ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas has logged three new cases of the Omicron XBB. 1.16 Covid-19 variant. The Department of Health (DOH)-6 recorded these fresh cases from April 26 to May 6, according to a biosurveillance report. The first case of the Omicron XBB. 1.16 variant, also known as...
ILOILO CITY – After the massive blackout in Western Visayas late last month, the Committee on Infrastructure of the Regional Development Council (RDC) in Western Visayas has urged the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to fast-track the improvement of its facilities. TRENAS (FB) “I...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas has eased for the second straight month. RESIDENTS check fresh fish for sale at Central Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 reported that the inflation rate in Region 6 dropped to 8.2 percent in April,...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco has stepped down from his post after serving Western Visayas for only nine months. FRANCISCO (PRO-6 FB) Francisco was transferred on Monday, May 8, to Camp Crame in Quezon City to lead the Directorate for...
ILOILO CITY – More than 100,000 newborns and children below five years of age across Western Visayas region have been immunized against measles and polio in the first week of the massive nationwide immunization campaign. DOH-6 Director Adriano Suba-an (left) assists in administering the oral polio...
ILOILO CITY – Several areas in Western Visayas have been flooded due to intermittent rainfall in the past two days amid the searing heat. As of May 4, the Western Visayas-Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council recorded flooding in parts of Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo. A...
ILOILO CITY – Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Sen. Grace Poe have urged solutions after massive power blackouts hit Western Visayas region last week. ZUBIRI (Senate FB) Zubiri called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the privately owned National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to...
ILOILO CITY – The House Committee on Energy has been urged to probe the massive power blackout that hit Western Visayas last week. Four congressmen from Western Visayas filed House Resolution No. 993 seeking the investigation. In House Resolution No. 993, the committee was asked “to immediately...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has reportedly instructed the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to act on the problems besetting the Visayas grid that resulted in massive power blackouts across Western Visayas region last week. According to Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto”...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 6 (Western Visayas) released P69 million for various livelihood projects across Western Visayas region on Labor Day. DOLE-6 released livelihood aid to selected beneficiaries from Western Visayas as part of the Labor Day...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas is still reeling from the impact of long power blackouts which coincided with the searing heat since Thursday, April 27. Power is back in majority of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental as well as Iloilo City, the regional capital of Western...
ILOILO CITY – A massive power blackout affected the entire Western Visayas region on Thursday, April 27. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), which transmits electricity from power generators to power distributors, reported a system disturbance. “At 1:51 p.m. of 27 April 2023, NGCP...
