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...
CEBU CITY – Candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections were reminded of the do’s and don’ts in the 10-day campaign period from October 19 to 28. Lionel Marco Castillano, Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec) chief, issued the reminders as the campaign period...
ILOILO CITY – The Competitiveness Bureau of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has awarded local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas for improving their competitiveness. THE Iloilo city government is awarded the Most Competitive Highly Urbanized City in Western Visayas region....
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has recommended the disqualification of eight candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30 in Western Visayas for premature campaigning. CANDIDATES and their supporters in Barangay Taal, Molo District, Iloilo City...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Speaker’s office, Malacañang photo) Speaker Martin Romuladez's fellow congressmen from Eastern Visayas have come up with a unified statement of support for the House leader following the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Public Information Office of the Police Regional Office-8 has been withholding names of suspects and victims in police reports, which raised concerns for the media in Eastern Visayas, for over a month now. PRO-8 seal Police Major Marjorie Manuta, RPIO chief, said...
CEBU CITY – Law enforcers and other stakeholders in Central Visayas on Monday, October 16, took part in the nationwide multi-sectoral peace assembly for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Camp Sergio Sr. here. COMMISSION on Elections-Central Visayas Director Lionel Marco...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-8 earned over P45 million in the five-day Bahandi Eastern Visayas Trade Fair at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City recently. Sales were 29 percent higher than the P35-million target. The trade fair brought producer-exhibitors from all six...
