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...
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...
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...
A VENDOR wearing a face shield sells vegetables in a market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – Living in Western Visayas (Region 6) is expensive, at least for the time being. Inflation – the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time – in the region is higher than the...
REGIONAL Director Remelyn Recoter (right) of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in an urban farm in Iloilo City. (DA-6 PIO) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas (Region 6) has urged farmers in the regional capital of Iloilo City to craft a development plan for urban...
DOH An additional 1,323 new Covid-19 cases were recorded by the Department of Health (DOH) on Sunday, July 3. The new cases brought the number of active cases nationwide to 9,703, as shown in the DOH Covid-19 tracker website. The Philippines has been recording more than 1,000 cases daily since June...
A MAN is processed by authorities after his arrest in an anti-drug operation in Bacolod City last month. (BCPO) ILOILO CITY – Police arrested 66 drug suspects across Western Visayas (Region 6) in the last week of June. Data from the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said the Negros Occidental Police...
ILOILO CITY — The number of Covid-19 cases in Western Visayas climbed to 903 after several months of decline. This was after the Department of Health (DOH)-Region 6 recorded a combined 120 new Covid-19 cases over the weekend. There were 59 new Covid-19 cases last June 26 and 61 new Covid-19...
PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas Director Alex Tablate (center) leads the thermal destruction of P96-million illegal drugs at the Acropolis Gardens in Barangay Bata, Bacolod City Friday, June 24. (Glazyl Masculino) BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-Region 6 on Thursday, June 23 confirmed 21 cases of the Covid-19 Omicron BA.5 variant in Western Visayas. Iloilo City had the majority of the Omicron BA.5 cases with 16, followed by Iloilo with four and one from Guimaras. “We are closely coordinating with...
THE Western Visayas Sanitarium and General Hospital (WVSGH) in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo is now a 300-bed general hospital. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – A sanitarium that used to treat leprosy patients in Iloilo has been elevated into a general hospital. The Department of Health (DOH) inaugurated...
