ILOILO CITY – Four persons were killed in Western Visayas region due to the “habagat” or southwest monsoon enhanced by tropical cyclone “Ferdie.” ONE of the houses destroyed in Antique province due to the habagat enhanced by tropical cyclone ‘Ferdie.’ (Antique News) The...
Philippine National Police personnel assist in the evacuation of residents living inside the four- to six-kilometer danger zone of Mt. Kanlaon in La Castellana, Negros Occidental on Sept. 13, 2024. (Photo by La Castellana Municipal Police Station) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) cautioned the...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized P3.9-million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas from September 11 to 13. The Police Regional Office-6 said that 586 grams of shabu were seized from 29 suspected drug pushers in 27 anti-drug operations from 6 a.m. on September 11 to 5:59 a.m. on September 13....
ILOILO CITY — The inflation rate in Western Visayas remains unchanged at 4.8 percent in August. A STALL at the La Paz Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nida Amolar, Philippine Statistics Authority-6 officer-in-charge and chief statistical specialist, attributed this to the lower food...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu valued at P73 million in Western Visayas region in August. THE Police Regional Office-6 seized suspected shabu worth P73 million in August. (PNP/PRO-6) The Police Regional Office-6 said a total of 10.7 kilos of shabu were confiscated in 236 police...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested on Tuesday, September 3, in Calinog town, Iloilo province the third and fourth most wanted persons in Western Visayas. The suspects were identified as Arcee, the third most wanted, and Rod, the fourth most wanted. “These arrests, made possible with the help of the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 said 42 people have died from the mosquito-borne disease dengue in Western Visayas region in eight months. A FOGGING operation is conducted in Capiz as the province battles a dengue outbreak. (Capiz Provincial Government Communications Group)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 logged 3,490 dengue cases in the Western Visayas region from August 11 to 17. Dr. Bea Camille Fillaro-Natalaray, medical coordinator for emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, said in a press conference on Tuesday, August 27, that seven deaths...
ILOILO CITY – The Office of Civil Defense-6 has released almost P162-million worth of aid to families affected by the El Niño climate phenomenon in Western Visayas and the eruption of Kanlaon Volcano in Negros Occidental. FERNANDEZ (left). (PIA-6) Bulk of the aid was for El Niño...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 310 wanted persons in Western Visayas from August 1 to 15. WANKY The Police Regional Office-6 said they were apprehended in 287 operations. Forty-four were most wanted persons and 266 were other wanted persons (OWPs). “The arrest of these law violators is of great...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized suspected shabu worth P11.25 million in Western Visayas in one week. THE PRO-6 seized suspected shabu worth P11.25 million in Western Visayas from August 5 to 11. (PNP/PRO-6/RPIO-6) Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky, PRO-6 director, in a...
ILOILO CITY – Dengue cases in Western Visayas increased by 114 percent in the first six months of this year, the Department of Health-6 reported on Monday, August 12. The DOH-6 Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit recorded 10,188 dengue cases from January 1 to August 3, 2024, 5,428...
