ILOILO — Drought has so far devastated 3,792 hectares of agricultural land across seven municipalities in Iloilo province, inflicting more than P124 million in crop losses and affecting nearly 6,000 farmers as the province braces for a potentially prolonged El Niño phenomenon extending into early 2027.
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 – 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.
