ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) awarded six tourism industry players in the Western Visayas region for gender equality as part of the National Women’s Month celebration. AWARDEES of the Icons of Sustainable Tourism Awards and Recognition (ISTaR) with Department of Tourism...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky revealed his one-month accomplishment as Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) chief on Monday, March 18. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (center) reports his one-month accomplishment as chief of the Police Regional Office-6. Behind him area (from...
ILOILO CITY – Crops worth more than P726.7 million have been damaged by the dry spell caused by the El Niño in Western Visayas. The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), in a report on Tuesday, March 12, that cited the Department of Agriculture (DA)-6, said...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas, just a month after registering the lowest inflation rate in five years, recorded a 2.7 percent inflation rate, up 0.7 percent from two percent in January. FRESH fish are sold in a stall at Iloilo Fish Port in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nelida Amolar, Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized more than P14-million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas in the second week of the leadership of Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky. A LADY drug pusher yields P5.5-million worth of shabu in an anti-drug operation in Estancia town, Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment (DENR) reiterated the need to preserve the six endemic species of Western Visayas region. “Everyone is called upon to do their fair share in preserving our ecosystems so that native and endemic animals and plants can thrive,” said DENR-6 Regional...
ILOILO CITY – A group of journalists and officials have raised concerns over press freedom after libel cases were filed by Department of Education (DepEd)-6 (Western Visayas) Regional Director Ramir Uytico against four radio anchors of DYRI-RMN Iloilo. UYTICO The National Union of Journalists of...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 has started signing medical and burial assistance agreements with hospitals, funeral companies, and other medical service providers in Western Visayas. SOME of the partner institutions of the DSWD-6 in the implementation of its...
ILOILO CITY — Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. has ordered newly installed Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky to strengthen the anti-drug campaign in Western Visayas. PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief Police...
Around 4,000 farmers in Western Visayas and Zamboanga Peninsula are feeling the brunt of the El Niño phenomenon as the regions’ agricultural sector is among the hardest hit, the Task Force El Niño said on Sunday, Feb. 18. (Photo by Nana Buxani/Bloomberg via Getty Images) ...
Police arrested two wanted persons in Western Visayas in Isabela, Negros Occidental on Valentine's Day. A 19-year-old man was nabbed for three counts of rape in Barangay 4. Lawmen said the suspect, the fourth most wanted person, was arrested through a warrant and no bail was recommended for his...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in January is the lowest for Western Visayas since 2019. CONSUMERS buy fish in a stall in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said that prices of basic goods and services dropped 0.2 percent from 3.2 percent in December to three...
