CERTIFIED FOR QUALITY CHILD CARE. Officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development – Region 6 and the Regional Adoption and Child Care Office gather after the formal turnover of the National Authority for Child Care (NACC) Certificate of Recognition to the DSWD-6 Home for Girls in Cabatuan, Iloilo. The certification confirms that the residential facility has met national standards for adoption and alternative child care services, making it one of only three accredited Child Caring Agencies in Western Visayas. RACCO-6

‘Home for girls’ in Cabatuan now an accredited child-caring agency

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ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 has achieved a major milestone in child protection. Its Home for Girls...

Iloilo City readies responders as monsoon threats loom despite no direct cyclone hit

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ILOILO City – Disaster response agencies in Iloilo City have stepped up preparations as weather authorities warned that the enhanced southwest monsoon could bring...
A scarred mountainside and flooded homes in Barangay Sohoton, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo have prompted the Provincial Government Environment and Natural Resources Office to investigate whether quarry operations and inadequate water management contributed to the unprecedented flooding from July 31 to August 1.

FLOODS PUT BAROTAC QUARRIES ON THE SPOT; PGENRO probes whether operations, poor water management...

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ILOILO — Unprecedented flooding that swamped a home in Barangay Sohoton, Barotac Nuevo town for the first time in 70 years has prompted provincial...
Passengers crowd the roof and cling to the sides of an overloaded jeepney during its “last trip” from Pavia to Lambunao, Iloilo on July 31. A netizen’s video of this jeepney went viral and caught the attention of the Land Transportation Office. MA. FE EGALAM ALVAREZ/FACEBOOK

LTO suspends jeepney driver in viral overloaded incident; Transport co-ops told to strengthen fleet...

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ILOILO – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region 6 has preventively suspended for 90 days the license of a jeepney driver after a viral...
Photo courtesy of Sedfrey Cabaluna

‘SAOT ILONGGO’: Aug. 21 dance contest puts Ilonggo heritage, young performers in spotlight

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ILOILO City — Ten school and cultural dance groups will battle for honors in the third Saot Ilonggo Dance Competition on Aug. 21, placing...

173 Iloilo City homes get solar tax perk as more property owners urged to...

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ILOILO City – At least 173 households here have secured a 20-percent discount on their basic real property tax (RPT) after installing solar panels,...
A healthcare worker administers a measles-rubella vaccine to a young child during a community immunization activity. The Department of Health - Region 6, campaigning to protect children against the highly contagious diseases, is urging parents to have children aged six to 59 months vaccinated during the Measles-Rubella Supplemental Immunization Activity scheduled from Aug. 10 to 28, 2026, stressing that the vaccines are free, safe, and effective. DOH-6

Free regionwide immunization set Aug. 10-28

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ILOILO City — Alarmed by the 41-percent increase in suspected measles-rubella cases across Western Visayas, the Department of Health (DOH) has launched a stepped-up...

BFAR tightens crab catch monitoring to restore access to US export market

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CONCEPCION, Iloilo — The Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Regional Office 6 (DA-BFAR 6) has rolled out a new...

PCL blames last minute delegate surge for national convention lodging woes but denies booking...

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ILOILO City — Organizers of the recent Philippine Councilors League (PCL) National Convention here have denied allegations that some delegates were housed in motels...
A fishing vessel allegedly engaged in the banned “hulbot-hulbot” (modified Danish seine) fishing method is intercepted by the Iloilo Provincial Bantay Dagat Task Force, police and intelligence operatives off the waters of Barangay Lantagan, Carles, Iloilo on Aug. 1. PROVINCIAL BANTAY DAGAT TASK FORCE

16-man illegal ‘hulbot-hulbot’ crew intercepted off Carles

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ILOILO — This province’s campaign against illegal fishing scored another major enforcement victory after authorities intercepted a fishing vessel allegedly engaged in the banned...
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