ILOILO CITY – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office is investigating the alleged inaction of the San Joaquin, Iloilo Municipal Police Station over the land dispute where a health facility of the Department of Health (DOH) is located. A “NO Entry. Private Property” sign is seen at the original...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized 1.1 kilos of suspected shabu worth P8.1 million from 23 drug suspects in buy-bust operations in Western Visayas from June 11 to 12. A SUSPECTED drug pusher, alias Ronnel, was caught with around P4.7-million worth of shabu in a buy-bust operation in Balasan town, Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – Tension has escalated over the land for a government health facility in San Joaquin town, Iloilo province. VILMA Santacruz-Getuya (center) argues with former DOH Secretary now Iloilo Rep. Janette Garin (left) at the main entrance of the original site of the San Joaquin Hospital in...
ILOILO CITY — The inflation rate in Western Visayas jumped to 4.3 percent last May. A STALL sells fresh fish at the Iloilo Fish Port in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said the inflation rate jumped 0.2 percent from 4.1 percent in April. Nida...
ILOILO CITY – Suspected shabu valued at P6.4 million was seized in Western Visayas from June 1 to 7. The Police Regional Office-6 said approximately 946 grams of shabu were confiscated from 55 suspected drug pushers in 39 anti-drug operations during the period. ONE of the anti-drug operations...
First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos reminisced about her own graduation from law school as she received the Doctor of Laws honoris causa from the West Visayas State University (WVSU) College of Law. First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos during the conferment rites for her honorary doctorate degree from...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) destroyed illegal drugs worth P374 million on Thursday, June 6. ILLEGAL drugs worth P374 million are presented to the media before their destruction on Thursday, June 6, in a funeral home in Cebu City. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 502 wanted persons in Western Visayas last May. The Police Regional Office-6 said 77 were classified as most wanted persons (MWPs) while the remaining 425 were considered other wanted persons (OWPs). "Congratulations and keep up the good work. Let us work...
CEBU CITY – More than 6,000 dengue cases have been recorded in the first five months of this year in Region 7 or Central Visayas, the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7) reported. The DOH-7 said that from January 1 to May 25 this year, 6,539 dengue cases with 16 fatalities were recorded...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas has been placed under blue alert following the eruption of Mount Kanlaon in Negros Oriental on June 3. KANLAON Volcano as seen from Canlaon City, Negros Occidental erupts on Monday night, June 3, 2024. (Photo courtesy of Ethan Asentista-Khoo) “This is to...
CEBU CITY — Sixty-two more barangays in Central Visayas have been declared drug-cleared following the recent deliberation by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC). The ROCBDC conducted a blended online and face-to-face deliberation from May 29 to 30 where...
ILOILO CITY – People in this city are still paying the cheapest electricity in Western Visayas despite the increase of P1.02 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in this month's billing, A LINEMAN of MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Lone power distributor MORE...
