CEBU CITY – Close to one million tourists have visited Central Visayas in the first half of 2022, the top official of the Department of Tourism (DOT)-Central Visayas revealed Thursday, August 11. TAMANO (right) and Tourism Secretary Christina Frasco. (FB) DOT Undersecretary Shalimar Tamano said...
More than 1,200 residents have been affected by the continuous rainfall in Central Visayas (Region 7) due to the combined effects of a low pressure area (LPA) and southwest monsoon (habagat), the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said Saturday, August 6. EMERGENCY...
CEBU CITY – Following the confirmation of the first case of monkeypox in the country, the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-Region 7) assured the public that it has activated and intensified its surveillance activity against the viral disease. A PUBLIC health worker administers the...
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...
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...
CEBU CITY – More areas in Central Visayas have been declared drug-cleared. In the July 6 to 7 deliberation of the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing (ROCBDC), 114 barangays in Region 7 were added to the list of drug-cleared areas, said Leia Alcantara, information officer of...
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...
CEBU CITY – Suspected shabu worth over P100 million were seized in a series of police buy-bust operations Saturday, June 25, in Central Visayas. In Lapu-Lapu City, two persons were caught with 15 kilos of shabu with an estimated value of P102 million. Eric Felisilda, 45, and Niel James...
CEBU CITY – A man was arrested after he allegedly threatened to spread the nude photos of a woman if she would not pay him or have sex with him. Mark Anthony Daclan, a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, was arrested in an entrapment operation conducted by agents of the...
CEBU CITY – Seventy percent of the target population in Region 7 or Central Visayas have been vaccinated against Covid-19, the Department of Health (DOH)-Region 7 announced Wednesday, June 8. Dr. Jaime Bernadas, DOH-Region 7 director, said the the 70 percent vaccination rate was the initial...
CEBU CITY – Fewer cases of violence against women and children have been noted in Central Visayas from January to June this year. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO 7) reported that in the first half of this year, cases of violence against women and children in the region dropped by...
CEBU CITY – The Central Visayas police reported they had seized a combined P110 million worth of illegal drugs in 71 operations launched in a single day in the whole region. Josh Vincent Camion is arrested after at least 10 kilos of shabu worth P68 million were seized from him in a buy-bust...
