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...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth P12 million was seized by the police in a 24-hour operation in Central Visayas. Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), said 1.7 kilograms of shabu were seized by various police units in the region from 6...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)-6 said the proposed bridge linking the islands of Panay and Guimaras will be constructed and completed by the end of the Marcos administration. A PERSEPECTIVE of the proposed Panay-Guimaras-Negros bridge. (DPWH) “It is...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR)-8 announced that there is no shellfish ban in Eastern Visayas based on the latest red tide advisory on Monday, November 13. However, based on local red tide advisories, seawater samples collected from the coastal waters of...
CEBU CITY – Crime volume in Region 7 decreased this year due to more policemen on the streets, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) said. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said sending policemen to the streets has been proven effective after a 4.5 percent decrease in crime volume...
CEBU CITY – More than 100,000 kilos of shabu were seized in various anti-illegal drug operations in Region 7 from January to October this year, the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported. ABERIN (FB) The volume of illegal drugs confiscated in the past 10 months this year was...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas dropped 1.2 percent from 6.6 percent in September to 5.4 percent in October, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said. VENDORS sell fruits and vegetables at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol grounds. (Tara Yap) “The downtrend in the...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized shabu worth P20.4 million from three suspected drug pushers in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Camalig, Jaro District, here on Thursday night, November 9. SUSPECTED shabu worth P20.4-million were seized from three drug pushers in Iloilo City on Thursday, November 9....
The long-time dream of the country to have a single-connected grid nationwide may take a little longer, as one leg of the infrastructure development toward the concretization of the P51.3 billion Mindanao-Visayas Interconnection Project (MVIP) is being impeded by a temporary restraining order (TRO)...
ILOILO CITY — Police seized suspected shabu valued at P185.9 million in 954 anti-drug operations in Western Visayas from June 1 to October 31. “This is more than twice in the amount of recoveries of the preceding five months,” said Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, Police Regional Office-6...
CEBU CITY – A 23-year-old e-bike driver was arrested and one kilo of suspected shabu worth P6.8 million was seized in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Sambag 1 here on Monday afternoon, November 6. The suspect was identified as Jay Bard Abaquita, a resident of Barangay Suba here. Leia...
