ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said almost 96.5 percent of barangays in Western Visayas region have been cleared of illegal drugs. Data showed that 1,963 out of the 3,389 barangays have been declared drug-free. PDEA-6 Regional Director Ralph Rommel Torres said that 119...
CEBU CITY – Despite uncertainties surrounding this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), the 10-day special registration period in Central Visayas pushed through starting Thursday, July 31. Commission on Elections-Central Visayas (Comelec-7) Regional Director Francisco Pobe...
ILOILO CITY – Six people died and two persons remain missing from the stormy weather last month in Western Visayas region, latest data released by the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-6 chaired by the Office of Civil Defense-6 on the impact of the ‘’habagat’’...
CEBU CITY – As thousands of license plates remained unclaimed, the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas announced that it will start the strict implementation of the “no plate, no travel” policy by mid-August. Glen Galario, regional director of LTO-7, urged vehicle owners, including...
Nestled in La Paz, Iloilo City, the Western Visayas State University (WVSU) has been recognized for its outstanding performance and excellence in teacher education, nursing, and medicine, producing topnotchers in licensure examinations. In 1975, the WVSU-College of Medicine was established and...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas has recorded P27.8-million in damage to agriculture from the southwest monsoon or ‘’habagat’’ enhanced by tropical cyclones ‘’Crising,’’ ‘’Dante,’’ and ‘’Emong.’’ No storm signal was raised in the region but heavy rainfall flooded many...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has distributed more than P15.8-million worth of relief aid in Western Visayas region as well as Negros Occidental province in the aftermath of monsoon rains enhanced by tropical cyclone “Crising.” As of 12 noon on July...
KALIBO, Aklan – More than 17,100 persons have been affected by the “habagat” (southwest monsoon) intensified by tropical storm “Crising” in Western Visayas. The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council-6 said affected persons were from 56 barangays in Antique, Aklan, and...
CEBU CITY – A cell phone technician was arrested with more than P1-million worth of suspected shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Ermita here on Wednesday afternoon, July 16. The 40-year-old suspect, Warren, yielded 150 grams of shabu valued at P1,020,000 when he was cornered by the...
KALIBO, Aklan – Tropical depression “Crising” halted classes for more than 418,000 students in Western Visayas region on Thursday, July 17. The Department of Education-6 reported that 1,322 schools in Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and Iloilo provinces as well as in the regional capital of...
TACLOBAN CITY – Several local government units (LGUs) in Eastern Visayas suspended classes on Thursday due to heavy rains dumped by tropical depression “Crising.” These LGUs were the towns of Naval, Almeria, Culaba, Cabucgayan, Kawayan, and Caibiran in Biliran province; and Baybay City,...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized more than P169-million worth of illegal drugs in Western Visayas region in the first half of the year. Data released by the Police Regional Office-6 said 24.55 kilos of suspected shabu worth P166.9 million and 17.315 kilos of marijuana valued at P2 million were...
