ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 nabbed 391 individuals for illegal gambling in Western Visayas in April. The suspects were arrested in 127 anti-gambling operations from April 1 to 30 and P206,000 in bet money was seized. Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, PRO-6 director, vowed to intensify...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas jumped one percent to 4.1 percent in April from 3.1 percent in March. A FRUIT vendor on Calle Real in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nida Amolar, Philippine Statistics Authority-6 officer-in-charge and chief statistical specialist, said that the...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized suspected shabu worth P2.25 million in Western Visayas in 24 hours. SUSPECTED shabu worth P2.2 million was seized from nine drug pushers in Western Visayas. (PRO-6 PIO) A total of 1,972 grams of shabu were seized from April 29 to May...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-three percent of passenger jeepneys in Western Visayas have yet to comply with the government’s public utility vehicle modernization program. TRADITIONAL jeepneys continue to serve the riding public in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Land Transportation Franchising and...
CEBU CITY – A warning that fares for modern jeepneys would increase to as high as P40 once the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) is fully implemented is baseless, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-central Visayas (LTFRB-7) said. The LTFRB-7 was reacting...
Iloilo Business Park By Ray Ignacio Iloilo City has become an attractive destination for businesses and enterprises wanting to strengthen their presence in the Visayas. Serving as an entry point to various provinces in the region, Iloilo boasts one of the most competitive economies in the entire...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) confiscated more than P500-million worth of illegal drugs from January to April. The PDEA-7 reported illegal drugs worth P570.7 million were seized in various operations in Central Visayas from January 1 to April 28....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released almost P39-million worth of food packs to families affected by the El Niño climate phenomenon in Western Visayas region. THE DSWD distributes food packs to people affected by the El Niño climate phenomenon in...
ILOILO CITY – Approximately 12,000 job vacancies were offered during the simultaneous Labor Day job fair in Western Visayas. ROBINSONS Place in Iloilo City hosts a Labor Day job fair. (Contributed photo by Fraye Anona) Sixto Rodriguez Jr., Department of Labor and Employment-Western...
In the seventh year of its Carbon Sink Management Program, AboitizPower’s Therma Visayas, along with Ramon Aboitiz Foundation and partner farmers across Cebu, inch closer to a target of one million trees with 770,000 already planted as of end-2023. Trees offer a multitude of benefits to our...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health-Eastern Visayas and the Tingog party-list turned over 25 ambulances to local government units and hospitals in the region on Tuesday, April 30. TWENTY-FIVE LGUs and hospitals in Eastern Visayas received brand-new ambulances. The procurement of the...
ILOILO CITY – The Heart and Lung Center at the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in this city is set to serve patients beginning next month. THE newly-inaugurated Heart and Lung Center at the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Iloilo City. (Office of Iloilo City...
