ILOILO CITY – Nine graduates of the University of the Philippines Visayas and Iloilo State University of Fisheries Science and Technology in Iloilo province landed in the Top 10 of the recent Licensure Examination for Fisheries Professionals conducted by the Professional Regulation Commission...
ILOILO CITY — Grassroots leaders Reynilda Partida and Fredil Muid reminded graduates of University of the Philippines Visayas to embrace community service. Partida and Muid said they can make a difference in their own communities during the July 8 ceremony at the main campus of UP Visayas in...
ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines Visayas unveiled a food safety manual titled “Food Safety and Community: A Practical Guide to Food Safety for Food Service” on Friday, May 23. The participatory food safety manual is not only a technical guidebook but also an applicable tool...
Approximately 9,300 job vacancies were offered in the Labor Day job fair in Iloilo. JOB seekers line up at the Labor Day Job Fair in a popular mall in Iloilo City. (DOLE-6) Atty. Sixto Rodriguez Jr., director of the Department of Labor and Employment-6, led the opening of the job...
ILOILO CITY — Ventures on renewable energy are being encouraged in Western Visayas region, especially among university-based technology business incubators (TBIs). The Department of Science and Technology-6 (DOST-6), the UMWAD Western Visayas Consortium, represented by the Iloilo Science...
The Department of Science and Technology recently awarded 256 outstanding scholars from the Western Visayas region. The DOST awards scholars with In Touch with Excellence (ITWE) medals in an April 25, 2025 awarding ceremony in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) They were recipients of the In Touch with...
President Marcos' move to fulfill his promise to lower the price of rice to as low as P20 per kilo, at least in the Visayas region, was not a political move, Malacañang said. The move was neither related to the recent drop in Marcos' approval, nor a campaign strategy for the administration...
ILOILO CITY – The Gross Domestic Regional Product (GRDP) of Western Visayas region dropped to P641.76 billion in 2024 from the P1 trillion in 2023 without Negros Occidental province. MORE buildings at Iloilo Business Park in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippines Statistics Authority recorded an...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Office-6 has issued show-cause orders following two major vehicular accidents in Bacolod City and a southern Iloilo town during the Holy Week. THREE persons were killed and 17 others, including two policemen, were injured when a red Toyota Innova driven by an...
ILOILO CITY—The Holy Week was generally peaceful in Western Visayas region. Except for vehicular accidents, the Police Regional Office-6 did not record any major criminal incidents in Western Visayas. This was attributed to the deployment of police all over Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and...
LOILO CITY — As the Holy Week comes to a close, the Commission on Elections-6 urged voters and candidates to reflect. COMELEC-6 Regional Director Dennis Ausan speaks to the media in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “In the spirit of Lent, it is a time of reflection,” said Comelec-6...
ILOILO CITY—The Philippine National Police (PNP) is deploying 1,680 police officers to secure the Holy Week in Western Visayas. POLICE stand in attention at the Iloilo City Police Office headquarters. (Tara Yap) The Police Regional Office-6 under Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky has...
