CEBU CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment reported a decrease in the unemployment rate in Central Visayas this year. DOLE-7 Director Lilia Estillore said that the unemployment rate in Region 7 decreased from 5.8 percent in 2022 to 5.2 percent in 2023. Estillore said the unemployment...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 138 violators of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in Western Visayas from August 28 to November 30. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in Jaro, Iloilo City in line with the gun ban in the barangay elections. ...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has launched a mobile food facility in Western Visayas. The Food on-the-road Innovation and Processing Facility (FoodtrIP) was one of the key programs on exhibit during the recent National Science and Technology Week here. The...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sixty schools in Eastern Visayas have reported damage due to the massive flooding from the shear line last week. A LEARNER from Tawagan Elementary School in Arteche, Eastern Samar rides a boat in their flood-stricken school on November 22. (Contributed photo by Fred Esto Senonio)...
The Organic Capital of the Philippines, Negros Occidental, in partnership with Slow Food International and other local government agencies, is hosting the first-ever Slow Food Terrace Madre Visayas in Bacolod City. Happening until Nov. 19, 2023, this event is designed to promote good, clean, and...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army has neutralized 14 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western and Central Visayas in the fourth quarter of this year. In a report presented during the Joint Intelligence Army-Police Intelligence Committee, the 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said five NPA rebels were...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth P12 million was seized by the police in a 24-hour operation in Central Visayas. Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), said 1.7 kilograms of shabu were seized by various police units in the region from 6...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-8 announced that there is no shellfish ban in Eastern Visayas based on the latest red tide advisory on Monday, November 13. However, based on local red tide advisories, seawater samples collected from the coastal waters of...
CEBU CITY – Crime volume in Region 7 decreased this year due to more policemen on the streets, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said sending policemen to the streets has been proven effective after a 4.5 percent decrease in crime volume...
CEBU CITY – More than 100,000 kilos of shabu were seized in various anti-illegal drug operations in Region 7 from January to October this year, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. ABERIN (FB) The volume of illegal drugs confiscated in the past 10 months this year was...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped 1.2 percent from 6.6 percent in September to 5.4 percent in October, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said. VENDORS sell fruits and vegetables at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol grounds. (Tara Yap) “The downtrend in the...
