ILOILO CITY – Only three out of the 13,201 police officers tested positive for illegal drugs in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said 99.56 percent of policemen tested negative in the massive drug test ordered by Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor since he took over as Western...
ILOILO CITY – Forty-five individuals have been arrested for violating the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections gun ban in Western Visayas. The Police Regional Office-6 said 43 were civilians and two were a security guard and an off-duty jail officer. Police Major Mary Grace Borio,...
ILOILO CITY – One-hundred seventy-two barangays in Western Visayas are considered hotspots in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections on October 30, the Regional Joint Peace and Security Coordinating Center (RJPSCC-6) said. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in San Dionisio town, Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 has started distributing aid totaling P14.5 million to 967 more micro rice retailers in Western Visayas affected by the price cap. “We are glad that we are able to help more small rice retailers this time. We believe that,...
ILOILO CITY – The first batch of micro rice retailers in Western Visayas have received their P15,000 cash aid. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-6 aided the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 in releasing the money for those affected by the government rice price...
CEBU CITY – Sixty-six soldiers belonging to the 302nd Infantry Brigade (IB) and 303rd IB were awarded “for their efforts and sacrifices” in the fight against the New People’s Army (NPA) in Central and Western Visayas. LT. Gen. Benedict Arevalo (center), commander of the Armed Forces...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-6 has launched a campaign to make Western Visayas the capital for Healthcare Information Management Service (HIMS). “Let us continue to collaborate and make Region 6 as an innovative and digitally-enabled region – as HIMS capital of the...
ILOILO CITY – Twenty-seven violators of the gun ban in the barangay elections next month were arrested in Western Visayas as of September 11. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in San Dionisio town, Iloilo province in line with the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. (Tara Yap)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 will release an initial P3.75 million in cash aid for small rice retailers in Western Visayas. "We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as soon as possible,” said...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas went up in August after five straight months of decline. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said the inflation rate increased by 0.3 percent to 6.1 percent from 5.8 percent in July. A MARKET stall at La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by typhoon “Goring” damaged 558 classrooms in Western Visayas. Eighteen of these were totally damaged. A CLASSROOM of the Bia-an Elementary School in Hamtic town, Antique province was flooded due to the southwest monsoon...
ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 12 civilians in Western Visayas for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections next month. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said these individuals were apprehended in checkpoint operations spearheaded by the Commission...