NEGROS PRODUCERS BACK DA PLAN: Imports seen to stabilize sugar supply amid shortage

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BACOLOD City – The United Sugar Producers Federation (UNIFED) has endorsed the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) plan to import refined sugar to address the...
Face-to-face classes from pre-school to senior high school, both in public and private schools, in Iloilo City were suspended from April 1 until April 2 due to hot weather conditions. The state weather bureau cautioned the public that temperatures may continue to rise in the coming days and weeks. AJ PALCULLO/PN

DepEd-6: No disruptions despite Sara’s resignation; Matatag Curriculum to launch in July

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ILOILO City – Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio’s announcement of her impending resignation by July 19 as Education Secretary has not affected the Department of...

City Council OKs Fort San Pedro restoration

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BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – The City Council approved the National Museum of the Philippines’ (NMP) plan to restore Fort San Pedro or...
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DOTr approves 49 PUJ routes for Iloilo

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BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – The Department of Transportation (DOTr) has approved a total of 49 public utility jeepney (PUJ) routes for Iloilo...
“I know what Sen. Leila de Lima went through. She was in jail for a very long time. I think she has every right to go after those who filed the cases against her,” says Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas who, as congressman back in 2017, refused to participate in congressional hearings investigating de Lima for what the then senator insisted were baseless illegal drugs charges.

Treñas admits being ‘powerless’ over House’s targeting of de Lima

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BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas said he did not oppose the move of the allies of former President Rodrigo Duterte...
“We have already distributed 428,000 hectares. Our remaining balance is 38,997 hectares, which is about eight percent of the total,” says Atty. Sheila Enciso, director of the Department of Agrarian Reform in Western Visayas.

What’s slowing down land reform completion in WV? DAR vows complete land distribution before...

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ILOILO City – Despite the challenges, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has pledged to fully distribute all designated agricultural lands to agrarian reform...
Western Visayas has so far no reported cases of Q fever, which affects domestic ruminants. As part of the push for constant vigilance, the Iloilo Provincial Veterinary Office urges farmers to report unusual cases of abortion, stillbirths, or diseases observed in livestock, particularly goats. PHOTO FROM DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – WESTERN VISAYASWestern Visayas has so far no reported cases of Q fever, which affects domestic ruminants. As part of the push for constant vigilance, the Iloilo Provincial Veterinary Office urges farmers to report unusual cases of abortion, stillbirths, or diseases observed in livestock, particularly goats. PHOTO FROM DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – WESTERN VISAYAS

AMID Q FEVER VIGILANCE: Iloilo farmers urged to report unusual livestock health issues

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ILOILO – The Iloilo Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO) has called on farmers to immediately report any unusual cases of abortion, stillbirths, or diseases observed...
Museo Iloilo, located along Bonifacio Drive, Iloilo City, exhibits a collection of archeological, historical, ethnographical craft and tribal folk arts relating to Western Visayas. JERRY TREÑAS/FACEBOOK PHOTO

‘MANIGURADO LANG KO’: Treñas defers retrieval of donations to Museo Iloilo

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BY GEROME DALIPE IV ILOILO City – The city government has deferred the retrieval of several office furniture and equipment that former mayor Jed Patrick...

How will NIR affect police ops in Western Visayas?

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BY MA. THERESA LADIAO ILOILO City – Police Brigadier General Jack Wanky, the regional director of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), sees police operational...
Iloilo former senator Franklin Drilon (left) and Department of Public Works and Highways Region 6 officer-in-charge Engr. Sanny Boy Oropel lead the “soft opening” of the Iloilo Sunset Boulevard on Sunday, June 23. NYARIKA DOMANAIS PHOTO

New Iloilo Sunset Boulevard partially opens for public use

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BY NYARIKA DOMANAIS ILOILO City – The Iloilo Sunset Boulevard, a concrete road stretching from Mandurriao district to Oton, Iloilo, has partially opened to the...
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