TACLOBAN CITY – The municipalities of Gandara and Basey in Samar have declared a state of calamity due to the damage caused by heavy rain and flood spawned by the shear line and low-pressure area (LPA) affecting Eastern Visayas. The Sangguniang Bayan of Basey, during its special session on...
TACLOBAN CITY – Hundreds of families fled their homes and work and classes remain suspended in some areas in Eastern Visayas due to incessant rain and flood on Wednesday, Jan. 11. Eastern Samar Gov. Ben Evardone appealed to the Department of Agriculture to provide rice-certified seeds to...
CEBU CITY -- The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) suspended the accreditation of a driving school in Danao City, northern Cebu for alleged fraudulent issuance of Theoretical Driving Certificates (TDC) certificates. LTO-7 Regional Director Victor Emmanuel Caindec signed the...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Due to the low-pressure area (LPA) affecting Visayas and Mindanao, heavy rain and flooding were experienced here and other areas in Eastern Visayas on Monday, Jan. 9. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council issued a red rainfall warning in Leyte and Biliran,...
THE Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH) in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province is a 300-bed general hospital. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Health (DOH) has been urged to probe the alleged delay of salaries and Covid-19 benefits of health workers at the Western...
CEBU CITY -- Police checkpoints will be intensified as part of the enforcement of gun ban in Central Visayas. The gun ban took effect on Thursday, Jan. 5, and will last until Jan. 20, said Brig. Gen. Jerry Bearis, director of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7). The gun ban is part...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health logged a total of eight firecracker-related injuries in Eastern Visayas at the end of their monitoring for the holiday season on Friday, Jan. 6. No fatality was recorded but the number of cases was 60 percent higher compared to 2021 with only five....
RODRIGUEZ ILOILO CITY – Newly appointed Department of Tourism (DOT)-Region 6 Director Crisanta "Krisma" Marlene P. Rodriguez vowed to boost tourism revenues in Western Visayas as the pandemic wanes. “Our aim is to boost tourism revenues highlighting the heritage, culture, arts, and experiences...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested the second most wanted drug suspect in Western Visayas region and his cohort during a buy-bust operation on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Police Regional Office (PRO-6) identified the main suspect as Eddie Belleza Sevillo, a resident of Iloilo City who is tagged as the...
ILOILO CITY -- The top cop in Western Visayas region has expressed he will follow the orders of Secretary Benjamin Abalos of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Brigadier General Leo Francisco, the top cop of Western Visayas region. (PRO-6) “As a good soldier, I will...
CEBU CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P7.5 million in a Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operation (SACLEO) in Central Visayas from 12:01 a.m. Monday, Jan. 2, to 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 3. Ninety-five buy-bust operations were conducted and 104 persons were arrested by...
TACLOBAN CITY -- Work in government, except those engaged in health and emergency services, and classes were suspended here and in some municipalities in Eastern Visayas due to flooding and heavy downpour caused by a low-pressure area on Wednesday, Jan. 4. Work and classes were suspended in Palo,...
