CAMP BGEN OSCAR M. FLORENDO, La Union -- The Police Regional Office 1 (PRO1) had sustained a generally peaceful New Year’s revelry in the region with ‘zero’ fatal casualty. However, PBGen John C. Chua, the regional director of the PRO1, said that some cases of minor injuries caused by...
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police logged nine firecracker-related injuries during the New Year’s revelry in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula. ILLEGAL firecrackers seized in Zamboanga City. (Zamboanga City LGU photo) The Police Regional Office-9 said one was reported in Zamboanga del Norte, three in...
ILOILO CITY – Fewer major criminal incidents in Western Visayas region were recorded in 2022. Data from Police Regional Office (PRO-6) showed that a total of 2,783 incidents of the eight focus crimes, namely, murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft, and stealing of vehicles were...
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Police on Friday, Dec. 30, destroyed all confiscated illegal firecrackers and pyrotechnics in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) worth a total of P59, 715. Regional Civil Security Unit 2 assistant chief Lt. Col. Romulo Talay said these were picollo, poppop, five star,...
The Department of Health-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has recorded at least 10 firecracker-related injuries as of Thursday, Dec. 29. “Boga” (improvised cannon) and “kwitis” are still the leading causes of FCRI in the region. Majority of victims are male. The DOH said nine victims have been...
CAMP Adduru, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan – Brig. Gen. Percival Rumbaoa, acting Police Regional Office 2 director, said Christmas in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley was generally peaceful. Rumbaoa urged police in the region to forge close ties with the community to effectively manage crime reporting and...
The Department of Health (DOH)-Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) has recorded two cases of fireworks-related injuries before Christmas Day. Victims were boys aged seven and 11 from Isabela and Cagayan. They sustained eye injuries and were sent home after being treated. The DOH reminded people to refrain...
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Regional Office IV-A has reactivated the motorist assistance program in anticipation of the heavy flow of traffic this Christmas. Under the program dubbed ‘Lakbay Alalay,’ there will be motorists assistance centers on...
DR. Adriano Suba-an, Western Visayas director of the Department of Health (DOH), supervises Covid-19 vaccination for minors at the Aleosan District Hospital in Alimodian town, Iloilo province. (IPHO/File) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) has assured the release of the Covid-19...
CAMP BGEN OSCAR M. FLORENDO, San Fernando City, La Union – Police Regional Office 1 reported Wednesday that 41 barangays and two municipalities (Balungao in Pangasinan and Dingras in Ilocos Norte) have been declared as drug-free. Four other barangays were categorized as having no presence of...
VEGETABLES and fruits are sold at the Agri-Fishery Trade Expo at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol grounds last October 2022. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY -- Western Visayas region is banking on the next generation farming to achieve food security. “Food sustainability is a growing global...
CAMP MARECELO A. ADDURU, Tuguegarao City – Brigadier General Percival Antolin Rumbaoa has formally assumed his post as the new regional director of Police Regional Office-Region 2 on Monday, Dec. 19. BGen. Rumbaoa replaced BGen. Steve B. Ludan who relinquished his position after reaching the...
