US Peace Corps to assist Roxas City on disaster response, climate adaptation

ROXAS City – This city will get technical and training assistance from the United States (US) Peace Corps International Response Volunteers to enhance its...
Health workers in a vaccination facility in Ilocos Sur province prepare to administer COVID-19 vaccines. While the DOH said it has released some P9 billion for the special risk allowance and hazard pay of health workers, many frontliners said they still have not received the benefits promised under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2. VIGAN CITY GOVERNMENT

Health workers to get May-June 2022 COVID allowances

ILOILO – The May and June 2022 One COVID-19 Allowance (OCA) will be distributed either this week or early next week. The Iloilo Provincial Health...
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All Iloilo LGUs have 10-year waste mgt plans

ILOILO – All 43 local government units (LGUs) in the province have approved 10-year solid waste management plans. The last three towns – Guimbal, San...
Dengue carriers are day-biting mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti) that breed in clean, stagnant water. WIKIPEDIA PHOTO

IPHO seeks experts vs dengue, Japanese encephalitis 

ILOILO – The Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) is scheduled to discuss the management of mosquito-borne diseases, particularly dengue and Japanese encephalitis, with 43...

100 child laborers in Antique get aid

ANTIQUE – One hundred children engaged in child labor in the province of Antique received educational cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare...
Kroll’s Cyber Risk senior vice president Carlos Ely Tingson (left), US Embassy in the Philippines economic officer Saptarshi Basu (on screen), and United States Agency for International Development-Office of Economic Development Governance senior economic growth specialist John Avila (right) answer queries from the press during the first day of the US Embassy 15th Media Seminar entitled “Building Blocks: The US-Philippine Partnership for a Prosperous and a Cyber-secure Digital Economy.” GLENDA TAYONA/PN

Cyber attacks continue to threaten PH cyberspace; More cybersecurity professionals needed

ILOILO City – As cyber attacks continue to be a lingering threat to the Philippine cyberspace, there is a need for the country to...
Department of Tourism Region 6 director Crisanta Marlene P. Rodriguez (left) and Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions Alliance president Joseph del Rosario (right) brief the local press regarding the Central Philippines Tourism Expo to be held in Iloilo City from June 16 to 18, 2023. GLENDA TAYONA/PN

WV to host Central PH Tourism Expo; 15 regions to showcase tourism products

ILOILO City – Western Visayas will host the Central Philippines Tourism Expo (CPTEx) 2023, one of the biggest tourism expos in the country and...
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We have sufficient blood supply — PRC

ILOILO City – Blood supply at the Western Visayas Regional Blood Center here is adequate, according to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC)-Iloilo Chapter. Iloilo (city...
Dengue carriers are day-biting mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti) that breed in clean, stagnant water. WIKIPEDIA PHOTO

Aklan dengue cases up by 315 percent — PHO

KALIBO, Aklan – The Provincial Health Office reported an increase in the number of dengue cases from Jan. 1 to May 27 this year. Cases...
Western Visayas will continue to ship live hogs to Luzon even if there is a price cap for selected pork and chicken products sold in Metro Manila. PNA FILE PHOTO

NegOcc town’s hog population wiped out

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The hog population in the municipality of San Enrique, Negros Occidental has been virtually wiped out by...