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Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), except health care workers covered by the deployment ban, are now allowed to work abroad, Malacañang announced on Thursday. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said this was …
OFWs, except health workers, allowed to work abroad Read More
Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon urged the Western Visayas Regional Development Council to craft a roadmap aimed at sustaining the region’s growth and development amid the expected slowdown of the …
Drilon eyes roadmap for WV to sustain growth Read More
Iloilo City Government has started plans to establish its own testing laboratory in July in an effort to contain the spread of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Mayor Jerry P. Treñas stressed …
Iloilo City eyes own COVID Lab and Dormitory Read More
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has officially placed Iloilo City under general community quarantine (GCQ) through an executive order which included the lifting of liquor ban. On Friday, Treñas issued Executive …
Iloilo City liquor ban lifted starting May 16 Read More
Instead of giving the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash aid to only 13 million poor families under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) areas, President Rodrigo Duterte wanted that all of …
Duterte wants 2nd tranche of SAP to 23 million families Read More
The Province of Guimaras has procured 4,000 COVID-19 test kits as it plans to conduct targeted testing for the disease. Of the number, 1,000 are rapid test kits worth Php …
Guimaras buys P8M-worth of COVID-19 test kits Read More
Iloilo City Government has scaled mass testing efforts to contain spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). To date, there were 1,969 people swabbed for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests. Some 600 …
Iloilo City ups COVID-19 mass testing efforts Read More
Iloilo City and Province will no longer under the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ) or General Community Quarantine (GCQ) starting May 16, 2020. This was announced by Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque …
OUT OF ECQ, GCQ: Iloilo no longer under Community Quarantine starting May 16 Read More
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) assures overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) that they will not require payment of Philhealth premiums for their Overseas Employment Certificate (OECs). In an Advisory No. 56 …
POEA: Philhealth contributions of OFWs not required for OEC issuance Read More
The Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas has a P474,765,000 approved allocation for the Financial Subsidy for Rice Farmers (FSRF). About 94,953 rice growers from the provinces of Aklan, Antique, …
DA to distribute P474-M cash aid to Western Visayas rice growers Read More