ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas has dropped for the fourth consecutive month. A VEGETABLE stall at the La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City. Inflation or the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time in Western Visayas has dropped for the fourth straight month....
ILOILO CITY – Monsoon rains enhanced by tropical cyclone “Dodong” have affected 21,464 people across Western Visayas region. According to the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC)-6, affected persons were from 56 barangays in Antique, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros...
TACLOBAN CITY – A former child warrior of the New People's Army in Eastern Visayas has sought justice over the deceptive recruitment employed by the communist guerrillas. Lailanie Capada, now 25, from Barangay Baras, Borongan City, astern Samar, filed a complaint against the Communist Party of the...
BACOLOD CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 (Western Visayas) said two police officers have tested positive for illegal drugs. In a media interview during his visit to the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) on Thursday, July 13, Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 director, said they...
ILOILO CITY – The first laser eye service center in the Western Visayas region opened in Iloilo City recently. THE Borough Lasik Center (BLC) in Iloilo City is the first laser eye surgery center in the Western Visayas region. (Tara Yap) Borough Lasik Center (BLC) opened its refractive surgery...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 (Western Visayas) Director Carmelo Nochete has warned fixers to cease and desist from their nefarious activities or face arrest and criminal cases. “Wala sang lugar ang mga fixers sa DSWD. Ang maghimo sang amo sini nga pang biktima sa...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) is aiming to release at least 500,000 license plates this year. LAND Transportation Office-Central Visayas chief Glen Galario (center) graces a press briefing to talk about his programs as head of the agency. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
ILOILO CITY – The unemployment rate in Western Visayas last January went up even after economic activities have returned to normal as the pandemic waned.  GROCERY store workers rest in Iloilo City.  (Tara Yap) Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the...
ILOILO CITY – This city has been tapped for the Filipino Genomes Research Program (FGRP) which will study deeper Filipino anthropology, forensics, and evolution. The Philippine Genome Center Visayas (PGC Visayas) under the University of the Philippines Visayas (UP Visayas) in Iloilo recently...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 on Sunday, July 2, revealed a significant improvement in various anti-criminality programs in the Western Visayas region. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, acting PRO-6 director, said the combined accomplishment rate increased with operations...
CEBU CITY – Law enforcers seized packs of illegal drugs worth P6.8 million from an 18-year-old drug pusher in Barangay Pahina Central here on Friday night, June 30. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/SHABU_d604e27946/SHABU_d604e27946.jfif) AN 18-year-old man is...
CEBU CITY – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Visayas (BFAR-7) reminded beachgoers to take precautionary measures when swimming at sea due to swarms of jellyfish during this time of the year. A BOX jellyfish is fished out of the waters of Clarin town in Bohol. The photo...
