CEBU CITY – A mother and son were arrested for allegedly selling illegal drugs in Barangay Buhisan here. Scifi Castaño, 29, and his 47-year-old mother Jade were nabbed in a buy-bust operation conducted by agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas on Thursday night, August...
ILOILO CITY — The University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas denied that its campuses in this city and province of Iloilo are recruitment grounds for the New People’s Army (NPA). THE University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas campus in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “UP-Visayas is a safe space where...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized suspected shabu worth P11.25 million in Western Visayas in one week. THE PRO-6 seized suspected shabu worth P11.25 million in Western Visayas from August 5 to 11. (PNP/PRO-6/RPIO-6) Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, PRO-6 director, in a...
ILOILO CITY – Dengue cases in Western Visayas increased by 114 percent in the first six months of this year, the Department of Health-6 reported on Monday, August 12. The DOH-6 Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit recorded 10,188 dengue cases from January 1 to August 3, 2024, 5,428...
CEBU CITY – The anti-crime campaign in Region 7 has been unrelenting, and, as a result, more than 62,000 crime suspects were arrested in the past two years, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. The PRO-7 said that from June 30, 2022 to July 31, 2024, 62,347 individuals...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped to 4.8 percent in July, the Philippine Statistics Authority-6 said on Friday, August 9. THE La Paz Market in Iloilo City is abuzz with commercial activity. (Tara Yap) ida Amolar, PSA-6 officer-in-charge and chief statistical specialist,...
ILOILO CITY — Police arrested 111 wanted persons in Western Visayas region in two days. The Police Regional Office-6 apprehended 12 most wanted persons and 99 other wanted persons from 6 a.m. on August 5 to 6 a.m. on August 7. WANKY (PRO-6) Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, PRO-6 director, said there...
Local communist groups seem to target students who are shy but smart. Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rose (Senate PRIB Photo) Sen. Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa pointed this out during the continuation of the Senate Committee on Public Order and Dangerous Drugs hearing on the issue. Aside...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sen. Bong Go led the Malasakit sa Kooperatiba Awarding Ceremony for Cooperative Beneficiaries of Region 8 on Saturday, August 3, in Catbalogan City, Samar. SEN. Bong Go turned over financial assistance to 23 cooperatives from Eastern Visayas on Saturday, August 3. (Gov. Ann...
CEBU CITY – Forty-nine barangays in Central Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) convenes to discuss the drug situation in various barangays in Central Visayas. (PDEA-7) The 49 barangays earned the drug-cleared status...
LOILO CITY – The most wanted person in Western Visayas region was caught in Valderrama town, Antique province on Wednesday, July 31. RONALD (center), the most wanted person in Western Visayas region, was apprehended by the police in Antique on July 31. (PRO-6 PIO) Ronald, 40, was arrested...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said local government units (LGUs) in the Visayas play a crucial role in disaster mitigation. THE recent Visayas leg of Handa Pilipinas: Innovation in Climate and Disaster Resilience Nationwide Exposition organized by the Department of...
