House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Speaker’s office, Malacañang photo) Speaker Martin Romuladez's fellow congressmen from Eastern Visayas have come up with a unified statement of support for the House leader following the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Public Information Office of the Police Regional Office-8 has been withholding names of suspects and victims in police reports, which raised concerns for the media in Eastern Visayas, for over a month now. PRO-8 seal Police Major Marjorie Manuta, RPIO chief, said...
CEBU CITY – Law enforcers and other stakeholders in Central Visayas on Monday, October 16, took part in the nationwide multi-sectoral peace assembly for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Camp Sergio Sr. here. COMMISSION on Elections-Central Visayas Director Lionel Marco...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-8 earned over P45 million in the five-day Bahandi Eastern Visayas Trade Fair at SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City recently. Sales were 29 percent higher than the P35-million target. The trade fair brought producer-exhibitors from all six...
TACLOBAN CITY – Tourism Secretary Maria Christina Frasco launched the Bisita, Be My Guest (BBMG) program in Eastern Visayas on Friday, October 13, here. FRASCO (DOT-8 FB) "We've seen that there is a massive potential for further development here that is why we brought the BBMG program in the...
CEBU CITY – Forty-one areas in Central Visayas have been placed under the orange and yellow categories in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on October 30. Those placed under the orange category were considered areas of immediate concern while those in the yellow category were...
CEBU CITY – Seized illegal drugs amounting to P330 million were destroyed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) here on Thursday, October 12. CHEMISTS from the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas prepare to destroy illegal drugs worth P330 million...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has issued 77 show-cause orders to candidates in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas on October 30 for premature campaigning. AUSAN (FB) Dennis Ausan, Comelec-6 director, said the number of show-cause orders may be...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT)-6 is seeking to expand the slow food movement in Western Visayas. “We want to expand the slow food to other provinces of Western Visayas,” said DOT-6 Director Crisanta Marlene Rodriguez. A NATIVE sweetened rice delicacy, known as ‘pusô,’ of...
ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 92 violators of the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Western Visayas from August 28 to October 10. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said 87 of them were civilians. THE Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) conducts a checkpoint in...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas went up for the second straight month, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. A STALL at La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The PSA-6 said the region logged a 6.6 percent inflation rate in September, up 0.5 percent from 6.1...
Considering the decreasing trend of communist terrorist groups in Western Visayas, President Marcos believes that declaring the region as insurgency-free is achievable. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. visits the Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division in Jamindan, Capiz on Oct....
