The Department of Social Welfare and Development in Western Visayas has hit a record number of beneficiaries as it expands the educational assistance payout to far-flung areas. DSWD 6

Over 27K students in WV receive educational aid

BY GLENDA TAYONA ILOILO City – More than 27,000 qualified students from across Western Visayas have already benefited from the government’s educational assistance through the...
Joint operatives of the Leganes Municipal Police Station and Iloilo Police Provincial Office - Drug Enforcement Unit seize around 80 grams of suspected shabu valued at P544,000 from drug suspect Jeffrey Gustilo during a buy-but operation in Barangay Lapayon, Leganes, Iloilo on Aug. 30, 2022. IPPO

89 drug personalities caught in 8 months – IPPO

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) was able to neutralize 89 drug personalities in eight months of operations, or...
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10 Victorias City gov’t workers positive for drug use

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Ten job order employees of the Victorias City government in Negros Occidental tested positive for illegal drug...
Officers of the Iloilo City Police Station 1 together with Norman Flur Tabod, chief of Business Permit Licensing Office (BPLO) of the Iloilo City government led the implementation of closure order on three water refilling stations namely Rei-Khael, Ranz and LMN water refilling stations at Brgy. Zamora-Melliza and Brgy. Concepcion, City Proper on Thursday, September 1, 2022, for lack of pertinent business documents and violation of some provisions of Presidential Decree No. 856 or the Sanitation Code of the Philippines. ICPO

Water refilling stations ordered to undergo water potability testing

BY GLENDA TAYONA ILOILO City – Following the increasing cases of acute gastroenteritis (AGE) and cholera in this city, Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has required...

Human bones found in Oton plaza

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO – Construction workers found human bones in a drainage under construction in the public plaza of Oton town here on...
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Will relectionist chapter prexy Fernandez have a challenger? LMP-Iloilo poll on Aug. 25

ILOILO – The League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) - Iloilo Chapter will hold an election on Aug. 25. Chapter president Mayor Rosario Mediatrix...
Monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder – rash with blisters on face, hands, feet, body, eyes, mouth or genitals; fever; swollen lymph nodes; headaches; muscle and back aches; and low energy.

Negros Occ. hospitals eyed for isolation of monkeypox cases

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) of Negros Occidental is in the process of identifying medical facilities to...

Man shot at Smallville

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – A 21-year-old man was shot dead around 4 a.m. on Aug. 20 at Smallville Complex in Barangay San...
A man repacks sugar in packets on sale at a public market in Taguig City. REUTERS

Inventory of sugar stocks in warehouses mulled

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. sees no problem with the proposal to have warehouses in the province inspected for the volume of sugar...
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

Negros Occ.’s dengue death toll climbs to 16

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Two more persons died of dengue in Negros Occidental, increasing the disease’s death toll in the province...