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The municipality of Concepcion in Iloilo province held a groundbreaking ceremony for a P150-million fish port project which when completed will benefit its fishing communities and neighboring towns. “With the new facility, trading and economic activity of the fish port will be enhanced. Our income in fishery is a significant percentage of our total local […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has facilitated a better connection between Iloilo City and the Dumagas Ro-Ro Port through the widening of Nabitasan Bridge in Leganes, Iloilo. According to DPWH Regional Office 6 Director Lea Delfinado’s report to acting Secretary Roger Mercado, the upgrading from two lanes to four lanes doubles the capacity […]
The Department of Agriculture (DA) distributed P503 million worth of Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RFFA) among rice farmers in the Western Visayas Region. A total of 100,667 rice farmers from the provinces of Iloilo and Aklan benefited from the said program. The Provincial Government of Iloilo received an RFFA budget of P344M, while the Aklan […]
Agriculture Secretary William Dar led the inauguration of new multi-species hatcheries and broodstock tanks, which are seen to boost the aquaculture sector in Iloilo. The facilities are located in the Tigbauan Main Station of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC). They were established between 2019 and 2021 in support of the DA-Bureau of Fisheries […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles, in coordination with the National Housing Authority and local government officials, turned over a total of 619 permanent housing units to family-beneficiaries in Batad, Iloilo last week as part of the housing commitment of Task Force Yolanda which Nograles heads.The virtual turnover of housing units was held for the Hamod People’s […]
Lambunao town in Iloilo will open its “bahay-kubo” isolation facility to asymptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in Barangay Pandan. “With the P1 million from our own fund and another P1 million from Governor (Arthur Defensor Jr.), we decided to establish a facility in Pandan that can build around 18 nipa huts,” Mayor Reynor Gonzales […]
Zumba by the beach is the fun way the municipality of Concepcion in Iloilo is boosting the immunity of its residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 and are quarantined in a beach resort turned off-site Isolation Facility (IF) in Malangabang Island. The municipality located in the northern part of Iloilo has 211 active cases: […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led officials from the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the beneficiary local government unit in turning over additional 2,957 free housing units in Carles, Iloilo last May 21, 2021 as part of a series of turnovers in the province for victims of Typhoon Yolanda, in fulfillment of the Duterte administration’s commitment […]
Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles led officials from the National Housing Authority (NHA) and the beneficiary LGU in turning over free housing units in Estancia, Iloilo last May 19, 2021 in what was called “one of the most important gifts of the Duterte administration to victims of Typhoon Yolanda, which will pave the way for rebuilding […]
The Department of Public Works and Highways ensured accessible medical services for the residents of Barangay Bucari in the highland part of Leon, Iloilo by building a two-story health center in the area. Secretary Mark Villar said that the barangay health station was completed in the amount of P4.82 million by the DPWH Iloilo 4th District […]