ILOILO CITY – After recording its highest inflation rate in 14 years at 10.8 percent in February, inflation or the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time decelerated by 1.7 percent in Western Visayas to 9.1 percent in March, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. A MAN looks at...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 has stopped the alleged illegal construction of a concrete house located within a protected forestland in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. A STOPPAGE order was issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-6 has released the five-year development plan for Western Visayas. Juvelyn Pamonag of NEDA-6 presented the salient features of the eight-point socio-economic agenda and the highlights of the Western Visayas Regional Development Plan...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas logged more than a million sea passengers during the Holy Week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PERSONNEL of the Philippine Coast Guard assists a passenger in Iloilo City. (PCG Iloilo) The PCG said 1,045,194 passengers traveled across different ports in Western...
ILOILO CITY – The commemoration of Holy Week in Western Visayas was generally peaceful, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said. TWO police officers secure citizens of Iloilo City during the Holy Week. (Tara Yap) The number of crimes decreased during the Holy Week compared to the same period last...
CEBU CITY – Simultaneous police operations on Easter Sunday led to the confiscation of illegal drugs worth more than P40 million in Central Visayas. The regionwide police operations dubbed Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) also resulted in the arrest of 592...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 has deployed 2,332 policemen to secure the Holy Week in Western Visayas. POLICE and other force multipliers have been tapped to secure visitors in Boracay Island this Holy Week. (Malay-Boracay Tourism Office) PRO-6 chief Brig. Gen. Leo...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-8 is deploying 4,229 police officers to secure the Holy Week and “summer” vacation under “Ligtas Sumvac 2023” in Eastern Visayas. PRO-8 chief Brig. Gen. Rommel Francisco Marbil reminded the public to be vigilant for possible attacks from...
CEBU CITY -- At least 24 public utility vehicles (PUVs) failed roadworthiness inspections as the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) rolled out its ‘Oplan Biyaheng Ayos: Semana Santa and Summer Vacation 2023.’ LTO-7 started inspecting PUVs on Friday, March 31. As of Monday, April...
CEBU CITY -- The Central Visayas Pork Producers Cooperative (CeViPPCo) stood firm on its commitment to Cebu Gov. Gwen Garcia in her decision to adopt a different protocol in fighting and mitigating the impact of the African Swine Fever (ASF). As stakeholders of the P11-billion Cebu hog industry, the...
Airbnb, the leading global online accommodation platform, reported that nights booked in the Philippines on its platform more than doubled last year from 2020 with domestic travel led the way as the country’s number one travel destination among locals. The last Airbnb data released Tuesday, April...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) is stepping up intelligence gathering after three suspected Indian terrorists were arrested in March. “We will beef up our intelligence monitoring through inter-agency collaboration,” said Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, PRO-6 chief. The...