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...
ILOILO CITY – Power rates in Western Visayas will drop starting in the June billing cycle. LINEMEN of the Iloilo Electric Cooperative Inc. I (ILECO I) repair an electric pole amid the rain. (ILECO I) James Balsomo, general manager of the Iloilo Electric Cooperative (ILECO III), in a...
CEBU CITY – Hundreds of passengers were stranded in various ports in Cebu due to tropical depression “Aghon.” SEVERAL passengers are stranded at Hagnaya Port in San Remigio, Cebu after sea trips were canceled due to tropical cyclone ‘Aghon.’ (Cebu Port Authority) The Philippine Coast...
TACLOBAN CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. expressed optimism on Monday, May 20, that insurgency in Eastern Visayas will soon come to an end under his administration. "I have seen the progress report. It’s getting better and better. Hindi na gaano, hindi na masyadong magulo kagaya ng...
All land titles intended for agrarian reform beneficiaries around the country will be distributed in the next four years, President Marcos said. Marcos made the promise anew during his visit in Tacloban City on Monday, May 20, to distribute land titles and assistance to farmers in Eastern Visayas....
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 has started releasing the first batch of the P60.9-million cash aid for low-income families in Western Visayas. The DSWD-6 rolled out this weekend the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) that will benefit 20,311 families in...
