Iloilo Business Park By Ray Ignacio Iloilo City has become an attractive destination for businesses and enterprises wanting to strengthen their presence in the Visayas. Serving as an entry point to various provinces in the region, Iloilo boasts one of the most competitive economies in the entire...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) confiscated more than P500-million worth of illegal drugs from January to April. The PDEA-7 reported illegal drugs worth P570.7 million were seized in various operations in Central Visayas from January 1 to April 28....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released almost P39-million worth of food packs to families affected by the El Niño climate phenomenon in Western Visayas region. THE DSWD distributes food packs to people affected by the El Niño climate phenomenon in...
ILOILO CITY – Approximately 12,000 job vacancies were offered during the simultaneous Labor Day job fair in Western Visayas. ROBINSONS Place in Iloilo City hosts a Labor Day job fair. (Contributed photo by Fraye Anona) Sixto Rodriguez Jr., Department of Labor and Employment-Western...
In the seventh year of its Carbon Sink Management Program, AboitizPower’s Therma Visayas, along with Ramon Aboitiz Foundation and partner farmers across Cebu, inch closer to a target of one million trees with 770,000 already planted as of end-2023. Trees offer a multitude of benefits to our...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health-Eastern Visayas and the Tingog party-list turned over 25 ambulances to local government units and hospitals in the region on Tuesday, April 30. TWENTY-FIVE LGUs and hospitals in Eastern Visayas received brand-new ambulances. The procurement of the...
ILOILO CITY – The Heart and Lung Center at the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in this city is set to serve patients beginning next month. THE newly-inaugurated Heart and Lung Center at the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Iloilo City. (Office of Iloilo City...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippines Statistics Authority announced that the Gross Domestic Regional Product (GRDP) of Western Visayas in 2023 was worth more than P1 trillion. THE skyline of Iloilo City, the regional capital of Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nelida Amolar, PSA-6 officer-in-charge, said this...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (center) next to First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos during the groundbreaking ceremony of the West Visayas State University Medical Center (WVSUMC) expansion project (Speaker's Office) Another enduring legacy of the Marcos...
PALO, Leyte – The Philippine National Police assured that they are helping the National Bureau of Investigation track fugitive Pastor Apollo Quiboloy of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ following the call of Sen. Risa Hontiveros to the police organization to step up the implementation of warrants of...
BACOLOD CITY – The Technological University of the Philippines (TUP)-Visayas announced that an alumnus who topped the April 2024 Electronics Engineering Licensure Examination (ECELE) will receive a cash incentive of P200,000. BANAS (FB) Niele Shem Bañas of La Carlota City, Negros Occidental...
Bringing with him to the Philippines the expertise he honed overseas, Dr. Noel Peter Tan is leaving an indelible mark in the Research and Development (R&D) landscape of Western Visayas through nanotechnology. (Photo from DOST) Tan is a medium-term Department of Science and Technology (DOST)...
