ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth P302.5 million from May to December 19 in Western Visayas. SUSPECTED shabu valued at P40.8 million was seized from two suspected drug pushers in Janiuay town, Iloilo province on December 17. (PNP RPDEU-6) Police...
ILOILO CITY – The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-Region 6 might phase out a little over 2,500 passenger jeepneys across Western Visayas region by the end of the year. “That’s if the operators fail to beat the December 31 deadline for operators to join a cooperative or...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor said the illegal drug trade in Western Visayas is not alarming despite a large volume of suspected shabu seized on December 17 by the PRO-6 Regional Police Drug Enforcement Unit (RPDEU-6) worth P40.8 million in...
ILOILO CITY – South Korea recently inspected a greenhouse project at the Department of Agriculture Western Visayas Integrated Agricultural Research Center (WESVIARC) here. Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 Regional Director Dennis Arpia said First Secretary Lee Jeoung Bin of the South Korean...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped to four percent in November. A MAN purchases tomatoes in a stall at the Iloilo Terminal Market in Iloilo City. The Philippine Statistics Authority said the inflation rate in Western Visayas went down to four percent in November. (Tara...
ILOILO CITY – Police apprehended the second most wanted person in Western Visayas on Thursday, December 7, in Tigbauan town, Iloilo province. The Police Regional Office-6 identified the suspect as alias “Mig,” “Joan,” and “Ron Ron.” The suspect, a member of the New People’s Army...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas destroyed 5,705.393 grams of illegal drugs worth P30,135,783 and drug paraphernalia at the Acropolis Gardens in Barangay Bata here on Wednesday, December 6. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 138 violators of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in Western Visayas from August 28 to November 30. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in Jaro, Iloilo City in line with the gun ban in the barangay elections. ...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has launched a mobile food facility in Western Visayas. The Food on-the-road Innovation and Processing Facility (FoodtrIP) was one of the key programs on exhibit during the recent National Science and Technology Week here. The...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army has neutralized 14 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western and Central Visayas in the fourth quarter of this year. In a report presented during the Joint Intelligence Army-Police Intelligence Committee, the 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said five NPA rebels were...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped 1.2 percent from 6.6 percent in September to 5.4 percent in October, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said. VENDORS sell fruits and vegetables at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol grounds. (Tara Yap) “The downtrend in the...
