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A health worker examines the hand of a girl in Batangas to check on possible signs of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), a mild, contagious viral infection common in young children. PHOTO COURTESY OF RAPPLER

Iloilo province records lower HFMD cases

ILOILO – This province has 55 cases of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD) as of February 3 this year. This is 96.8 percent lower compared to...

P816K ‘shabu’ seized from Molo couple

BY MA. THERESA LADIAO ILOILO City – Nine sachets of suspected shabu valued at around P816,000 were seized from a live-in couple in a drug...
Out of the 81 million Filipinos who had registered for the national ID system, only 39.7 million had received their plastic ID cards so far. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO

PSA accepts correction of national ID

ILOILO City – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is now accepting correction of entries for national identification in its fixed registration sites in Iloilo...
Task Force on Moral and Values Formation personnel conducted inspections and monitoring of disco bars, restaurants and nightclubs in Jaro and Mandurriao districts in Iloilo City on Feb. 17 and 18. ILOILO CITY-TFMVF FACEBOOK PHOTO

Bars, restos now in ‘peaceful mood’ after V-Day – taskforce

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – Four days after Valentine's Day, the KTV bars and nightclubs scenes finally settled into a more relaxed mood,...
Photo courtesy of WGBH Educational Foundation

ILOILO HEALTH ALERT; Pertussis community testing planned amid infant death

ILOILO – Two infants younger than 30 days have been infected with pertussis, also known as whooping cough, leading to one fatality. In response,...

12-hour brownout on Sunday in parts of Iloilo city and province

ILOILO City – Residents and businesses in parts of this city and the province of Iloilo are being alerted by the National Grid Corporation...
IPHO head Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon

What are the leading causes of deaths in Iloilo province? 1,120 persons died of...

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) is urging everyone, particularly the elderly experiencing symptoms like cough and colds, to consult with...
The municipality of New Lucena and the National Dairy Authority (NDA) signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the establishment of the foundation for the development of vital infrastructure, such as the NDA-Western Visayas Regional Office, Dairy Feed Center and Dairy Demo Farm in the municipality. Leading the MOA signing on Friday, Feb. 16, were Mayor Liecel Mondejar-Seville (2nd from right) and NDA administrator Dr. Gabriel Lagamayo (2nd from left). AJ PALCULLO/PN

New Lucena, NDA forge partnership for agri dev’t

BY MA. THERESA LADIAO ILOILO – The municipality of New Lucena in this province has partnered with the National Dairy Authority (NDA) to support agricultural...
Photo shows people buying fruits and vegetables at a public market in Pavia, Iloilo. AJ PALCULLO/PN

PSA-6 reports 2% inflation rate in W. Visayas

BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – The overall inflation rate in Western Visayas has slowed to 2.0 percent in January 2024, the Philippine Statistics...
Twenty-three sachets of suspected shabu weighing a total of 111 grams and valued at around P754,400 were confiscated from two drug suspects in Barangay Poblacion, Carles, Iloilo early Friday morning, Feb. 16. IPPO PHOTO

2 drug suspects yield over P754K ‘shabu’

ILOILO City – Two high-value drug suspects were arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Poblacion, Carles, Iloilo on Friday, Feb. 16. Carles police...