The Aedes aegypti mosquito transmits dengue viruses to humans through bites of an infective female Aedes mosquito, according to the World Health Organization. The Provincial Health Office in Aklan recorded 5,320 dengue cases this year. PIXABAY

176 dengue cases in WV in 2 weeks

ILOILO City – Western Visayas logged 176 cases of dengue in the first two weeks of this year. The cases recorded from Jan. 1 to...
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City dad proposes measures vs illegal dentistry practice

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved on first reading an ordinance prohibiting illegal practices of dentistry including the unauthorized sale of dental...
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Angara allots P596-M for Iloilo hospitals’ upgrade

ILOILO – Ilonggos can soon avail themselves of more efficient health services from 12 district hospitals and the Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan town. Through...
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P50 may cost BTAO enforcer his job

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – A traffic enforcer of the Bacolod Traffic Authority Office (BTAO) could lose his job after a video...
Barangay Singcang-Airport in Bacolod City recorded the highest number of leptospirosis cases in 2022, said Dr. Grace Tan, head of the City Health Office Environment Sanitation Division.

Bacolod ‘leptos’ cases up 80%

BACOLOD City -- Leptospirosis cases in this city last year were 80 percent higher than those recorded in 2021, data from the City Health...

Bacolod gov’t mulls 300-hectare coastline reclamation in Banago 

BACOLOD City – The city government plans to reclaim 300 hectares of coastline in Barangay Banago through a public-private partnership (PPP) scheme. City Legal Officer...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. leads Tribu Kapitolyo as a non-competing tribe during the Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan on Saturday, Jan. 21. ILOILO CITY MAYOR’S OFFICE PHOTO

‘Dinagyang tribe performances impressive’

ILOILO – Dinagyang Festival’s impressive performances and colorful costumes in the Dagyang sa Barangay tribes competition and Kasadyahan sa Kabanwahanan were worthy of the...
African Swine Fever-affected farmers in Oton, Iloilo received financial assistance from the Iloilo provincial government on Jan. 19. PROVINCIAL VETERINARY OFFICE PHOTO

198 ASF-affected farmers in Oton get financial aid

ILOILO – The provincial government, through the Provincial Veterinary Office (PVO), has released financial aid to hog farmers affected by the African Swine Fever...

SP OKs cable undergrounding ordinance

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) unanimously approved an ordinance placing underground all electrical and telecommunication wires and cables within the confines of...
Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital’s chief, Dr. Judy Ann Dumayas, attended the committee hearing of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan on Jan. 17, where issues hounding the hospital were tackled. IME SORNITO/PN

WV Sanitarium insists services unaffected despite internal conflict

ILOILO – Despite internal conflicts, its services were unaffected, according to the management of Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH). The hospital’s doctors, nurses...