ILOILO CITY – Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor has condemned the policeman who fired a gun in front of three civilians in this city. “We will not tolerate this kind of attitude within our ranks,” said Villaflor, two days after Police Staff Sgt. Nico F....
CALBAYOG CITY – The Hadang Festival of this city dominated the Tandaya Festival of Festivals 2023 on Sunday, August 6. Hadang Festival won P500,000 cash prize after besting 11 festival contingents from the different municipalities in the province during their performance at the Northwest...
The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), on Thursday, August 3, reported that a total of 2,904 laborers in Central Visayas (Region 7) benefitted from its conciliation program dubbed as the Single Entry Approach (SEnA). *(Courtesy of DOLE) * SEnA, according to DOLE, is a form of...
CEBU CITY – More than 6,000 doses of bivalent Covid-19 vaccine have already been administered in Central Visayas. Most of the 6,402 doses of bivalent vaccines were given to vulnerable population. Dr. Joan Antonette Albito, Medical Officer III of the Department of Health-Central Visayas (DOH-7),...
ILOILO CITY – Seventy-one persons were rescued from human trafficking across Western Visayas region by a council under the auspices of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in 2022. “Majority of them were women,” said Xzyrabelle M. Servento, secretariat of the Regional...
CEBU CITY – The chief of the Land Transportation (LTO) assured that measures will be taken to speed up the distribution of thousands of unclaimed license plates in Central Visayas. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/PLATES_1a75b825e2/PLATES_1a75b825e2.jfif) LAND...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-6 has expanded the Covid bivalent vaccines to senior citizens and those with comorbidities in Western Visayas region. (https://images.mb.com.ph/production/mb-mkt-neo-prod-1-uploads/VACCINES_bad6586d4a/VACCINES_bad6586d4a.jfif) THE roll-out for the...
CEBU CITY – Tuberculosis or TB remains to be the top communicable disease in Region 7, the Department of Health-Central Visayas Center for Health Development (DOH-CVCHD) said. The DOH-CVCHD said there are close to 27,000 cases of TB in Central Visayas with the province of Cebu having the most. As...
ILOILO CITY – The military neutralized 25 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels across the Visayas in July. The Armed Forces Visayas Command described the losses as a setback to the communist movement. “The losses suffered by the NPA in the Visayas caused irreparable damages to the terrorist...
CEBU CITY – The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) welcomed the arrest of the suspect in the killing of a 19-year-old woman from Panabo City, Davao del Norte last month. Police Lt. Col. Gerard Ace Pelare said Police Brig. Gen. Anthony Aberin, chief of PRO-7, is closely monitoring the...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas reported a 46 percent decrease in dengue cases from January to July 22 compared to the same period last year. The DOH-8 recorded 1,907 cases with 10 deaths during the period from 3,516 patients last year. Of the total reported cases,...
TACLOBAN CITY – Another cruise ship is slated to visit tourist destinations in at least four provinces in Eastern Visayas in November. The Department of Tourism-Regional Office 8 is conducting site inspections with Travel People Ltd. Inc. and Wallem Philippines Shipping Inc. in preparation...
