ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has recorded 75 fireworks-related incidents in Western Visayas as of New Year’s Eve. A STALL selling firecrackers in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “This is still a running number,” said Police Major Mary Grace Borio, PRO-6 spokesperson, on...
ILOILO CITY – The ninth most wanted person in Western Visayas was arrested in Tibiao, Antique on Friday, December 29. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect wanted for murder as “Rocky.” ‘ROCKY,’ the ninth most wanted person in Western Visayas. (Tibiao PNP) Rocky...
CEBU CITY – Nineteen firecracker-related injuries have been recorded in Region 7 from December 21 to 28, the Department of Health in Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-7) reported. The DOH-7 said Cebu province has the highest number of cases with eight followed by Cebu City with...
CEBU CITY – Police in Central Visayas will closely monitor possible cases of indiscriminate firing in the upcoming New Year revelry. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) has instructed unit commanders to intensify their campaign against indiscriminate firing. Police Lt. Col. Gerard...
ILOILO CITY – Police logged fewer crimes on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said 36 criminal incidents were recorded on December 24 and 25, down 67.4 percent compared to the same period last year with 85. A POLICEMAN secures Jaro Plaza in Iloilo...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas noted an increase in leptospirosis cases in Northern Samar. Jelyn Lopez-Malibago, DOH-8 regional information officer, said from eight cases in Week 48, the municipalities of Catarman, Lope de Vega, Bobon, Rosario, Laoang, Lavezares,...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth P302.5 million from May to December 19 in Western Visayas. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P40.8 million was seized from two suspected drug pushers in Janiuay town, Iloilo province on December 17. (PNP RPDEU-6) Police...
TACLOBAN CITY – Thirty local government units in Eastern Visayas were recognized in the 2023 Gawad Kalasag Seal of Excellence Award in Disaster Risk Reduction and Management and Humanitarian Assistance-Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils and Offices (LDRRMCO) on Wednesday,...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-Region 6 might phase out a little over 2,500 passenger jeepneys across Western Visayas region by the end of the year. “That’s if the operators fail to beat the December 31 deadline for operators to join a cooperative or...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor said the illegal drug trade in Western Visayas is not alarming despite a large volume of suspected shabu seized on December 17 by the PRO-6 Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU-6) worth P40.8 million in...
CEBU CITY – The new regional director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) assumed his post on Monday, December 18. Emerson Margate replaced Jigger Montallana who was transferred to the PDEA Central Office International Cooperation and Foreign Affairs Service....
CEBU CITY – No major untoward incidents were recorded at the start of the dawn Masses or “Misa de Gallo” in Region 7 on Saturday, December 16, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of PRO-7 chief Police Brig. Gen. Anthony...
