ILOILO CITY – The land reform program has benefited about 271,200 individuals since 1972 in Western Visayas. THREE of the thousands of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Visayas. (DAR-6) Sheila Enciso, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Western Visayas director, said these...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo provincial board has started investigating the ownership of the health facility in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. THE original site of the San Joaquin Hospital in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. The land donor wants to revoke her donation and physically take...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 917 individuals for various offenses in the Western Visayas region from June 1 to 16. The Police Regional Office-6 said 297 wanted persons were arrested in the region comprised of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental as well as the highly...
AFP chief General Romeo Brawner Jr. (File photo) General Romeo Brawner Jr., Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), condemned China Coast Guard’s (CCG) recent aggression in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) which caused injury to a Philippine Navy (PN) personnel. In response, the...
BACOLOD CITY – Department of Tourism (DOT)-6 (Western Visayas) Director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez disclosed that tourist arrivals in this city reached 780,960 last year. Rodriguez, speaking at the opening of a new hotel here last week, also said that the province of Negros Occidental had 694,050...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office is investigating the alleged inaction of the San Joaquin, Iloilo Municipal Police Station over the land dispute where a health facility of the Department of Health (DOH) is located. A “NO Entry. Private Property” sign is seen at the original...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized 1.1 kilos of suspected shabu worth P8.1 million from 23 drug suspects in buy-bust operations in Western Visayas from June 11 to 12. A SUSPECTED drug pusher, alias Ronnel, was caught with around P4.7-million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Balasan town, Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – Tension has escalated over the land for a government health facility in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. VILMA Santacruz-Getuya (center) argues with former DOH Secretary now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin (left) at the main entrance of the original site of the San Joaquin Hospital in...
ILOILO CITY — The inflation rate in Western Visayas jumped to 4.3 percent last May. A STALL sells fresh fish at the Iloilo Fish Port in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said the inflation rate jumped 0.2 percent from 4.1 percent in April. Nida...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P6.4 million was seized in Western Visayas from June 1 to 7. The Police Regional Office-6 said approximately 946 grams of shabu were confiscated from 55 suspected drug pushers in 39 anti-drug operations during the period. ONE of the anti-drug operations...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 502 wanted persons in Western Visayas last May. The Police Regional Office-6 said 77 were classified as most wanted persons (MWPs) while the remaining 425 were considered other wanted persons (OWPs). "Congratulations and keep up the good work. Let us work...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas has been placed under blue alert following the eruption of Mount Kanlaon in Negros Oriental on June 3. KANLAON Volcano as seen from Canlaon City, Negros Occidental erupts on Monday night, June 3, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Ethan Asentista-Khoo) “This is to...
