AERIAL photograph shows the flood that hit Capiz due to rains from tropical depression ‘Agaton’ last April. (Capiz Kabalaka Information Center) ILOILO CITY – An official of the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) has said that massive flood control projects are needed in three major river systems...
ILOILO CITY – Dengue cases in Western Visayas are approaching almost 7,000. A MAKESHIFT hospital in a gym in Maasin, Iloilo during a dengue outbreak in 2019. (Leo Solinap/File/Manila Bulletin) The Department of Health (DOH) recorded 674 new dengue cases from July 10 to 16, bringing the total...
TACLOBAN CITY – Interior and Local Government Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. has ordered a probe to determine if the seven trainees of the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP)-Region 8 (Eastern Visayas) who were rushed to the hospital due to muscle pain last July 6 underwent hazing. Fire Chief...
CEBU CITY – The chief of the Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) has ordered unit commanders to observe maximum tolerance in protest actions in Central Visayas in the first State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Monday, July 25. Police...
ILOILO CITY – A well-known Catholic priest urged graduates of the University of the Philippines (UP) Visayas in Miagao, Iloilo to fight for truth. MONSIGNOR Meliton Oso speaks to graduating students of the UP Visayas during the Thursday, July 21 baccalaureate service. (UP Visayas PIO) “Protect...
TEENAGE mothers attend an orientation in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental. (Popcom 6) ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Population (Popcom) reported Thursday, July 21, that teenage pregnancy is still high in Western Visayas or Region 6. The region had a slight decrease in teenagers giving birth, from...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested the No. 1 most wanted person in Western Visayas in Calinog, Iloilo before dawn Wednesday, July 20. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said the suspect, Joel Caseño Leyble, 29, was arrested in the mountainous barangay of Toyungan past 3:30 a.m. He is wanted for...
CEBU CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has delisted at least 10 households from the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program in Central Visayas (Region 7) for persistent non-compliance with requirements. The DSWD Region 7 said these families have children not attending...
ILOILO CITY – Despite challenges from the pandemic, more than a million tourists visited Western Visayas in the first half of this year. Since its October 26 reopening, tourists are gradually coming back to Boracay Island. The government assures that policies will be improved to sustain the work...
TACLOBAN CITY (PNA) – The red tide phenomenon has recurred in three coastal areas in Eastern Visayas, the first occurrence recorded since February this year, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) regional office here announced Friday, July 15. Citing results of laboratory...
ILOILO CITY — Almost 13,000 families in Western Visayas are no longer part of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), the national government’s conditional cash transfer program to alleviate poverty. A FAMILY from Anini-y, Antique is one of those who have benefited from DSWD Pantawid...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health (DOH) has recorded nine dengue fatalities in Eastern Visayas (Region 8). Jelyn Malibago, DOH-Region 8 information officer, said the rise in the number of dengue cases is alarming but it is not as alarming as that of the outbreak in 2019 in which they...
