ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Western Visayas is eyeing more discussions on the approval of an updated carrying capacity for world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. “More proper discussions are needed to come up with the proper numbers,”...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is monitoring rice prices in Western Visayas region following a 15 percent tariff reduction early this month. A RICE stall at La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Grace Benedicto, chief of the DTI-6 Consumer Protection...
By TARA YAP LOILO CITY – Police seized 2,428 firearms and explosives in Western Visayas in the first six months of the year. The Police Regional Office-5 said 2,112 guns and 316 explosives were confiscated from January 1 to June 30. PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Rommel Marbil...
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – Three groups were awarded the 2024 Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Development Partners for pushing micro, small, and medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Western Visayas region. REPRESENTATIVES of the Capiz State University Intellectual Property Management Office,...
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas region jumped to 4.9 percent last June. A VENDOR at the La Paz Market in Iloilo City. The Philippine Statistics Authority reported that the inflation rate in Western Visayas went up to 4.9 percent in June. (Tara Yap)...
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism-6 reported that Western Visayas earned more than P70 billion from tourism in 2023. The Sun sets at world-famous Boracay Island. (Tara Yap) The region also registered a 22.8 percent growth in tourist arrivals with 5.36 million visiting key...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 disclosed that the emergency allowance totaling P5.98 billion for health workers who served during the pandemic in Western Visayas region has been released. SUBA-AN (Tara Yap) DOH-6 Regional Director Dr. Adriano Suba-an said the amount accounts for more...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth P17 million was seized in Central Visayas in a three-day police operation dubbed Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations from July 5 to 7. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that 2.6 kilos of shabu were recovered and 174...
ILOILO CITY — Crimes in the Western Visayas region decreased by 7.2 percent in the first five months of this year. CAMP Delgado, headquarters of the Police Regional Office-6 based in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Police Regional Office-6 logged 4,820 crime incidents from January to May,...
ILOILO CITY — The Department of Health (DOH) is eyeing to open more Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) Centers in the Western Visayas region. THE Bagong Urgent Care and Ambulatory Service (BUCAS) Center at the Western Visayas Medical Center of the Department of Health (DOH) in...
CEBU CITY – Over 300 Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) cases were recorded in Central Visayas in the first quarter of 2024. DR. Jaime Bernadas (right), regional director of the Department of Health in Central Visayas, and Philippine Information Agency-7...
ILOILO CITY – The land reform program has benefited about 271,200 individuals since 1972 in Western Visayas. THREE of the thousands of agrarian reform beneficiaries in Western Visayas. (DAR-6) Sheila Enciso, Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR)-Western Visayas director, said these...
