QUAKE DRILL EXPOSES MAJOR VULNERABILITIES; City hall posts faster evac, but key protocols ignored
ILOILO City — Iloilo City Hall cut its earthquake drill evacuation time by more than two minutes this year, but disaster management officials warned...
Bacolod helps relocation site residents secure legal electricity connections
BACOLOD City – The Bacolod City Government has taken decisive steps to help nearly 80 families at Arao Relocation Site 2 in Barangay Vista...
PH and Russia eye expanded food, energy ties
MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to explore stronger cooperation in food and energy security, signaling a push...
Six-year-old Ebola patient abducted from Congo hospital?
KINSHASA – Authorities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are searching for a six-year-old Ebola patient and her mother after armed men stormed the...
Nearly 3 in 10 rural households in WV earn below half of nat’l median...
ILOILO City – Nearly three in every 10 rural households in Western Visayas earn less than half of the national median annual income per...
Fresh ASF threat: Iloilo tightens swine entry checks; Unexplained hog deaths trigger province-wide surveillance
ILOILO – This province has tightened inspections on all incoming swine shipments and ordered hog raisers to strengthen biosecurity measures amid renewed concerns over...
90 ROTC cadets hospitalized in suspected food poisoning
ILOILO — Nearly 90 Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) cadets participating in a regional summer camp in Dingle, Iloilo were rushed to hospitals after...
PRO-6 leads PH in shabu hauls; WV seizes P20.69-M drugs in just 13 days;...
ILOILO City – Western Visayas emerged as the country’s top-performing police region in shabu seizures during the first half of June, with authorities confiscating...
11,500 IMMUNIZED; Grassroots vaccination expanded to 169 Western Visayas barangays
ILOILO City – More than 11,500 residents, mostly children, have received life-saving vaccines under the Department of Health’s (DOH) community-based PuroKalusugan initiative, as health...
City gov’t to sue businessman over Jaro river ‘dumping’
ILOILO City – The city government will file criminal charges against a Chinese-Filipino businessman over the alleged dumping of dozens of sacks of expired...