CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) has a new director. Alex Tablate formally assumed the position on Monday, Nov. 4. He replaced Emerson Margate, who was named the new director of the intelligence service of the PDEA national headquarters in Quezon...
TACLOBAN CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Rey Cumigad said that All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day in Eastern Visayas were generally peaceful. CUMIGAD (PRO-8 FB) Cumigad attributed the peaceful observance of the two annual occasions to PRO-8’s steadfast dedication to public safety and community...
ILOILO CITY – One-hundred seventy-six life vests were distributed to police units in Western Visayas on Oct. 31 after a policeman drowned while on duty on Oct. 16. “No one else should die while on duty,” said Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, Police Regional Office-6 chief, who stressed that this...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 said that All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day were generally peaceful in Western Visayas. PRO-6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky said there was no major incident during "Undas" and cited operating units for maintaining peace and order. PEOPLE...
CEBU CITY – At least 6,000 security personnel have been deployed in key areas in Central Visayas as law enforcement agencies aspire for a peaceful observance of All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. POLICE Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas,...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said that prices of “Undas” products like candles and bottled water are stable across Western Visayas. CANDLES sold in a store for ‘Undas’ in Iloilo City on Thursday, Oct. 31. (Tara Yap) “Our monitoring results show a...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has deployed 1,900 police officers to secure All Saints’ Day in Western Visayas. Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, PRO-6 chief, on Thursday, Oct. 31, ordered police chiefs in Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental provinces as well...
TACLOBAN CITY – Over 2,400 policemen were deployed to secure All Saints’ Day in Eastern Visayas. Their deployment began on Oct. 29 in high-traffic areas, including 326 cemeteries and memorial parks, as well as transport terminals, ports, and other public locations with increased foot...
TACLOBAN CITY -- The Department of Health- Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-EVCHD), in collaboration with the Eastern Visayas Medical Center (EVMC), has dispatched a team of 18 healthcare professionals to the Bicol region to assist with local response following tropical...
ILOILO CITY – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has implemented more than P735.6 million in solar-powered irrigation projects in Western Visayas region in four years. A SOLAR-powered irrigation project in San Enrique town, Iloilo province. (NIA-Region 6) “We want to...
ILOILO CITY – Severe tropical storm “Kristine” affected nearly 334,000 persons across Western Visayas region, the Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 said on Sunday, Oct. 27. CLEARING operations are conducted in Iloilo City during the aftermath of tropical cyclone ‘Kristine.’...
CEBU CITY – A 19-year-old female student was arrested after authorities pinpointed her in the hoax bomb threat that rocked a university here on Monday, Oct. 21. THE National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas releases the mugshot of the 19-year-old student allegedly behind the hoax bomb...
