By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas region jumped to 4.9 percent last June. A VENDOR at the La Paz Market in Iloilo City. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported that the inflation rate in Western Visayas went up to 4.9 percent in June. (Tara Yap)...
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism-6 reported that Western Visayas earned more than P70 billion from tourism in 2023. The Sun sets at world-famous Boracay Island. (Tara Yap) The region also registered a 22.8 percent growth in tourist arrivals with 5.36 million visiting key...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 disclosed that the emergency allowance totaling P5.98 billion for health workers who served during the pandemic in Western Visayas region has been released. SUBA-AN (Tara Yap) DOH-6 Regional Director Dr. Adriano Suba-an said the amount accounts for more...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth P17 million was seized in Central Visayas in a three-day police operation dubbed Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations from July 5 to 7. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 2.6 kilos of shabu were recovered and 174...
ILOILO CITY — Crimes in the Western Visayas region decreased by 7.2 percent in the first five months of this year. CAMP Delgado, headquarters of the Police Regional Office-6 based in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Police Regional Office-6 logged 4,820 crime incidents from January to May,...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) is eyeing to open more Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) Centers in the Western Visayas region. THE Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) Center at the Western Visayas Medical Center of the Department of Health (DOH) in...
CEBU CITY – Over 300 Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases were recorded in Central Visayas in the first quarter of 2024. DR. Jaime Bernadas (right), regional director of the Department of Health in Central Visayas, and Philippine Information Agency-7...
ILOILO CITY – The land reform program has benefited about 271,200 individuals since 1972 in Western Visayas. THREE of the thousands of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Visayas. (DAR-6) Sheila Enciso, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Western Visayas director, said these...
Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (2nd from left) during the unveiling of the Regional Standards and Testing Laboratory (RSTL) in Eastern Visayas (Rep. Acidre's Office) As part of the “Bagong Pilipinas” (New Philippines) initiative of bringing...
(Second from left) Tingog Party-list Jude Acidre during the launching of the first HPV-DNA screening platform in Eastern Visayas (Rep. Acidre's Office) Tingog Party-list, through the assistance of House Speaker Martin Romualdez, has launched...
CEBU CITY – More than 500 individuals were arrested for various offenses in a three-day, region-wide anti-criminality operation in Central Visayas. ABERIN (PRO-7 FB) The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that the series of police operations from June 25 to 27 led to the...
CEBU CITY – More than 600 barangays in Central Visayas remain drug-cleared while 14 others stayed drug-free. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing discusses the illegal drug situation in various barangays in Central Visayas. (PDEA-7) This was the result of the recent...
