Category: Guimaras

The drop in the price of rice in the province of Guimaras in July, according to Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), slowed down the food inflation to 4.0% from 6.9% in June 2023 and 11.9% in July 2022.

The Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in Western Visayas is encouraging voters from Barangay Inampulogan in the municipality of Sibunag to participate in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) on Oct. 30 after missing six barangay polls.

The five municipalities of Guimaras are urged to craft their respective ordinance containing their expanded Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) during the first Guimaras Climate Change Summit.

Two new automated teller machines (ATMs) were installed in the province of Guimaras in a bid to uphold convenient and reliable banking services of Land Bank of the Philippines in far-flung areas.

Guimaras now solely owns the title of producing the sweetest mangoes following the conferment of the certificate of geographical indication (GI) registration by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL).

For the “Mango Eat-All-You-Can” feast, the provincial government of Guimaras will allot 10 tons of the fruit as it is one of the sought-after activities of the annual Manggahan Festival that will officially start on April 29.

Around 30,000 pilgrims and visitors are expected to trek the highest point of the province of Guimaras, popularly known as the Balaan Bukid, in Barangay Balcon Melliza in the municipality of Jordan on Good Friday, April 7.

The provincial government of Guimaras has lined up a full packed activities for its annual festivities known as Manggahan Festival this May.