ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 is the chair of the Regional Ecotourism Committee (REC) in Western Visayas from 2023 to 2026. DENR-6 Director Livino Duran presides over the Regional Ecotourism Committee meeting in Iloilo City. (DENR-6) The...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Friday, Feb. 17, distributed land titles to a total of 1,500 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) across Western Visayas. SECRETARY Conrado Estrella III of the Department of Agrarian Reform distributes land titles to agrarian beneficiaries...
CEBU CITY -- Illegal drugs composed of 28 kilos of shabu and 163 grams of marijuana with a combined value of P191 million were destroyed on Saturday morning, Feb. 18, here. Personnel of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas prepare to destroy seized illegal drugs through the...
TACLOBAN CITY – Nineteen New People’s Army rebels from Samar Island surrendered to the Police Regional Office 8 (Eastern Visayas) recently. One of them was alias ‘’James,’’ from Basey, Samar, who joined the communist movement to exact revenge after suffering abuse from the military....
TACLOBAN CITY – Despite the decrease in teenage pregnancy among Filipino women aged 15 to 19-years-old from 6.9 percent in 2017 to 4.9 percent in 2022 based on the National Health and Demographic Survey (NDHS), the Commission on Population and Development (PopCom) in Eastern Visayas (Region...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth over P17 million was seized in a two-day Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) in Central Visayas. BEARIS (FB) The Police Regional Office-7 said 2,530.30 grams of shabu and 167 individuals were arrested in 167 anti-illegal drug...
CEBU CITY — Drones will now be a part of the anti-criminality campaign in Central Visayas. A POLICEMAN learns how to operate a drone during the training workshop of the drone patrol team of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas. (Photo via Calvin D. Cordova) The Police Regional...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-7 has enlisted at enlisted 600 former drug users to help in the battle against illegal drugs in Central Visayas. Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare, spokesperson of PRO-7 director Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, said these Anti-Illegal Drug Advocates (AIDA) members...
A VENDOR sells fresh fish in Iloilo City. The inflation rate in Western Visayas has eased after 10 months due to lower food and non-alcoholic beverage prices. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – What goes up must come down. The inflation rate in Western Visayas eased 0.2 percent after 10 straight months of...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas was awarded for its drug reduction program for the year 2022 recently. A K-9 dog and its handler check luggage and boxes for illegal drugs at the port of Boracay in Malay town, Aklan province. (PDEA-6) PDEA-6 was named...
CEBU CITY — Multiple charges were filed against motorcycle dealers for alleged fraudulent activities. The charges were filed by Victor Emmanuel Caindec, chief of the Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7), before the Prosecutor’s Offices of Mandaue City and Cebu City. Caindec filed...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Central Visayas (Region 7) said the country is shifting its focus in the campaign against illegal drugs from supply reduction to demand reduction. The shift however, doesn’t mean that the war on drugs is slowing down, the newly installed...
