TRADE and provincial government officials grace the opening of the Capiz Chocolate Factory in Panit-an, Capiz. (DTI-6) ILOILO CITY – A chocolate factory opened in Capiz Monday, June 20, to boost the cacao industry in Western Visayas or Region 6. Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 6...
SHOPPERS pass by the Corona Store on busy Calle Real in downtown Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY — Western Visayas remains under Covid-19 Alert Level 1 from June 16 to 30. The regional capital of Iloilo City is still at Alert Level 1; Iloilo, which consists of 42 towns and the component...
CEBU CITY – A man was arrested after he allegedly threatened to spread the nude photos of a woman if she would not pay him or have sex with him. Mark Anthony Daclan, a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by agents of the...
GROCERY store workers rest in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The unemployment rate in Western Visayas or Region 6 dropped as restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic ease and businesses are returning to more normal operations. Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
MAP of the Philippines with Eastern Visayas highlighted. TACLOBAN CITY – Workers in Eastern Visayas (Region 8) will have a P50 increase in their daily minimum wage. From P325, their minimum wage will be P375 daily under Wage Order No. RB VIII-22. The pay hike for non-agriculture workers...
TACLOBAN CITY – Eastern Visayas (Region 8) had zero election-related incidents (ERIs) during the election period from Jan. 9 to June 8, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-8 said Friday, June 10. Police Brig. Gen. Bernard Banac, PRO-8 director, said 41,537 Commission on Elections (Comelec)...
The University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Extension Campus in Pandan, Antique is expected to be finished in September this year. From the University of the Philippines Visayas website As of May 14, the extension campus was already 48.43 percent completed. The construction started in October...
POLICE in Anilao, Iloilo conduct a checkpoint as they implement the election gun ban. (Anilao PNP) ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 240 gun ban violators across Western Visayas or Region 6 as the election period ended last Wednesday, June 8. “The arrests are the product of our close...
Better shopping experience for Cebuanos For the purpose of bringing fun and seamless online shopping experience to more Filipinos across the country, Shopee, continues expansion of its Shopee Xpress hubs across the Visayas region as more hubs are established in Cebu City, Bogo, Moalboal, and other...
CEBU CITY – Seventy percent of the target population in Region 7 or Central Visayas have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 announced Wednesday, June 8. Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH-Region 7 director, said the the 70 percent vaccination rate was the initial...
A MAKESHIFT hospital in a gym in Maasin, Iloilo when the province had a dengue outbreak in 2019. (Leo Solinap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas or Region 6 recorded 297 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue in just one week. The Department of Health-Region 6 (DOH...
A COUPLE walks on the white sand beach of Boracay with the iconic Willy’s Rock in the background. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region 6 (Western Visayas) considers the rehabilitation of world-famous Boracay Island as a...
