CEBU CITY – Forty-three more areas – 42 barangays and a municipality – in Central Visayas have been declared drug-cleared. They earned the drug-cleared status when members of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) convened on August 11. THE Regional...
SAN Fernando City, Pampanga – Five former members of the New People’s Army and communist front organizations have surrendered to authorities in Central Luzon. A former member of the Liga ng Manggagawang Bukid presented himself to the police and relinquished a .38 caliber revolver and ammunition...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), on Thursday, August 3, reported that a total of 2,904 laborers in Central Visayas (Region 7) benefitted from its conciliation program dubbed as the Single Entry Approach (SEnA). *(Courtesy of DOLE) * SEnA, according to DOLE, is a form of...
CEBU CITY – More than 6,000 doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccine have already been administered in Central Visayas. Most of the 6,402 doses of bivalent vaccines were given to vulnerable population. Dr. Joan Antonette Albito, Medical Officer III of the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7),...
CEBU CITY – The chief of the Land Transportation (LTO) assured that measures will be taken to speed up the distribution of thousands of unclaimed license plates in Central Visayas. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/PLATES_1a75b825e2/PLATES_1a75b825e2.jfif) LAND...
CEBU CITY – Tuberculosis or TB remains to be the top communicable disease in Region 7, the Department of Health-Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-CVCHD) said. The DOH-CVCHD said there are close to 27,000 cases of TB in Central Visayas with the province of Cebu having the most. As...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PNA) – Relief efforts have been stepped up in flood-hit areas in Region 3 (Central Luzon) to assist thousands of residents still reeling from the effects of typhoon “Egay” and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat.” Concerned government agencies such as...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) welcomed the arrest of the suspect in the killing of a 19-year-old woman from Panabo City, Davao del Norte last month. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of PRO-7, is closely monitoring the...
The top “most wanted” personality in Central Visayas (Region 7) died after allegedly resisting arrest during a police operation in Bayawan City, Negros Oriental on Monday, July 31, a report from the Philippine National Police (PNP) showed. A police report reaching Camp Crame identified the...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga (PNA) – Continuous rains from typhoon “Egay” and the enhanced southwest monsoon or “habagat” have affected 341,242 families or 1,195,866 persons in Region 3 (Central Luzon). The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC)-3 on Monday,...
The southwest monsoon or "habagat'' enhanced by Super Typhoon (ST) ‘Egay’ and severe tropical storm (STS) "Falcon" inundated several parts of Central Luzon and Metro Manila in knee-deep to waist-deep waters, causing the mass evacuation of residents. The Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical...
Hablon weaving (DoT) The Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, the marketing and promotions arm of the Department of Tourism (DOT), is set to stage one of its flagship programs, the 11th Regional Travel Fair (RTF), from July 21 to 23 at SM Seaside City, Cebu. The RTF is a government-initiated...
