BY: JUDY MAE MAGDATO To support and ensure the effective implementation of the advocacy on the prevention of corruption at the barangay level, the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-6 conducted a Regional Roll-out Orientation on Barangay Advocacy on the Prevention of Corruption. The orientation was held for members of selected Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) […]
THE Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Iloilo Provincial Office again successfully installed on Dec 19, 2018 the 27 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) at Barangay Pasig, Sara, Iloilo. The ARBs are now in possession of the 66-hectare property formerly owned by Ma. Elena Yusay through a Writ of Installation issued on Dec 14, 2018 by Provincial Agrarian […]
THE ILOILO City Government gave recognition to an Ilongga who was recently crowned Miss Top of the World-Plus Size 2018. Mayor Jose Espinosa III presented Charlene Pagayon Rosco a certificate of recognition during City Hall’s flag ceremony on Dec. 3. Rosco was cited for bringing pride and honor as well as inspiration that Ilonggos can […]
THE Regional Development Council (RDC)-6 based in Iloilo City deliberated and acted on 19 resolutions during its 4th quarter meeting hosted by the province of Antique on December 14, 2018. In sum, the council has passed 91 resolutions in 2018 in response to important issues and concerns in the Regional Development Plan 2017-2022. The bulk […]
THE historic Plaza Libertad, at first glance in the morning, looks just like any ordinary plaza with the statue of national Jose P. Rizal standing tall at the center. But this Yuletide season, when the clock strikes 5 p.m., the 1.5-hectare plaza transforms into a magical place full of sparkling Christmas lights and several animal […]
A FARMER association in an Agrarian Reform Community in Zarraga, Iloilo received a rice transplanter worth at least Php1.5 million from the Climate Resiliency Farm Productivity Support Project of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). Implemented through the DAR’s support services program component, the CRFPSP aims to improve farm productivity and increase the net income […]
BACOLOD City – Mambukal Resort, which is owned and managed by the provincial government of Negros Occidental and one of the biggest tourism revenue earners of the province, launched pocket libraries around the resort and its newest icon, “Mambu, the Bat.” Mambukal Mountain Resort management, using donations from the employees of the Land Bank of […]
ONE HUNDRED members of the Kapatiran Para sa Progresong Panlipunan, Inc. will continue to serve as forest guards with the approval of the PHP9.6 million intended for their salaries in 2019. The Kapatiran is an association of former rebels, particularly of the Rebolusyonaryong Partidong Manggagawa Pilipinas-Revolutionary Army-Alex Boncayao Brigade (RPM-P/RPA-ABB). Under the Payapa at Masaganang […]
Ang Ulirang Guro sa Filipino ang taunang gawad na ibinibigay ng Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino sa mga pilî at karapat-dapat na guro na gumagamit ng Filipino bilang midyum ng pagtuturo. Alinsunod sa layunin ng KWF na manghikayat at magpalaganap ng wikang Filipino sa pamamagitan ng mga insentibo, mga grant, at mga gawad, hinahangad ng tanggapan […]
Christmas came early to the towns of San Joaquin, Concepcion, and Igbaras as AAMBIS-OWA Party-list Representative and Deputy Speaker Sharon Garin, along with Vice Governor Christine “Tingting” Garin of Iloilo, continued the series of turnovers of ambulance units last December 13, 14, and 19, 2018. The ceremonial turnover of one (1) ambulance unit per town […]
UPS Philippines and AIR21 recently formalized their partnership with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) for the program, “Sa Pagbasa, May Pag-asa (Hope in Reading),” a storybook donation campaign for public school students. The tripartite partnership affirms UPS and AIR21’s roles as PBSP’s logistics partners for the storybook drive. Both firms transport storybooks from […]
By: Emme Rose Santiagudo MORE than 300 farmers from Iloilo and Capiz received their certificates after graduating from the Karbawan: School on the Air on Dairy Buffalo Production on Dec 20, 2018 in Leon, Iloilo. The graduates were led by the top 10 finishers of the class after notching the highest scores in their exam – […]
