Half of Iloilo towns still fall short of full PWD-friendly standards
ILOILO — Only about half of Iloilo Province’s 42 municipalities and the component city of Passi can currently be considered truly Persons with Disabilities...
Engineering audit sought to identify drainage failures; Iloilo City shifts focus to long-term flood...
ILOILO City – The city government has launched a citywide engineering investigation into the flooding that submerged 35 barangays during the recent onslaught of...
Massive feeding targets WV’s 188K undernourished learners
ILOILO City – More than 188,000 undernourished learners across Western Visayas will receive daily nutritious meals under the Department of Education’s (DepEd) expanded School-Based...
Summit promotes climate resilience, AI-powered emergency response
ILOILO City – Bringing together health experts, disaster managers, and community leaders in a two-day regional summit aimed at shifting disaster strategy from emergency...
Igbaras resumes tourism activities as weather improves
ILOILO — The municipal government of Igbaras has reopened all tourism-related activities after lifting a week-long suspension imposed due to hazardous weather brought about...
‘P13,900 A MONTH NOT ENOUGH TO LIVE ON’; Cause-oriented group challenges gov’t poverty benchmark
ILOILO City — A cause-oriented group has challenged the government’s claim that a family of five in Western Visayas earning P13,900 a month is...
Western Visayas’ measles cases jump 41%; DILG rallies LGUs for vaccination targeting 408K children
ILOILO City — Alarmed by a 41-percent surge in measles-rubella cases in Western Visayas, the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has...
Childhood education through shared responsibility: DepEd taps parents as partners in kindergarten learning
ILOILO City – The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 has launched a regionwide initiative that formally brings parents and guardians into kindergarten classrooms...
Going topless in public now illegal in Tubungan
ILOILO — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has declared as legal and valid a Tubungan municipal ordinance that imposes penalties on individuals found topless or...
Iloilo Province emerges as nat’l model for property tax reform; Defensor shares best practices...
ILOILO — This province has gained national recognition as a model local government unit in implementing the Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Act...