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...
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...
Public servants challenged to go beyond making public service a career
ILOILO City – "We should not only make public service a career. We should go beyond making public service as a career."
This was the...
‘Betty’ leaves Antique with P5.6-M losses
ANTIQUE – Though not directly hit by Typhoon Betty, enhanced monsoon rains caused P5.6-million damage to the province’s agriculture.
Nicolasito Calawag, head of the Provincial...
PDRRMC recommends placing Capiz under state of calamity due to ASF
CAPIZ – The Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) recommended placing Capiz under a state of calamity due to African Swine Fever (ASF).
Of...
No reshuffling of city, prov’l directors – PRO-6
ILOILO City – There is no reshuffling of provincial and city police directors in Western Visayas, according to Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) director,...
Nearly P.5M ‘shabu’ seized from Pavia couple
BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO – Sixty-five grams of suspected shabu valued at around P442,000 were seized from a live-in couple in a drug buy-bust...
No bird flu but Iloilo not lowering its guard
ILOILO – Despite the absence of avian influenza (AI) or bird flu in Western Visayas, the Iloilo provincial government, through the Provincial Veterinary Office...
Rebels wounded in Leon clash – Army
ILOILO City – An undetermined number of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels were wounded in a gun battle with troops of the Philippine Army’s...
Iloilo set to receive 2,430 doses of COVID-19 bivalent vaccines
ILOILO – This province is receiving today from the Department of Health (DOH) 2,430 doses of Pfizer bivalent vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The...