ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas has eased for the second straight month. RESIDENTS check fresh fish for sale at Central Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 reported that the inflation rate in Region 6 dropped to 8.2 percent in April,...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) noted a 100 percent increase in measles-rubella cases in the region. Dr. Joanne Antonette Albito, Medical Officer 3 of the DOH-7 Family Health Section, said that 67 cases have been recorded in Cebu province from January to April this...
ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco has stepped down from his post after serving Western Visayas for only nine months. FRANCISCO (PRO-6 FB) Francisco was transferred on Monday, May 8, to Camp Crame in Quezon City to lead the Directorate for...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) has started its threat assessment in barangays as part of the tight security that will be enforced in the upcoming Barangay and Sanggunian Kabataan Elections (BSKE). Negros Oriental is one of the areas that will be given more attention...
ILOILO CITY – More than 100,000 newborns and children below five years of age across Western Visayas region have been immunized against measles and polio in the first week of the massive nationwide immunization campaign. DOH-6 Director Adriano Suba-an (left) assists in administering the oral polio...
ILOILO CITY – Several areas in Western Visayas have been flooded due to intermittent rainfall in the past two days amid the searing heat. As of May 4, the Western Visayas-Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council recorded flooding in parts of Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo. A...
ILOILO CITY – Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and Sen. Grace Poe have urged solutions after massive power blackouts hit Western Visayas region last week. ZUBIRI (Senate FB) Zubiri called on the Department of Energy (DOE) and the privately owned National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to...
The University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman was ranked first in the list of 100 best universities in the Philippines for 2023 by the independent metric-based ranking website, EduRank. Courtesy of UP EduRank said that the ranking was based on research outputs, non-academic prominence, and alumni...
ILOILO CITY – The House Committee on Energy has been urged to probe the massive power blackout that hit Western Visayas last week. Four congressmen from Western Visayas filed House Resolution No. 993 seeking the investigation. In House Resolution No. 993, the committee was asked “to immediately...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has reportedly instructed the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) to act on the problems besetting the Visayas grid that resulted in massive power blackouts across Western Visayas region last week. According to Iloilo Gov. Arthur “Toto”...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) seized more than P31-million worth of illegal drugs in the past week. From April 23 to 29, 4.6 kilos of shabu worth P31 million and 1.7 kilos of marijuana valued at P200,000 were seized in various police operations in the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-Region 6 (Western Visayas) released P69 million for various livelihood projects across Western Visayas region on Labor Day. DOLE-6 released livelihood aid to selected beneficiaries from Western Visayas as part of the Labor Day...
