CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu and marijuana worth more than P100 million in a three-day operation in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said that 14,796.46 grams of shabu amounting to P110,615,928 and 60 grams of marijuana worth P7,200 were seized from...
The Senate Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes is planning to bring the discussions on Resolution of Both Houses No. 6, which seeks amendments to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution, to different locations in Visayas and Mindanao. Senate...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in January is the lowest for Western Visayas since 2019. CONSUMERS buy fish in a stall in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said that prices of basic goods and services dropped 0.2 percent from 3.2 percent in December to three...
CEBU CITY – A brazen attack rocked Central Visayas in March last year when Negros Oriental Gov. Roel Degamo was killed by heavily armed in his home in Pamplona, Negros Oriental. The Police Regional Office-Central Office (PRO-7) was bombarded with queries by local, national, and even international...
ROXAS CITY – The Dinagyang Festival of Iloilo City has been awarded as the Best Festival for the Visayas of the Philippine LEAF Awards. TRIBU Pan-ay of Fort San Pedro National High School is the winner of the main competition of the 2024...
CEBU CITY – Police reminded the public against the unauthorized use of blinkers and sirens following a hit-and-run incident here recently. Police Lt. Col. Wilbert Parilla, chief of the Highway Patrol Group-Central Visayas (HPG-7), said that under Republic Act 4136 or the Land Transportation...
CEBU CITY – The arrest of a mother in Pinamungajan town, Cebu province should serve as a warning to those involved in online sexual exploitation, the National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) said. NBI-7 Regional Director Renan Augustus Oliva and agent-on-case Maria Contessa...
CEBU CITY – A 31-year-old mother from Pinamungajan, Cebu was arrested for allegedly sexually exploiting her children online. A MINOR was rescued after authorities arrested a woman allegedly involved in online sexual exploitation in Pinamungajan town, Cebu. (NBI-7) The suspect Charissa Labajo is...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth P51.6-million in Western Visayas in January. SUSPECTED drug pushers Dindo and Gigil yield P4.96-million worth of suspected shabu in an anti-drug operation in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. (PNP RPDEU-6) The Police Regional Office...
There had been downtrend in overall electricity tariffs for traded capacities in the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), and that had been attributed partly by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to the entry of new capacities from the renewable energy (RE) sector. “It appears that the...
BACOLOD CITY – Police arrested a 19-year-old man tagged as the fifth most wanted person in Western Visayas in Barangay Bulad, Isabela, Negros Occidental on Thursday, February 1. The suspect was charged with rape and violation of Republic Act 9995 (Section 4(A) and Section 4(D) of Anti-Photo...
As the El Niño phenomenon persisted, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported additional rice damage in parts of Western Visayas and Zamboanga during the early months of the year. The DA-Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DA-DRRM) said that some rice fields suffered P109 million losses by...
