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Tubungan town in Iloilo to host sustainable rest area for tourists—DOT

TUBUNGAN, ILOILO — The Department of Tourism (DOT) recently led the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a soon-to-rise sustainable rest area for tourists in...

Defensor says Iloilo provincial hospitals managing despite Dengue surge

ILOILO—Despite a rising number of dengue cases across the province, hospitals in Iloilo are managing the situation effectively, according to Governor Arthur Defensor, Jr. Defensor...

DOH Western Visayas intensifies Mpox monitoring

The Department of Health (DOH) Western Visayas Center for Health and Development stepped up its surveillance efforts for Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, following...

OCD Western Visayas steps up preparations for La Niña

The Office of the Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas is ramping up its preparedness measures in anticipation of the potential impacts of the...

Negros Occidental achieves highest rice yield in Western Visayas for 2023

Negros Occidental secured its position as the second top-performing rice producer in Western Visayas, recording the highest rice yield in the region at 4.1...

Capiz declares ‘state of calamity’ due to Dengue outbreak

Capiz became the second province in Western Visayas to declare a state of calamity due to the alarming rise in dengue cases that pushed...

Over 20K daycare children in Antique to benefit from DSWD feeding program

Antique will provide nutritional boost to over 20,000 daycare children across 692 child development centers in 18 municipalities through the Department of Social Welfare...

Iloilo logs 1,263 new Dengue cases in just one week amid outbreak

Iloilo province recorded a total of 1,263 new dengue cases from August 11-17, according to the Provincial Health Office (PHO), citing its 33rd morbidity...

DA to meet Western Visayas LGUs on ASF

The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas is set to convene local government unit (LGU) leaders across the region to assess the impact...

Dengue outbreak hits Capiz as cases, fatalities rise

Capiz is now also struggling with a dengue outbreak after recording 1,386 cases and three fatalities from January 1 to August 10, 2024, Governor...

DSWD cuts over 13K seniors from social pension program after revalidation

To ensure that only the truly needy benefit from its social pension program, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas...

Western Visayas courts implement mandatory face mask policy amid rising COVID-19 cases

In response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, the Regional Trial Courts in Western Visayas swiftly reinstated strict face mask requirements for all employees,...

Negros Oriental intensifies ASF testing as new cases loom

Negros Oriental is ramping up testing on hog blood samples across towns and cities after the detection of African swine fever (ASF) in Valencia...

Western Visayas deploys task force over dengue outbreak

The Department of Health (DOH) Western Visayas has activated its Regional Dengue Task Force in response to the alarming rise in dengue cases across...
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