ILOILO CITY — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE) on Monday, October 30, in Western Visayas were smooth and peaceful. PEOPLE vote in the barangay elections at the M.V. Hechanova Elementary School in Jaro, Iloilo City on Monday, October...
ILOILO CITY – Police have apprehended 115 individuals for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the Western Visayas region. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in Jaro, Iloilo City in line with the gun ban for the barangay elections....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the release of P2.3 billion for the social pension of indigent senior citizens in Western Visayas is almost complete. INDIGENT senior citizens receive social pension in Western Visayas. (DSWD-6) Gretchen Taleon,...
ILOILO CITY – Fifty-eight thousand, three-hundred sixty families in Western Visayas have been approved by the Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 to rejoin the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer proverty reduction program. THE Marcelino family of Carles town, Iloilo province is...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 21,694 security forces from different law enforcement agencies have been deployed to secure the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas on October 30. THE Police Regional Office-6 leads the send-off ceremony for the inter-agency security force for...
ILOILO CITY – The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that workers in Western Visayas will receive a P30 daily wage increase starting on November 16. GROCERY store employees rest in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The NWPC...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 recalled 682 policemen undergoing training in Western Visayas to augment security forces in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. THE Police Regional Office-6 recalled 682 policemen under training for the barangay elections....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 has warned barangay officials in Western Visayas against deducting financial assistance for beneficiaries of government programs. BENEFICIARIES of government cash assistance should receive the full amount, the...
ILOILO CITY – The Competitiveness Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has awarded local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas for improving their competitiveness. THE Iloilo city government is awarded the Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City in Western Visayas region....
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recommended the disqualification of eight candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 in Western Visayas for premature campaigning. CANDIDATES and their supporters in Barangay Taal, Molo District, Iloilo City...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued 77 show-cause orders to candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas on October 30 for premature campaigning. AUSAN (FB) Dennis Ausan, Comelec-6 director, said the number of show-cause orders may be...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT)-6 is seeking to expand the slow food movement in Western Visayas. “We want to expand the slow food to other provinces of Western Visayas,” said DOT-6 Director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez. A NATIVE sweetened rice delicacy, known as ‘pusô,’ of...