The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Monday, Dec. 26, that it has completed the construction of two farm-to-market roads in the district of Jaro in Iloilo province, providing an improved access to the agricultural products in Western Visayas (Region 6). DPWH logo DPWH Region 6...
SHABU confiscated in various anti-drug operations in Iloilo province this year. (IPPO) ILOILO CITY – Police seized illegal drugs totaling P249 million in Western Visayas in the first 11 months of this year. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said more than 36 kilos of suspected shabu and seven...
DR. Adriano Suba-an, Western Visayas director of the Department of Health (DOH), supervises Covid-19 vaccination for minors at the Aleosan District Hospital in Alimodian town, Iloilo province. (IPHO/File) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) has assured the release of the Covid-19...
VEGETABLES and fruits are sold at the Agri-Fishery Trade Expo at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol grounds last October 2022. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY -- Western Visayas region is banking on the next generation farming to achieve food security. “Food sustainability is a growing global...
MANGOES grown in the island-province of Guimaras are said to be one of the world’s sweetest varieties. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The province of Guimaras is the fastest growing economy in the Western Visayas region in 2021. Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said Guimaras...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas registered a 9.6 percent inflation rate in November, the highest in 13 years, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. A FISH vendor in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “This is the region’s highest recorded inflation since January 2009,” said Nelida Amolar, chief...
TWENTY-five policemen tied the knot in a mass wedding at the chapel of Camp Delgado, the headquarters of the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Western Visayas, in Iloilo City on Thursday, Dec. 8. (AJ Marcelo Palcullo) ILOILO CITY – Twenty-five policemen wed in a mass wedding in Camp Delgado, the...
BACOLOD CITY – Mayor Alfredo Abelardo “Albee” Benitez here was installed as the new chairperson of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Western Visayas. BACOLOD City Mayor Alfredo Abelardo ‘Albee’ Benitez, with his wife Dominique, takes his oath as the new chairperson of the Regional...
DA-Western Visayas FB ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Monday, Dec. 5, the first case of bird flu in Western Visayas after chicken in a poultry farm in Barangay Cagay, Roxas City, the capital of Capiz, have been infected. “The region now is on high alert for the first...
ILOILO CITY – The newly installed regional director of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas is pushing for the modernization of the agriculture and fishery sectors in the region. BARROGO (DA photo) “We must strive to modernize agri-fishery and agribusiness sectors as stipulated...
ILOILO CITY – Three micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) from Western Visayas region won the Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) PRAISE award in the recent 2022 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) in Manila. DOST-6 Director Rowen Gelonga (second from left) poses...
The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) under the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) awarded the local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas region for their improvement in competitiveness. The skyline of Mandurriao district in Iloilo City, which is the new center of economic...
