ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas is still reeling from the impact of long power blackouts which coincided with the searing heat since Thursday, April 27. Power is back in majority of Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Negros Occidental as well as Iloilo City, the regional capital of Western...
ILOILO CITY – A massive power blackout affected the entire Western Visayas region on Thursday, April 27. The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), which transmits electricity from power generators to power distributors, reported a system disturbance. “At 1:51 p.m. of 27 April 2023, NGCP...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippines Statistics Authority announced that Western Visayas was the fastest growing regional economy in the country last year. THE booming skyline of Iloilo City, the regional capital of Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The economy went up in the region comprised of Aklan, Antique,...
CEBU CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) will deploy its newest and largest vessel in the vicinity waters of Central Visayas to intensify its maritime security in the area. The newly acquired vessel that will be deployed is BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701), a multi-role response vessel (MRRV)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Education (DepEd)-Region 6 has allowed schools across Western Visayas to implement distance learning due to the extreme heat. PUPILS listen to their teacher at the Iloilo Central Elementary School in Iloilo City. The Department of Education (DepEd)-Region 6 has...
CEBU CITY – An additional 87 barangays and one municipality in Central Visayas have been declared drug-cleared. Declared as drug-cleared were 41 barangays from Cebu province, 16 from Bohol, 22 from Negros Oriental, and eight from Cebu City. These areas earned the drug-cleared status in another...
ILOILO CITY – After recording its highest inflation rate in 14 years at 10.8 percent in February, inflation or the rate of increase in prices over a given period of time decelerated by 1.7 percent in Western Visayas to 9.1 percent in March, the Philippine Statistics Authority said. A MAN looks at...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 has stopped the alleged illegal construction of a concrete house located within a protected forestland in Cadiz City, Negros Occidental. A STOPPAGE order was issued by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources...
ILOILO CITY – The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-6 has released the five-year development plan for Western Visayas. Juvelyn Pamonag of NEDA-6 presented the salient features of the eight-point socio-economic agenda and the highlights of the Western Visayas Regional Development Plan...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas logged more than a million sea passengers during the Holy Week, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. PERSONNEL of the Philippine Coast Guard assists a passenger in Iloilo City. (PCG Iloilo) The PCG said 1,045,194 passengers traveled across different ports in Western...
ILOILO CITY – The commemoration of Holy Week in Western Visayas was generally peaceful, the Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said. TWO police officers secure citizens of Iloilo City during the Holy Week. (Tara Yap) The number of crimes decreased during the Holy Week compared to the same period last...
CEBU CITY – Simultaneous police operations on Easter Sunday led to the confiscation of illegal drugs worth more than P40 million in Central Visayas. The regionwide police operations dubbed Simultaneous Anti-Criminality Law Enforcement Operations (SACLEO) also resulted in the arrest of 592...
