ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P7.2 million from March 13 to 19 under the anti-crime campaign dubbed “Birada Semana” across Western Visayas. POLICE seized shabu worth more than P1 million in Iloilo City under the anti-crime campaign ‘Birada Semana.’ (PRO-6 RDEU) Police...
THE new Ground Receiving Station in Dumangas town, Iloilo province enhances weather forecasting. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) recently inaugurated a new Ground Receiving Station in Iloilo province to enhance weather forecasting. “This GRS plays an...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas registered an inflation rate of 10.8 percent in February, the highest in more than 14 years, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. A FRUIT and vegetable stall in an outdoor market in Iloilo City. The inflation rate in Western Visayas climbed to 10.8 percent in...
ILOILO CITY – To prevent low birth weight and stunting, the National Nutrition Council (NNC)-6 launched another phase of the supplementing feeding program for women and children in Western Visayas. NNC-6 Regional Coordinator Reginaldo Guillen said that Tutok Kainan Supplementation Program Phases...
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...
