ILOILO CITY – There are 57,486 Overseas Filipino workers from Western Visayas region at risk from tension in the Middle East, the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said. OWWA-6 Director James Mendiola said they are from Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, Iloilo, and Iloilo City. The number...
PALO, Leyte – The Department of Health in Eastern Visayas (DOH-8) has reported 939 road traffic injuries and two deaths in the first two months of 2026, prompting the agency to call for stronger measures to address the problem. Roderick Boyd Cerro, DOH-8 regional epidemiology and surveillance...
CEBU CITY – Close to 34,000 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Central Visayas who are currently in the war-stricken Middle East are being closely monitored. Rex Taderna, assistant regional director of the Department of Migrant Workers-Central Visayas (DMW-7), said they are being provided...
President Marcos expressed satisfaction over the production of relief food packs in Cebu, which will cover both Visayas and Mindanao in the event of calamities. Marcos inspected the mechanized production center of the Visayas Disaster Resource Center (VDRC) in Mandaue City, Cebu, on Thursday,...
CEBU CITY – Police in Central Visayas will be on heightened alert to ensure peaceful commemoration of the 40th anniversary of EDSA People Revolution on Wednesday, Feb. 25. Police Brig. Gen. Redrico Maranan, chief of Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7), said security measures are...
TACLOBAN CITY – Twenty-one indigent elderlies received post-Valentine’s Day gifts from the Police Regional Office-8 Press Corps in partnership with the Police Regional Office-8 in Padre Burgos, Southern Leyte over the weekend. The activity was part of the PRO-8 Press Corps’ advocacy to build...
ILOILO CITY – The Commission on Population and Development-6 (Western Visayas) is among the top-performing offices of the agency. The CPD-6 under Harold Alfred Marshall was awarded as the second top-performing regional office during the CPD’s 57th founding anniversary this month. “This...
ILOILO CITY—Police seized suspected shabu worth P39.4 million in Western Visayas from Feb. 1 to 15. Police Regional Office-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan said 5.8 kilos of shabu were recovered from 86 drug suspects in 65 anti-drug operations. Thirty-four suspects were considered...
CEBU CITY – More than P5-million worth of illegal drugs and several firearms were seized in a series of police operations that ended on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, in Central Visayas. The Police Regional Office-Central Visayas (PRO-7) reported that from Feb. 8 to 14, 769.27 grams of shabu worth...
ILOILO CITY – All 110 police chiefs in Western Visayas region tested negative in mandatory drug testing this week. The Police Regional Office-6 said that no police commander in Aklan, Antique, Capiz, Guimaras, and Iloilo provinces as well as the capital of Iloilo City was found to be using...
You should always come prepared. Known as a "no-nonsense" educator, stepping into First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos ' class should never be taken lightly as one of her students said. "Every time the First Lady walks into our classroom, she is not the First Lady—she is our Teacher," Danielle...
ILOILO CITY — The Police Regional Office-6 on Monday awarded top performing police officers and units in Western Visayas region. PRO-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Josefino Ligan and Regional Director Juan Jovian E. Ingeniero of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-6) led the...
