The Anti-Red Tape Authority (ARTA) has committed to link local government units in Tawi-Tawi and Western Mindanao to the national government and private sector to improve digital infrastructures in the region. (Photo courtesy of ARTA) In a meeting with local leaders in Tawi-Tawi and Western...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 is the chair of the Regional Ecotourism Committee (REC) in Western Visayas from 2023 to 2026. DENR-6 Director Livino Duran presides over the Regional Ecotourism Committee meeting in Iloilo City. (DENR-6) The...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Friday, Feb. 17, distributed land titles to a total of 1,500 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) across Western Visayas. SECRETARY Conrado Estrella III of the Department of Agrarian Reform distributes land titles to agrarian beneficiaries...
A VENDOR sells fresh fish in Iloilo City. The inflation rate in Western Visayas has eased after 10 months due to lower food and non-alcoholic beverage prices. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – What goes up must come down. The inflation rate in Western Visayas eased 0.2 percent after 10 straight months of...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas was awarded for its drug reduction program for the year 2022 recently. A K-9 dog and its handler check luggage and boxes for illegal drugs at the port of Boracay in Malay town, Aklan province. (PDEA-6) PDEA-6 was named...
BACOLOD CITY -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested an alleged drug pusher during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banago here on Saturday, Feb. 4. The subject was identified as Nemia Jalando-on, 43, of Barangay Banago. According to PDEA, Jalando-on is a regional level target...
ZAMBOANGA CITY (PNA) – A 73-year-old alleged leader of an armed group yielded a high-powered firearm as he surrendered to authorities in the province of Basilan. Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western Mindanao, said on Saturday, Feb. 4, that Salihin Nulani...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Saturday, Feb. 4, that it has completed the road concreting works in Carles, Iloilo that provides access to the tourist spots in Gigantes Island in the Western Visayas Region. “As both local and foreign tourists flock the well-known...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested Western Visayas’ most wanted person in Cabuyao town, Laguna province on Thursday, Feb. 2. The suspect, whose name was withheld by Police Regional Office (PRO-6), is a 62-year old resident of Pototan town, Iloilo province and former member of the Philippine Marine...
ILOILO CITY – Cops of Western Visayas region received a very satisfactory rating in an online survey for their combined performances last year. Cops at Camp Delgado, the Western Visayas regional headquarters in Iloilo City. (PRO-6) The online survey for two semesters of 2022 was conducted by...
Consul General Ishikawa Yoshihisa, of the Japan Consul General Office in Davao, committed to support the military’s peacekeeping initiatives in Mindanao. Photo: Western Mindanao Command / WestMinCom Ishikawa made the pledge when he visited the headquarters of the Western Mindanao Command...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office 6 arrested 525 persons in a week-long anti-crime campaign in Western Visayas. “Our accomplishments are testament of all our efforts to combat the menace of illegal drugs and other forms of criminality that disrupt the peace and order situation in Western...
