ILOILO — The number of barangays with confirmed clustering of dengue cases in Iloilo Province surged by 70 percent in just one week, raising alarms over the fast-spreading mosquito-borne disease.
ILOILO – The provincial government has inaugurated a state-of-the-art Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Inter-Agency Resilience Hub in Carles to enhance disaster preparedness and emergency response in the coastal municipality.
ILOILO – In 2019, hypertensive cardiovascular disease was the second leading cause of death, and hypertension was the third leading cause of diseases in this province.
ILOILO – Recent data from the Philippine Informal Reading Inventory (Phil-IRI) revealed a concerning trend, with over 75 percent of Iloilo Province’s 180,000 learners classified as below-average readers, non-readers, or frustrated readers for the school year 2022-2023.
ILOILO – The towns of Carles and Janiuay recorded the highest number of stunted and wasted children aged zero to 59 months in 2023 in this province, data from the Iloilo Provincial Health Office (IPHO) showed.
