Fair skies, rising temperatures to continue across Visayas this week
ILOILO City – Most parts of the Visayas are expected to continue experiencing generally sunny and humid weather in the coming days, with temperatures...
SENATE COUP: Legarda backs Cayetano takeover, emerges as Senate’s No. 2 official
ILOILO — Antique’s Sen. Loren Legarda emerged as one of the biggest winners in the dramatic leadership shake-up at the Senate on Monday after...
PRO-6 pushes Iloilo drug informant reward scheme as model for LGUs
ILOILO — The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) is urging local government units across Western Visayas to adopt Iloilo province’s newly approved reward system...
Synchronized irrigation, ‘double dry cropping’ seen to boost WV’s rice output – NIA
ILOILO City — The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Regional Office 6 has intensified coordination with farmers and irrigators’ associations ahead of the opening of...
Antique prov’l gov’t earns four-star DOE rating for energy efficiency compliance
ANTIQUE — The Provincial Government of Antique has improved its compliance rating under the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Government Energy Management Program (GEMP), earning...
Negros solon withdraws congressional inquiry into Toboso incident
BACOLOD City — Negros Occidental Third District Rep. Javier Miguel Benitez has withdrawn his proposed congressional inquiry into the April 19 incident in Toboso,...
More than 1,600 TUPAD workers in Guimaras take part in green jobs, rehabilitation work
GUIMARAS — More than 1,600 informal workers in Guimaras have benefited from the Department of Labor and Employment’s Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers...
Tricycle drivers in Roxas City urge gov’t to address rising fuel prices
CAPIZ — Tricycle drivers in Roxas City are appealing to the government to take action to curb rising fuel prices, saying the continued increase...
DOH heightens airport and seaport watch vs hantavirus
MANILA — The Department of Health (DOH) has tightened health screening and monitoring protocols in Philippine airports and seaports following international alerts over possible...
SLIGHT DIP FROM FEBRUARY’S 5.1 PERCENT: Unemployment holds steady at 5% in March despite...
MANILA — Unemployment remained subdued in March, largely unchanged despite expectations of a broader deterioration amid mounting pressures from the war-driven oil crisis, official...