CEBU CITY – Mandaue City Rep. Emmarie “Lolypop” Ouano-Dizon has been named as the regional chairperson of the country’s most dominant political party, the Lakas-CMD, in Central Visayas. SEN. Ramon ‘Bong’ Revilla Jr. (left) and House Speaker Martin Romualdez (right) raise the hands of...
CEBU CITY – Twenty-nine more barangays were added to the list of drug-cleared areas in Central Visayas. THE Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing during a recent meeting. (Photo from PDEA-7) The 29 barangays were included after the deliberation process conducted by the Regional...
CEBU CITY – Illegal drugs amounting to more than P1 billion were seized in Central Visayas in the past eight months. During the same period, a total of 206 barangays in the region were declared by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC) as drug-cleared, the Police...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – Police apprehended 111 wanted individuals in Central Luzon from September 14 to 20. Fifteen of them were most wanted persons (MWPs) and 96 had standing warrants. Police Regional Office-3 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jose S. Hidalgo Jr. said the series of...
Once its "Project Agila" ends in January 2025, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will craft a three- to five-year roadmap in preparation for a possible central bank digital currency (CBDC), a top official said. During a breakout session at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies'...
CEBU CITY – Workers in Central Visayas will receive higher wages beginning October 2. The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board here (RTWPB) approved a wage increase ranging from P33 to P43 on Monday, September 16. The new daily minimum wage in Central Visayas will range between P453...
Philippine National Police personnel assist in the evacuation of residents living inside the four- to six-kilometer danger zone of Mt. Kanlaon in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Sept. 13, 2024. (Photo by La Castellana Municipal Police Station) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) cautioned the...
CEBU CITY – Dengue cases in Central Visayas from January to mid-August have breached the 15,000-mark. The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH 7) reported that as of August 17, 15,394 dengue cases with 35 deaths have been recorded in the region. The DOH-7 said there was a...
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Eli M. Remolona, Jr. has been awarded an “A-” rating in Global Finance magazine’s 2024 Central Banker Report Cards, marking him as one of the top central bank governors in world. In a statement on Monday, Aug. 26, the BSP announced that...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at more than P10 million in a two-day operation in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 1.5 kilos of shabu were seized and 43 suspected drug pushers were arrested from August 22 to 23. In the seven...
CEBU CITY – An additional 19 barangays in Central Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared in the recent deliberation of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC). Twelve are in Bohol, four in Negros Oriental, and three in Cebu. Two barangays in Pamplona, Negros...
Manila Central Post Office during the fire last year (Noel Pabalate/MANILA BULLETIN) The Department of Tourism (DOT) said the cultural integrity of the Manila Central Post Office will not be compromised amid plans to turn the historic...