ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines-Visayas has created an environmentally friendly technology called the Oil-Based Thermal Disinfection (OBTD) to treat hospital waste. OIL-Based Thermal Disinfection (OBTD) technology treats hazardous hospital waste. (Courtesy of UP Visayas)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Education has transferred Western Visayas Regional Director Ramir B. Uytico to Negros Island Region. UYTICO (DepEd-Western Visayas) Uytico’s transfer was officially made this week after the release of a department order by Undersecretaries Peter Irving...
ILOILO CITY – Authorities are finalizing election security measures for Western Visayas region as the local campaign started on Friday, March 28. COMELEC-6 Regional Director Dennis Ausan, Western Visayas police chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, and Brig. Gen. Nhel Richard Partricio of the 301...
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority reported a 96.7 percent employment rate for women in Western Visayas region in 2023. VENDORS at the public market in San Miguel town, Iloilo province are mostly women. (Tara Yap) “In terms of magnitude, the number of employed...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested 62 drug personalities in Central Visayas on Tuesday, March 18. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that suspected shabu valued at P1.8 million was also seized. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of PRO-7, said the number of arrests in a...
CEBU CITY – There are no unusual resignations within the Armed Forces Visayas Command (Viscom). Lt. Col. Israel Galorio, Viscom spokesperson, issued the clarification to refute online posts that some soldiers have resigned following the arrest of former President Rodrigo Duterte by the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism said the Western Visayas region earned more than P74 billion from tourism in 2024. THE Sun sets at world-famous Boracay Island, the most visited tourist attraction in Western Visayas region. (Tara Yap) DOT-6 Regional Director Crisanta...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped 0.9 percent from 3.6 percent in January to 2.7 percent in February. A BUSY wet market in Iloilo City. Inflation or the rise in the price of goods and services over time dropped in Western Visayas last February. (Tara Yap) “The...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Joint Task Force Storm under the 8th Infantry "Stormtroopers" Division has neutralized 791 New People’s Army rebels in 461 encounters in Eastern Visayas since 2019. ORIO (FB) The JTF Storm said they seized 1,124 firearms, recovered 703 banned anti-personnel mines, and...
CEBU CITY – Crime volume in Central Visayas dropped by 33 percent, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. The PRO-7 said that from January to February, 418 focus crimes were recorded in Central Visayas, 208 fewer compared to the same period last year. The decrease was a...
Reelectionist Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa has called on voters to elect senatorial candidates coming from the Visayas region in the upcoming midterm elections. Sen. Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa Dela Rosa, one of the senatorial candidates of the Partido ng Demokratikong Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan...
CEBU CITY – The province of Siquijor is hosting the 2025 Regional Schools Press Conference in Central Visayas starting Monday, Feb. 24. Siquijor is hosting the competition for the first time and welcomed campus journalists from private and public schools in Central Visayas. “There had been...
