PAGASA warns Visayas to brace for hotter April 15 amid rising heat index
ILOILO City – Much of the Visayas is expected to endure more intense heat today, April 15, with forecast heat index levels remaining in...
Ilonggos urged to act as climate warnings intensify
ILOILO City — With rising global temperatures and worsening plastic pollution threatening ecosystems, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Region 6 has...
66 struck by fish poisoning in Iloilo; most recover, only 3 still hospitalized
ILOILO – A total of 66 residents across multiple towns in Iloilo were affected by a food poisoning incident linked to fish consumption, but...
Treñas calls for order after street commotion involving ‘bolanteros’
ILOILO City – Mayor Raisa Treñas has called for discipline and adherence to the rule of law following a commotion involving ambulant vendors, city...
Strict enforcement of heat safety rules pressed as Iloilo faces dangerous heat index
BY IME SORNITO
ILOILO — Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has ordered the strict enforcement of minimum public health standards across the province as dangerously high...
224,880 WV farmers, fisherfolk covered with P21.6-B crop insurance
ILOILO — A massive insurance expansion covering 224,880 farmers and fisherfolk in Western Visayas has strengthened the region’s resilience against climate risks, accidents, and...
45 hired on the spot as job fair connects hundreds of Ilonggos to work...
ILOILO – At least 45 jobseekers were hired on the spot during the Semana sang Iloilo Job Fair organized by the Public Employment Service...
Free soil testing drive reaches hundreds of Iloilo farmers; DA-6: Science-based soil mgt to...
ILOILO City — Hundreds of farmers in Iloilo are gaining a crucial advantage in cutting production costs and increasing yields as the Department of...
Comelec halts voter registration every Monday of April
ILOILO City — Voter registration and all frontline election services will be unavailable every Monday of April in Western Visayas, as the Commission on...
P5,000 aid reaches 8,450 tricycle drivers; DSWD orders full WV rollout on April 16
ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has accelerated its emergency cash aid rollout for transport workers in Western Visayas,...