ILOILO CITY — The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) credited electronic commerce (e-commerce) for keeping afloat the micro, small, and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) of Western Visayas region during the pandemic. “The online selling sustained the MSMEs,” said DTI-6 Regional Director...
BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Evelio Leonardia announced on Sunday, Feb. 27, that Bacolod City will be downgraded to Alert Level 1 on March 1-15. The city and the provinces of Aklan, Capiz, and Guimaras were the four areas in Western Visayas that were placed under Alert Level 1 by the Inter-Agency Task...
CEBU CITY—The country’s tourism is getting back on track, the Department of Tourism-Central Visayas (DOT-7) declared. The DOT 7 said the International Travel Festival (ITF) 2022 recently held here signaled the resurgence of tourism nationwide, with fresh travel destinations, exciting new...
68252 AirAsia Philippines plans to mount more passenger and cargo flights to Dumaguete and Roxas City this April to speed up economic recovery in the Visayas, the budget carrier announced Feb. 25, 2022. The new flight routes will boost import-export and technology-related trade in both cities....
Beyond providing the essential shopping needs and excellent customer service, The SM Store gives back to communities in partnership with its customers. Through its Share A Toy drive in 2021, the program collected more than 45,000 toys nationwide. Aside from donating toys, customers volunteer to...
CEBU CITY — Authorities are monitoring 63 areas in Region 7 that may be placed under the election watchlist areas (EWAs). Police Col. Josefino Ligan, chief of the Investigation and Detective Management Division of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7), said that the 63 areas are...
MANDAUE CITY — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar led the groundbreaking for the P300 million Visayas Media Hub (VMH) on Thursday, Feb. 24 in Barangay Subangdaku, Mandaue City. Andanar said this is the first-ever media hub facility initiated by the PCOO...
CEBU CITY — Samantha Baringui-an was shocked to learn that a group of policemen were behind the gruesome killing of her parents one day after they were laid to rest. “Wa ko kahibalo sa akong gibati. Nangurog ko sa kasuko na mga pulis diay ang involved (I can’t describe how I feel. I am...
ILOILO CITY—More than 4.5 million people in the Western Visayas region have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III administers the COVID-19 vaccine during the recent launching of “Resbakuna sa Botika” program in Iloilo City. (Arnold Almacen/CMO) Based on...
TACLOBAN CITY - To strengthen community protection and vaccinate the region’s total population against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the Department of Health Eastern Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH EVCHD) aims to vaccinate a total of 735,631 children, with ages 5 to 11....
Eastern Visayas region’s most influential political party, An Waray partylist, has declared its all-out support for the senatorial bid of Sorsogon Governor Francis “Chiz” Escudero in the upcoming May 2022 national elections. Party-list Rep. Florencio “Bem” Noel, personally relayed to...
The recent Pulse Asia survey that placed him at third among five leading presidential aspirants has failed to diminish Senator Manny Pacquiao’s resolve in helping the poor by pursuing his bid to become president. (Photo from Manny Pacquiao's Instagram) In a statement, the PROMDI and PDP-Laban...
