ZAMBOANGA CITY – Rear Admiral Constancio Arturo Reyes Jr. is the new head of the Western Mindanao Naval Command. Reyes took over from acting commander Capt. Hilarion Cesista during a change-of-command ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 2. Brig. Gen. Romulo Quemado II, acting commander of the Western...
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...
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’’...
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...
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...
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...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped in consecutive months in the first half of the year, the Philippine Statistics Authority-6 said on Tuesday. The agency said inflation went down from four percent in January to 0.6 percent in June. Inflation rate was 3.1 percent in...
ILOILO CITY – Newly installed governors and mayors in Western Visayas region will undergo orientation on disaster risk reduction and management (DRRM). Office of Civil Defense-6 Regional Director Raul Fernandez said the orientation is important for the new local chief executives (LCEs) to enable...
CEBU CITY – Shabu valued at more than P500 million was seized in the past six months in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that from January to June, 4,101 anti-illegal drug operations were conducted. Confiscated were 76,120.35 grams of shabu worth...
