly’

ILOILO – Twenty-eight local government units (LGUs) in this province were awarded the Seal of Child-Friendly Local Governance for 2018 during the recent 2019 Children’s Month...
Office of Civil Defense Region 6 director Jose Roberto Nuñez says the public should remain prepared for typhoon Tisoy, although it will not directly hit Western Visayas. Screencapture from earth.nullschool.net

BETTER PREPARED W.|Visayas braces for ‘destructive Tisoy’

ILOILO City – Starting Monday, the entire Western Visayas will be under a “blue alert” status in preparation for typhoon Tisoy, which entered the Philippine area...

READY FOR ‘TISOY’? OCD alerts flood and landslide-prone areas

ILOILO City – Western Visayas is not along the projected path of Typhoon “Kammuri” but the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) is not leaving anything to...