CEBU CITY – Sixty-six soldiers belonging to the 302nd Infantry Brigade (IB) and 303rd IB were awarded “for their efforts and sacrifices” in the fight against the New People’s Army (NPA) in Central and Western Visayas. LT. Gen. Benedict Arevalo (center), commander of the Armed Forces...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation-Central Visayas (NBI-7) has arrested a woman from Naga City, southern Cebu allegedly involved in an investment scam. Eva Ferraris made her victims believe that she was a rice trader and enticed them to invest in her business, said NBI-7 Director...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-6 has launched a campaign to make Western Visayas the capital for Healthcare Information Management Service (HIMS). “Let us continue to collaborate and make Region 6 as an innovative and digitally-enabled region – as HIMS capital of the...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-seven violators of the gun ban in the barangay elections next month were arrested in Western Visayas as of September 11. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in San Dionisio town, Iloilo province in line with the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. (Tara Yap)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 will release an initial P3.75 million in cash aid for small rice retailers in Western Visayas. "We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as soon as possible,” said...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas went up in August after five straight months of decline. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said the inflation rate increased by 0.3 percent to 6.1 percent from 5.8 percent in July. A MARKET stall at La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by typhoon “Goring” damaged 558 classrooms in Western Visayas. Eighteen of these were totally damaged. A CLASSROOM of the Bia-an Elementary School in Hamtic town, Antique province was flooded due to the southwest monsoon...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) will strictly monitor retailers to ensure that the price cap on rice will be enforced. Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of PRO-7, has instructed all police units in the region to make sure that the order of President Ferdinand...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth more than P6 million was seized in the two-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality and Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) in Central Visayas conducted by the Police Regional Office-7. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said that from September 2 to 3, one kilo of shabu...
ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 12 civilians in Western Visayas for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections next month. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said these individuals were apprehended in checkpoint operations spearheaded by the Commission...
ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines-Visayas has published the Western Visayas Journalists’ Guide. CHANCELLOR Clement Camposano and Dr. Zoilo Andrada Jr. (right) of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas in Iloilo City present the Western Visayas Journalists’ Guide with...
CEBU CITY – A couple allegedly operating a drug den was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Duljo Fatima here on Monday afternoon, September 4. Joey Abellana, 41, and his 43-year-old wife Josephine were cornered by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7) and...
