The Iloilo Provincial Health Office urges parents to make sure their children are fully immunized following the return of face-to-face classes. Photo shows the learners and teachers of Sohoton Elementary School in Barangay Sohoton, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo attending the first flag-raising ceremony for the school year 2025-2026, on June 16, 2025. SOHOTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PHOTO

Childhood education through shared responsibility: DepEd taps parents as partners in kindergarten learning

ILOILO City – The Department of Education (DepEd) Region 6 has launched a regionwide initiative that formally brings parents and guardians into kindergarten classrooms...
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Going topless in public now illegal in Tubungan

ILOILO — The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) has declared as legal and valid a Tubungan municipal ordinance that imposes penalties on individuals found topless or...
Photo courtesy of RMN Iloilo

Grave coercion, threats, domicile violation complaints being readied vs IMEG, SAF men over Molo...

ILOILO City – Three civilians allegedly harassed during a July 1 raid conducted by personnel of the Philippine National Police-Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group...
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MGB illegal quarry probe clears PRO-6 personnel

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) said an investigation by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) found no police personnel directly...
The Iloilo City Government reaffirmed its commitment to prioritize people-centered programs, projects, and services funded through the responsible collection and utilization of taxes. Mayor Raisa S. Treñas emphasized that tax revenues are channelled into essential services such as infrastructure development, public health, education, social protection, and economic initiatives that directly benefit Ilonggos. By improving financial management and maintaining transparency and accountability, the city aims to ensure that every peso collected leads to real improvements in people’s quality of life.

‘Sweat equity’: Beneficiaries of city gov’t relocation program to help build own homes

ILOILO City - Relocation beneficiaries here are being trained to build their own homes in a move that aims to stretch the city government’s...
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Rising water levels prompt NIA to issue alert across Iloilo dams

ILOILO City — The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Iloilo-Guimaras Irrigation Management Office has called on residents to remain vigilant as sustained rainfall brought by...
“Pinggang Pinoy” is a new and easy-to-understand food guide from the government that uses a familiar food plate model to convey the right food group proportions on a per-meal basis. This is seen to help Filipinos acquire healthy eating habits needed to attain optimum nutrition.

Stunting, wasting fall in Iloilo City, But fight vs malnutrition far from over despite...

ILOILO City — This city’s sustained nutrition interventions have driven down the prevalence of stunting and wasting among children below five years old, with...
FLOODED COMMUTE. Motorists navigate floodwaters along a portion of La Paz Plaza in Iloilo City on Wednesday, July 23, as continuous rains from the intensified habagat and twin tropical cyclones triggered a Red Alert status. Authorities ordered evacuations in flood- and storm surge-prone areas. AJ PALCULLO/PN

Rains heighten threat of disease outbreaks in Western Visayas

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) has placed Western Visayas under heightened surveillance against diseases after dengue cases climbed to 1,734 and...

Iloilo MSMEs equipped with disaster risk tool to strengthen business resilience

ILOILO City – To help micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) withstand natural disasters, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) trained local businesses...
New Department of Health – Western Visayas director Dr. Mar Wynn D. Bello intends to strengthen public health programs through greater collaboration with local stakeholders and by using community health data to improve services, particularly for underserved populations.

New DOH-6 director Bello vows stronger public health programs

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) has appointed Dr. Mar Wynn D. Bello as its new regional director for Western Visayas, entrusting...