ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P51.6-million in Western Visayas in January. SUSPECTED drug pushers Dindo and Gigil yield P4.96-million worth of suspected shabu in an anti-drug operation in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. (PNP RPDEU-6) The Police Regional Office...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 19-year-old man tagged as the fifth most wanted person in Western Visayas in Barangay Bulad, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Thursday, February 1. The suspect was charged with rape and violation of Republic Act 9995 (Section 4(A) and Section 4(D) of Anti-Photo...
As the El Niño phenomenon persisted, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported additional rice damage in parts of Western Visayas and Zamboanga during the early months of the year. The DA-Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DA-DRRM) said that some rice fields suffered P109 million losses by...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-6 is implementing a P10.4-million livelihood project for drivers and operators displaced by the phase out of traditional jeepneys in Western Visayas. THE United Negros Transport Cooperative (UNTC) receives a check for P1 million to...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 (Western Visayas) is focusing on three priorities – disaster resiliency, climate action, and water security – this year. DENR-6 Regional Director Livino Duran said the three priorities are anchored on Chapter 16 of the...
Senator Grace Poe on Thursday, January 18 urged the government, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), and other stakeholders to immediately put a stop to the rotational blackouts occurring in the Western Visayas region. “The rotational blackout in parts of Western...
ILOILO CITY – The Western Visayas region recorded its lowest inflation rate since 2021 last December, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said. PEOPLE purchase fish in a stall in Iloilo City. Inflation in Western Visayas decreased to a two-year low last month. (Tara Yap) PSA-6 said the...
ILOILO CITY – Police Col. Rhea E. Santos has been installed as the new Guimaras police chief. Santos took the helm of the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO) in a turnover ceremony in Camp Delgado, the Police Regional Office-6 headquarters based here. SANTOS (PRO-6) Police Brig. Gen. Sidney...
Marinduque lone district Rep. Lord Allan Velasco (Facebook) If the House Committee on Energy chairman had any takeaway from the investigation on the widespread Western Visayas power outage, it's that no single agency or entity was solely at...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-6 (Western Visayas) released 113 young Olive Ridley sea turtles at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province at the start of the New Year. “It gives us hope that these hatchlings were safely released into...
(Unsplash) Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 3rd district Rep. Lorenz Defensor took to task government agencies for their perceived lack of action on the blackouts in Western Visayas, particularly in his home province. Defensor specifically called out the...
The Senate Committee on Public Services is ready to evaluate the 25-year legislative franchise granted to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP). Senator Grace Poe, chairperson of the committee, disclosed this on Tuesday, January 9 amid the ongoing power crisis that...
