By ANGELO CAPARAS PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur — Central Visayas runner Jhul Ian Cañalita shattered another Palaro record after breaking his own mark as he dominated the secondary boys’ 3,000-meter steeplechase event in the 2026 Palarong Pambansa on Wednesday, May 27, at the Datu Lipus...
ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Provincial Board cited the collaboration between the Panay Bukidnon Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and the research team of the University of the Philippines Visayas after the book Epics of Panay won in the 43rd National Book Awards. The team behind Humadapnon (Ginlawan):...
Visayas grid was placed under its 15th consecutive yellow alert this month even after energy regulators launched on-site inspections of major power plants in the region to determine the causes of recent forced outages and accelerate the restoration of electricity supply. The Energy Regulatory...
ILOILO CITY – New Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) chief Police Brig. Gen. Randulf Tuaño is prioritizing police visibility to further deter crimes. “Dapat na ginagawa ng kapulisan dito ang tinatawag natin na intensification of police visibility (What our police should be doing here...
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) on Saturday, May 23, said it is monitoring two low-pressure areas (LPAs), including one inside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) that may bring moderate to heavy rains over large parts of Mindanao...
CEBU CITY - There is nothing to fear, have your children vaccinated. Health officials in Central Visayas issued this reminder after noting a sharp decline in childhood immunization. Results of the 2025 National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) presented by the Philippine Statistics...
The Visayas power grid was placed under a prolonged yellow alert on Friday, May 22, the ninth time this month that the region’s operating margins have fallen below critical contingency requirements as a wave of plant outages strains the energy infrastructure. The National Grid Corporation of the...
Visayas power grid faces extended period of thin supply after the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) placed the region under high alert for the seventh consecutive day. The grid operator issued its eighth yellow alert for the month on Thursday, May 21, as three major power...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Agriculture-6 is promoting organic farming for healthier food security in Western Visayas. “Under the environmental and social governance, this organic agriculture is very important for the health of the people,” said DA-6 Regional Technical Director...
A pickup truck plowed into a crowd of people lining up for P20-per-kilo subsidized rice outside the Department of Agriculture–Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) office in Quezon City before dawn Wednesday, May 20, killing a 73-year-old man and injuring a sidewalk vendor. The fatal crash occurred...
The Quezon City Police District (QCPD) arrested two suspected drug pushers and confiscated over P169,000 worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Vasra, Quezon City on Monday afternoon, May 18. Members of the District Drug Enforcement Unit (DDEU) launched the operation at around 4:10...
BACOLOD CITY – The beauty of every start is the possibility of a better ending. And Central Visayas proved just that as it edged Western Visayas for the overall crown at the conclusion of the 2026 National PRISAA Games on Friday, May 15, at the STI West Negros Gymnasium. Central Visayas collected...
