CEBU CITY – Shabu and dried marijuana leaves worth more than P3 million were seized in separate police operations on Friday, Jan. 27. In Toledo City, a 45-year-old man identified as Edgar Mahinay Ypon yielded 142 grams of shabu worth P965,000 as police arrested him in a buy-bust operation. Police...
CEBU CITY – Police arrested four wanted persons in Central Visayas in separate operations on Friday, Jan. 27. The suspects were identified as Justine Villamor, Archie Catipay, Melvin Pacaldo Madrid, and Teodolo Centinales Pogoy. Villamor, who is facing frustrated murder charges, was arrested...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office 7 reported a significant drop in the crime rate in Central Visayas from Jan. 1 to 25. The PRO-7 said that 208 index crimes were recorded in the first 25 days of the year, 22.96 percent lower compared to 270 in the same period last year. The PRO-7 added that...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has revealed eight new tourism circuits in the Western Visayas region. VISITORS enjoy the sunset at world-famous Boracay Island. (Tara Yap) “The new tourism circuits for 2023 will not only focus on sun and beach or cultural tourism. This will be...
SM Group throws massive support behind Dinagyang, the mother of Philippine festivals MERRYMAKING ON CALLE REAL Contingents from different tribes of various barangays in Iloilo City presenting their dance in the Dinagyang Festival 2023 celebration at the Freedom Grandstand (Juan Carlo de Vela) Over...
PALO, Leyte – Justice remains elusive for families of the 44 members of the Philippine National Police (PNP)-Special Action Force (SAF) killed in the botched manhunt for international terrorist Marwan in Mamasapano, Maguindanao on Jan. 25, 2015. Kristine Clemencio, wife of the late PO1 Mark Lory...
CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) suspended a total of 605 driver’s licenses last year due to various traffic violations. Data from the LTO-7 Traffic Adjudication Section of the Operations Division showed that most driver’s licenses were apprehended in...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) held a two-day forum here to gather inputs from over 300 stakeholders across the Visayas to refine its framework. PARTICIPANTS in the multi-stakeholder forum of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the...
CEBU CITY -- Due to increasing demand, a ride-hailing firm is expanding to more areas in the country. George Royeca, chief executive officer of Angkas, said ‘blue riders’ will soon be visible not just in the National Capital Region or Metro Cebu but also in other areas in Mindanao and the...
DILG Secretary Benjamin ‘Benhur’ Abalos Jr. presides over a meeting with the Regional Management Coordinating Council (RMCC-6) in Iloilo City. He is joined by DILG-6 regional director Juan Jovian Ingeniero (right) and Brig. Gen. Leo Francisco, Western Visayas police chief. (DILG Region 6)...
BEARIS (center). (FB) CEBU CITY – Close to P30-million worth of suspected shabu was seized less than a month after a new director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) was installed. From Dec. 19 to Jan. 9, a total of 280 anti-illegal drug operations were conducted in Central...
TINGOG party-list Rep. Jude Acidre (center) leads the launching of ‘Project Tambal’ at the Eastern Visayas Medical Center in Tacloban City on Wednesday, Jan. 11. (EVMC FB) TACLOBAN CITY – The Tingog party-list group on Wednesday, Jan. 11, launched ‘’Project Tambal’’ or Take-Home...
