CEBU CITY—All polling centers in Central Visayas opened without any glitch, authorities said. The Philippine National Police, Armed Forces, and the Commission on Election-Central Visayas (Comelec-7) said there were no reported untoward incidents during the first few hours of the barangay and...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – At least 63 persons in Eastern Visayas were arrested from Sunday until early Monday for allegedly violating the liquor ban as the Philippine National Police heightened security measures to ensure the safe conduct of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE)....
ILOILO CITY – Police have apprehended 115 individuals for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in the Western Visayas region. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in Jaro, Iloilo City in line with the gun ban for the barangay elections....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said the release of P2.3 billion for the social pension of indigent senior citizens in Western Visayas is almost complete. INDIGENT senior citizens receive social pension in Western Visayas. (DSWD-6) Gretchen Taleon,...
ILOILO CITY – Fifty-eight thousand, three-hundred sixty families in Western Visayas have been approved by the Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 to rejoin the government’s Conditional Cash Transfer proverty reduction program. THE Marcelino family of Carles town, Iloilo province is...
CEBU CITY – Law enforcers in Central Visayas are 100 percent ready to secure the barangay elections on Monday, October 30. Thousands of personnel from the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), Philippine Coast Guard...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 21,694 security forces from different law enforcement agencies have been deployed to secure the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas on October 30. THE Police Regional Office-6 leads the send-off ceremony for the inter-agency security force for...
ILOILO CITY – The National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has announced that workers in Western Visayas will receive a P30 daily wage increase starting on November 16. GROCERY store employees rest in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The NWPC...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 recalled 682 policemen undergoing training in Western Visayas to augment security forces in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. THE Police Regional Office-6 recalled 682 policemen under training for the barangay elections....
CEBU CITY – The Commission on Elections in Central Visayas (Comelec-7) has issued show-cause orders (SCOs) to more than 400 candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 for alleged election offenses. Comelec-7 chief Lionel Marco Castillano said 483 were asked to...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 has warned barangay officials in Western Visayas against deducting financial assistance for beneficiaries of government programs. BENEFICIARIES of government cash assistance should receive the full amount, the...
PALO, Leyte – It was a bittersweet farewell to the service as Police Major Gen. Arthur Cabalona, deputy commander for the Area Police Command-Visayas, returned to the Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) for his retirement honors on Thursday, Oct. 19. “It is with great sadness that I bid...
