CEBU CITY – A former barangay councilor was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Quiot Pardo here on Thursday morning, December 7. The suspect was identified as Brian Dwight Gaviola, 47. Leia Alcantara, spokesperson of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas, said that...
CEBU CITY – Close to P1-billion worth of illegal drugs were seized from January to November this year, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. This was result of the relentless enforcement of the Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO), said...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Bohol on Thursday, December 7, hosted the fourth council meeting of the Regional Development-Central Visayas (RDC-7) in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. BOHOL Gov. Erico Aristotle Aumentado presides over the fourth council meeting of the Regional...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas destroyed 5,705.393 grams of illegal drugs worth P30,135,783 and drug paraphernalia at the Acropolis Gardens in Barangay Bata here on Wednesday, December 6. THE Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas...
CEBU CITY – Police in Central Visayas are on heightened alert following the deadly bombing at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City over the weekend. Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), has instructed all city and...
BORONGAN CITY – Surfers and surfing enthusiasts from across the country joined the 2nd National Surfing Summit and Surf City Festival in this city. The National Surf Summit was held from December 2 to 3 alongside the annual Surf City Borongan competition to create a synergistic platform that...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Labor and Employment reported a decrease in the unemployment rate in Central Visayas this year. DOLE-7 Director Lilia Estillore said that the unemployment rate in Region 7 decreased from 5.8 percent in 2022 to 5.2 percent in 2023. Estillore said the unemployment...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 138 violators of the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in Western Visayas from August 28 to November 30. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in Jaro, Iloilo City in line with the gun ban in the barangay elections. ...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has launched a mobile food facility in Western Visayas. The Food on-the-road Innovation and Processing Facility (FoodtrIP) was one of the key programs on exhibit during the recent National Science and Technology Week here. The...
TACLOBAN CITY – Sixty schools in Eastern Visayas have reported damage due to the massive flooding from the shear line last week. A LEARNER from Tawagan Elementary School in Arteche, Eastern Samar rides a boat in their flood-stricken school on November 22. (Contributed photo by Fred Esto Senonio)...
The Organic Capital of the Philippines, Negros Occidental, in partnership with Slow Food International and other local government agencies, is hosting the first-ever Slow Food Terrace Madre Visayas in Bacolod City. Happening until Nov. 19, 2023, this event is designed to promote good, clean, and...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Army has neutralized 14 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Western and Central Visayas in the fourth quarter of this year. In a report presented during the Joint Intelligence Army-Police Intelligence Committee, the 3rd Infantry Division (ID) said five NPA rebels were...
