The Department of Social Welfare and Development - Region 6’s Quick Response Team provided family food packs and sleeping kits to the rescued Badjaos Miag-ao, Iloilo. They also offered psychosocial support services to address the emotional needs of the displaced families. DSWD WESTERN VISAYAS

Badjao families trapped by ‘habagat’ floods saved; DSWD rushes aid

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao and Neljoy N. Galigao -
ILOILO — Twenty-eight members of the Badjao indigenous people, including 11 children, narrowly escaped death after raging floodwaters triggered by the southwest monsoon trapped...
“Pinggang Pinoy” is a new and easy-to-understand food guide from the government that uses a familiar food plate model to convey the right food group proportions on a per-meal basis. This is seen to help Filipinos acquire healthy eating habits needed to attain optimum nutrition.

Stunting, wasting fall in Iloilo City, But fight vs malnutrition far from over despite...

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City — This city’s sustained nutrition interventions have driven down the prevalence of stunting and wasting among children below five years old, with...
FLOODED COMMUTE. Motorists navigate floodwaters along a portion of La Paz Plaza in Iloilo City on Wednesday, July 23, as continuous rains from the intensified habagat and twin tropical cyclones triggered a Red Alert status. Authorities ordered evacuations in flood- and storm surge-prone areas. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Rains heighten threat of disease outbreaks in Western Visayas

Iloilo Neljoy N. Galigao -
ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) has placed Western Visayas under heightened surveillance against diseases after dengue cases climbed to 1,734 and...
Photo courtesy of Aksyon Radyo Iloilo

CIDG raid averts possible fire disaster; illegal LPG refilling racket busted

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City – A suspected illegal LPG refilling operation that authorities warned could have triggered a deadly fire or explosion was shut down in...

‘HABAGAT’ PARALYZES WORK, TRAVEL, CLASSES

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO City – The southwest monsoon (habagat) enhanced by Typhoon Inday crippled normal operations across Western Visayas on Friday, disrupting education, government work, and...
MORE Electric and Power Corporation (MORE Power) has the lowest rates from January to May of 2026 tax-inclusive, while many other distribution utilities publish tax-exclusive rates. In June, its rate reached P13.91 per kilowatt-hour, up P2.04 from May.

MORE Power maintains historic low electricity price in Iloilo despite tax-inclusive rates

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City — Rising generation and transmission costs continue to push up power rates across the country, with distribution utilities affected whenever the National...

Iloilo MSMEs equipped with disaster risk tool to strengthen business resilience

Iloilo Neljoy N. Galigao -
ILOILO City – To help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) withstand natural disasters, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) trained local businesses...
New Department of Health – Western Visayas director Dr. Mar Wynn D. Bello intends to strengthen public health programs through greater collaboration with local stakeholders and by using community health data to improve services, particularly for underserved populations.

New DOH-6 director Bello vows stronger public health programs

Iloilo Neljoy N. Galigao -
ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) has appointed Dr. Mar Wynn D. Bello as its new regional director for Western Visayas, entrusting...
Iloilo Provincial Nutrition Action Officer Dr. Wendel Tupas-Marcelo (left) says the province aims to become malnutrition-free by focusing interventions on wasted children before their condition progresses to irreversible stunting. For her part, Provincial Health Office head Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon says one of the biggest contributors to the province’s gains was the provincial government’s “SiPag at TiyaGa for MoRProGRes sa Bagong Pilipinas” convergence program.

Malnutrition rate in Iloilo province hits 5-year low; Nutrition, food security programs credited for...

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – Child malnutrition in Iloilo Province has steadily declined over the past five years, with provincial health officials attributing the sustained improvement to...
Photo courtesy of Aklan District Jail

Regional jail bureau blames shortage in manpower for Aklan prison stabbing; Guards may face...

Iloilo Ma. Theresa Ladiao -
ILOILO City — The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6 has acknowledged that a critical manpower shortage at the Aklan District...
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