ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines Visayas unveiled a food safety manual titled “Food Safety and Community: A Practical Guide to Food Safety for Food Service” on Friday, May 23. The participatory food safety manual is not only a technical guidebook but also an applicable tool...
CEBU CITY – Close to 30 more barangays in Central Visayas have been declared as drug-cleared following the recent deliberation conducted by the Regional Oversight Committee on Barangay Drug Clearing Program. Headed by the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency-Central Visayas (PDEA-7), the committee...
The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) convened the Inter-Agency Coordinating Cell (IACC) on Friday, May 23, to address the ongoing crisis in Samar caused by the partial closure of the San Juanico Bridge. OCD Undersecretary Ariel Nepomuceno led the IACC meeting at the National Disaster Risk...
ILOILO CITY — Amnesty International Philippines has called on elected and reelected officials in the Visayas to address red-tagging or labelling certain people as communists. “The newly elected local and congressional officials in the Visayas should do better in addressing the red-tagging of...
ILOILO CITY – Department of Public Works and Highways-6 (Western Visayas) Director Sonny Boy Oropel said the graft and corruption charges filed by the Crimes and Corruption Watch International Inc. (CCWII) against him and several individuals were recycled complaints. “A previous complaint was...
ILOILO CITY – Graft and corruption charges have been filed against key officials of the Department of Public Works and Highways-6 for allegedly rigging the bidding process in favor of Iloilo-based International Builders Corp. (IBC), the biggest contractor in Western Visayas region. The complaint...
A new bridge funded by the Japanese government will be constructed between Santa Rita town of Samar, and Tacloban City to support the Department of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) retrofitting of the San Juanico Bridge and help sustain connectivity across Eastern Visayas. DPWH Secretary Manuel...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas region dropped for the second straight month, by 0.8 percent, from 2.7 percent in March to 1.9 percent in April. “The downtrend in the Western Visayas inflation rate in April was mainly due to the slower annual growth in the index of food and...
CEBU CITY – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has arrested a group of Taiwanese for their alleged involvement in scamming activities. The suspects, 16 males and one female, were arrested in their makeshift office in a subdivision here on Thursday, May 15. Six of them have standing...
TACLOBAN CITY – The Regional Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Council (RDRRMC) placed the entire Eastern Visayas region under blue alert status on Friday due to the impact of the San Juanico Bridge load limit. "Starting today, all concerned agencies will mobilize resources to help those...
ILOILO CITY – A man was arrested for alleged vote-buying in Madalag town, Aklan province on Sunday, May 11. The Police Regional Office-6 disclosed that the 56-year-old suspect was arrested in a checkpoint. Police Lt. Col. Arnel Solis, PRO-6 spokesperson, said the man was carrying several...
ILOILO CITY – Almost 36,000 teachers in Western Visayas region, including Negros Occidental province, are serving as members of the electoral board for the May 12 polls. TEACHERS and other Department of Education staff serve as electoral board members in Iloilo City for the May 12 elections....
