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ILOILO CITY—With the previous win of Rabiya Mateo, Iloilo is hopeful in regaining the crown of Miss Universe Philippines for 2022.

ILOILO CITY—Former Commission on Elections (Comelec) commissioner Ma. Rowena Guanzon believes that women should make up at least 50 percent of candidates seeking elective posts.

TACLOBAN CITY – Maj. Gen. Edgardo De Leon, commander of the Army’s 8th Infantry Division, expressed hope that the next president will continue to implement the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).

CEBU CITY — For more than a month, the province of Cebu will bar the entry of poultry products and byproducts from Luzon.

ILOILO CITY — Beginning March 27, there will be three flights per week flying between Metro Manila and Antique province.

ILOILO CITY—In time with the celebration of National Women’s Month, the Philippine National Police (PNP) awarded eight outstanding lady cops and two non-uniform personnel (NUP) assigned in Western Visayas region.

CEBU CITY—The popular Loboc River cruise in Bohol has reopened to local and foreign tourists.

CEBU CITY—Firefighters here had their hands full in the first week of this month, which is being observed as Fire Prevention Month.

BACOLOD CITY – Despite endorsing different presidential candidates for the May 2022 elections, Negros Occidental Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson and Vice Governor Jeffrey Ferrer have vowed to keep their coalition solid.

BACOLOD CITY – As the city was placed under Alert Level 1 from March 1 to 15, 2022, the city government recently announced that at least 40 public elementary and secondary schools here are now ready to conduct limited face-to-face (F2F) classes.

ILOILO CITY—The World Health Organization (WHO Philippines) is urging the provincial government of Iloilo to push the COVID-19 vaccination for the elderly. This, after WHO Philippines ranked Iloilo province eighth with the most number of unvaccinated senior citizens at more than 71,000.

TACLOBAN CITY – The supposed resumption of limited face-to-face classes here on Monday, March 7, has been suspended due to heavy rains brought by the low-pressure area around East Northeast of Hinatu-an, Surigao del Sur.

MATUGUINAO, SAMAR – Christmas came early for dozens of children in a former insurgency-infested municipality located in the tri-boundary of Northern, Western, and Eastern Samar.

ILOILO CITY—At least 150 kilos of mangoes that were being spirited into Guimaras were seized by authorities in the island province, which has been recognized by the national government as producing one of the sweetest varieties of mangoes.

CEBU CITY—A former city councilor was arrested on charges of cyber libel that were filed by a party-mate.Pastor Alcover Jr., who is running for councilor in the upcoming elections, was arrested in his home in Barangay Lahug on Friday, March 4, by operatives of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG)-Cebu Province Field Unit.

CEBU CITY—Twenty-seven barangays and one municipality in Region 7 have been declared as drug-cleared.

ILOILO CITY— A total of 80,882 tourists visited world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province, last month.

BACOLOD CITY – At least 20 unidentified armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA) were allegedly behind the burning of a backhoe worth P7 million at a quarry site in Sitio Nandong, Barangay Orong, Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on Wednesday, March 2.