Community Works and Stories
We feature community stories from our partners in Iloilo and nearby regions. Read news, articles, and interviews from the people themselves.

Piñol lauds KOICA project for Panay upland farmers
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol thanked the South Korean government for the Panay Island Upland Sustainable Rural Development Project.

PSC, DepEd to work on grassroots sports program in Panay
Philippine Sports Commission chair William Ramirez vows to work with the Department of Education (DepEd) in the grassroots sports program.

850 personnel to secure, respond during WV meet
Different task groups and units were deployed to ensure safety, peace and security, and emergency response to the nearly 5,000 participants.

Vet associations hold dog population and rabies elimination activities in Iloilo
According to the PVMA, they target 200 dogs to be spayed and neutered during their five-day dog population management activity in Molo.

KOICA-funded structures serve as marketing hubs for upland farmers
The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have answered the needs of the upland farmers in the marketing of their products with the construction of one regional local food terminal (LFT) and 10 Bayanihan Tipon Centers (BTCs) in Panay.

Tapaz IPs receive P253k worth farm machineries
The Indigenous People (IP) of Tapaz, Capiz received a P253 thousand worth of farm machineries from the Department of Agriculture-Western Visayas (DA-WV) together with the National Commission for Indigenous People (NCIP) 6.

DOLE grants P2M to help child laborers in Capiz
The parents of child laborers in the sugarcane industry in Maayon, Capiz were granted livelihood assistance.

DA, NFA strategize local palay procurement in WV
Executives of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and National Food Authority (NFA) here in Western Visayas brainstormed on the strategies to be employed to boost the local palay procurement.

Mobile soils lab, pest clinic now available to Region 6 farmers
Two of the primary agricultural services of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Western Visayas will be made more available and accessible to farmers.