ILOILO CITY – Close to 500,000 students across Western Visayas were affected by the extreme heat that forced the suspension of face-to-face classes on Monday, April 1. STUDENTS at the Iloilo Central Elementary School in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “As of 3 p.m. on April 1, the total number is...
ILOILO CITY – The Holy Week was generally peaceful in Western Visayas. WESTERN Visayas police chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (left) inspects the Iloilo Airport in Iloilo City during the Holy Week with (from right) Police Col. Ronaldo Palomo and Police Major Renier Doliente of the Philippine...
TACLOBAN CITY – Following the creation of task forces in four local government units in Leyte, Baybay City Mayor Jose Carlos Cari has issued Executive Order No. 6 prohibiting the entry and exit of live chicken, raw poultry meat products, and other poultry meat derivatives into the city as...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 said the Holy Week in Eastern Visayas was generally peaceful. No major untoward incidents were reported. PAWID (FB) Police Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Pawid, PRO-8 director, attributed the effective management of the influx of tourists, churchgoers, and...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 (Eastern Visayas) on Monday, April 1, hailed new Philippine National Police chief Lt. Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil. Marbil, a former PRO-8 director, was appointed as the 30th chief PNP, replacing Police Gen. Benjamin Acorda who retired on Monday....
ILOILO CITY – Extreme heat was felt as people marked Maundy Thursday in Western Visayas. PEOPLE take a break amid the hot weather in Fort San Pedro in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The State weather bureau said that the heat index was on the “dangerous” level with more than 40 degrees...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has deployed 3,100 policemen to secure Western Visayas this Holy Week. PRO-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky ordered the implementation of all security and public safety measures. THE Police Regional Office-6 has deployed 3,100 lawmen to secure...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) awarded six tourism industry players in the Western Visayas region for gender equality as part of the National Women’s Month celebration. AWARDEES of the Icons of Sustainable Tourism Awards and Recognition (ISTaR) with Department of Tourism...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Agriculture-8 has confirmed the first case of avian influenza or bird flu in Eastern Visayas on Monday, March 25. The agency made the declaration following photos and videos circulating online of chickens being buried at the Leyte Poultry Development Corp....
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office-8 deployed around 3,700 uniformed personnel to ensure peace and order in Eastern Visayas during the Holy Week from March 22 to 31. A send-off ceremony was held for the 296 personnel augmenting local forces on the ground in the conduct of patrol...
TACLOBAN CITY – Authorities have dismantled two more New People’s Army (NPA) units in Eastern Visayas. These were Platoon 2 of Island Committee 47 Levox operating in the provinces of Leyte, Biliran, and Southern Leyte, and the Elcon Platoon of Sub-Regional Committee Browser operating in the...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky revealed his one-month accomplishment as Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) chief on Monday, March 18. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (center) reports his one-month accomplishment as chief of the Police Regional Office-6. Behind him area (from...
