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Race to zero: Health teams push rabies awareness in remote Iloilo barangays

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ILOILO — Health and local government agencies are ramping up efforts to wipe out rabies in this province, with the Provincial Rabies Control Committee...
“While suportado ko gid ang aton mga kasimanwa nga nagapangabudlay sa pangabuhi, ginpahangop ko man sa ila nga kinahanglan sang balanse – pagpanikasog sang mga vendors para sa ila pamilya kag ang kaayuhan sang kadam-an, ilabi na sa trapiko kag kalinong sa karsada,” says Mayor Raisa Treñas of Iloilo City.

Ninoy’s sacrifice a guide for Iloilo’s push for good governance – Treñas

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ILOILO City – Mayor Raisa Treñas on Thursday urged Ilonggos to uphold the values of justice, transparency, and people-centered leadership, stressing that the legacy...
The Central Philippine University campus in Iloilo City has been designated as one of 14 local testing sites for the 2025 Philippine Bar Exams. To safeguard the exam’s orderly conduct on Sept. 7, 10, and 14, Mayor Raisa Treñas issued three Executive Orders imposing liquor and noise bans and creating a coordinating committee. PHOTO FROM CPU FACEBOOK

Iloilo City gov’t clamps down on distractions for Bar Exams at CPU

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ILOILO City – The city government has moved to safeguard the solemnity of the 2025 Philippine Bar Exams, rolling out strict measures that include...

City barangays pressed to deliver faster, transparent services under ARTA rules

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ILOILO City – Barangays in this city are now under pressure to streamline frontline services as the Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) expands the implementation...
Garbage collectors make their rounds in Iloilo City. The city government has begun real-time online monitoring of barangays to ensure compliance with waste diversion and segregation, with possible interventions for non-compliant villages. FILE PHOTO COURTESY OF GENERAL SERVICES OFFICE

City launches digital crackdown on brgy waste mgt lapses

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ILOILO City – Barangays here will now be closely watched online as the local government rolls out a real-time digital monitoring system to track...
Jeline Marie Corpuz, head of Food Policy Development and Advocacy at Imagine Law, underscores the urgent need for policies that promote a healthier food environment during a Department of Health media forum in Iloilo City. She warned that excessive sodium intake is fueling hypertension, heart disease, and chronic kidney disease among Filipinos. PNA

FOOD POLICY REFORMS PUSHED: Advocates sound alarm on Pinoys’ excessive sodium intake

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ILOILO City – With Filipinos consuming nearly double the World Health Organization’s recommended sodium intake, health advocates are pressing for urgent government action to...

ASF fight gains ground; DA deploys sentinel pigs in 9 Iloilo towns

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ILOILO – The fight to restore Iloilo’s swine industry from the devastation of African swine fever (ASF) is gaining ground, with the Department of...
A health worker examines a chest X-ray, one of the key tools in detecting both active and hidden tuberculosis infections. The Department of Health – Region 6 urges adults to undergo x-rays every two years to help close the tuberculosis detection gap in Western Visayas. PHOTO FROM PHILIPPINE TUBERCULOSIS SOCIETY, INC.

HIDDEN TB CASES: Tuberculosis underreporting in WV spurs call for preventive treatment, routine x-rays

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ILOILO City – Tuberculosis (TB) remains a silent but severe public health threat in Western Visayas, with more than 22,000 estimated cases in 2023...
Photo shows a teacher overseeing a reading program at a public elementary school in Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. JASPER JAN SANTOS PHOTO

WV READING LITERACY GAINS: Struggling readers drop sharply to 7.17% – DepEd

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ILOILO City – Western Visayas has recorded a significant breakthrough in early-grade reading, with the number of struggling readers among Grades 1 to 3...
“Bal-an ta man two years are not enough. Subong pa lang ang aton mga projects, especially given sa akon barangay manug-manifest pa lang ina, wala pa gani naumpisa,” says Liga ng mga Barangay (LNB) Iloilo president and ex-officio Provincial Board member Amalia Victoria Debuque. She supports the postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to November 2026. NELJOY GALIGAO/PN

‘Two years not enough’: Iloilo Province’s Liga ng Barangay chair backs BSKE deferment

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ILOILO – The postponement of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) to November 2026 has exposed a divide in Iloilo between barangay officials...
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