CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) reminded beachgoers to take precautionary measures when swimming at sea due to swarms of jellyfish during this time of the year. A BOX jellyfish is fished out of the waters of Clarin town in Bohol. The photo...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) has noted that Western Visayas only has a 28 percent of renewable energy utilization rate since 2021. THE Regional Development Council (RDC)-6 holds an Investment Forum on Renewable Energy in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Based on the National Renewable...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P21.5 million in a week-long operation in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 3.1 kilos of shabu were seized and 177 drug suspects were arrested in 151 anti-illegal drug operations conducted from June 18...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 arrested a total of 2,591 illegal gamblers in Western Visayas in the first half of this year. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 acting director, said they were arrested by various police units in 814 anti-gambling operations from Jan. 1 to...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 reported on Monday, June 26, that 62 towns in Western Visayas region have hogs infected with African Swine Fever (ASF). HOGS ready to be transported in Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) “ASF has now penetrated the region,” said Jose Albert...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Region 6 has urged parents in Western Visayas to avail of amnesty if they falsified or tampered the birth certificates of their children. THE Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 conducts a forum in Iloilo City on a...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Sunday, June 25, that six people drowned in Western Visayas during the Feast of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday, June 24. A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel monitors revelers in a beach in Aklan during the Feast of Saint...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-6 said on Friday, June 23, that 25 cases of the mosquito-borne disease Japanese encephalitis were recorded in Western Visayas. DOH-6 said Iloilo had the most number of Japanese encephalitis cases with 12, including four fatalities. Seven cases were...
ILOILO CITY – Seventy-three children are up for adoption in Western Visayas, the Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 said. THE Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 conducts a forum on a new law that makes legal adoption easier in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The RACCO-6 has...
*Sand castle at world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. (Malay Boracay Tourism Office)* ILOILO CITY -- There’s a possibility that tourists visiting the world-famous Boracay Island may reach two million by the end of the year. “At the rate it's going, we will probably exceed...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said 3,656 out of the 4,051 barangays in Western Visayas or 90.25 percent have been cleared of illegal drugs. A PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency K-9 inspects luggage at the public transport terminal in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental...
CEBU CITY – Criminal charges were filed against six personnel of a satellite office of the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) in Lapu-Lapu City after they allegedly defrauded the agency through its first-time job seeker policy. The NBI-7 filed six counts of estafa through...
