CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) is aiming to release at least 500,000 license plates this year. LAND Transportation Office-Central Visayas chief Glen Galario (center) graces a press briefing to talk about his programs as head of the agency. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
ILOILO CITY – The unemployment rate in Western Visayas last January went up even after economic activities have returned to normal as the pandemic waned.  GROCERY store workers rest in Iloilo City.  (Tara Yap) Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the...
ILOILO CITY – This city has been tapped for the Filipino Genomes Research Program (FGRP) which will study deeper Filipino anthropology, forensics, and evolution. The Philippine Genome Center Visayas (PGC Visayas) under the University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) in Iloilo recently...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 on Sunday, July 2, revealed a significant improvement in various anti-criminality programs in the Western Visayas region. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, acting PRO-6 director, said the combined accomplishment rate increased with operations...
CEBU CITY – Law enforcers seized packs of illegal drugs worth P6.8 million from an 18-year-old drug pusher in Barangay Pahina Central here on Friday night, June 30. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/SHABU_d604e27946/SHABU_d604e27946.jfif) AN 18-year-old man is...
CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) reminded beachgoers to take precautionary measures when swimming at sea due to swarms of jellyfish during this time of the year. A BOX jellyfish is fished out of the waters of Clarin town in Bohol. The photo...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) has noted that Western Visayas only has a 28 percent of renewable energy utilization rate since 2021. THE Regional Development Council (RDC)-6 holds an Investment Forum on Renewable Energy in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Based on the National Renewable...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P21.5 million in a week-long operation in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 3.1 kilos of shabu were seized and 177 drug suspects were arrested in 151 anti-illegal drug operations conducted from June 18...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 arrested a total of 2,591 illegal gamblers in Western Visayas in the first half of this year. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 acting director, said they were arrested by various police units in 814 anti-gambling operations from Jan. 1 to...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 reported on Monday, June 26, that 62 towns in Western Visayas region have hogs infected with African Swine Fever (ASF). HOGS ready to be transported in Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) “ASF has now penetrated the region,” said Jose Albert...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Region 6 has urged parents in Western Visayas to avail of amnesty if they falsified or tampered the birth certificates of their children. THE Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 conducts a forum in Iloilo City on a...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Sunday, June 25, that six people drowned in Western Visayas during the Feast of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday, June 24. A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel monitors revelers in a beach in Aklan during the Feast of Saint...
