Garcia to lead groundbreaking of Comelec-6 integrated field office
ILOILO City – Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairman George Erwin Garcia will lead the groundbreaking for the poll body’s integrated field office in Barangay...
Region 6 COVID-19 active cases breach 3K mark; death toll now over 6K
ILOILO City – Active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas have surpassed the 3,000 mark.
On Aug. 13, 173 new cases were...
Iloilo province’s HFMD cases up 431; proper hygiene stressed
ILOILO – This year from Jan. 1 to Aug. 6, this province recorded 431 cases of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD).
According to the Iloilo Provincial Health...
2 Iloilo lawmakers appointed to CA
ILOILO City – Two congressmen from Iloilo province were named as members of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) – Raul Tupas of the...
Agency to manage Kalibo, Boracay airports mulled
KALIBO, Aklan – A bill seeking the creation of the Aklan Airport Authority (AAA) that would manage the Godofredo P. Ramos Airport (Boracay Airport)...
At UPMG induction Romualdez cites media’s role in nation-building
KEEP playing your role in nation building.
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez issued this call to the newly-elected officers and board of directors of...
Boracay bill withdrawn; Aklan SP withdraws persona non-grata reso vs 4 solons
ILOILO City – The four congressmen who pushed for the revival of the bill creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) have officially withdrawn...
Ilonggo rights lawyer wins Medal of Liberty
ILOILO – An Ilonggo human rights lawyer assaulted last year has been chosen as recipient of an international award, the 2022 Roger N. Baldwin...
Food, non-alcoholic drinks drive WV inflation to 6.9%
ILOILO City – Western Visayas’ inflation rose to 6.9 percent in July from 6.2 percent in June.
The main contributor to the uptrend of the...
Amendments to Kalibo transport code sought
KALIBO, Aklan – The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Kalibo is reviewing Ordinance No. 2020-02 or the Transport and Traffic Management Code for some proposed...