GROCERY store workers rest in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – The unemployment rate in Western Visayas or Region 6 dropped as restrictions from the Covid-19 pandemic ease and businesses are returning to more normal operations. Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
The alleged spokesperson of the Islamic State-East Asia (ISIS-EA) was killed in a military operation in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao on Monday, June 6. Abdulfatah Omar Alimuden alias Abu Huzaifah, the alleged spokesperson of the Islamic State-East Asia (ISIS-EA), was killed in a military...
A MAKESHIFT hospital in a gym in Maasin, Iloilo when the province had a dengue outbreak in 2019. (Leo Solinap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas or Region 6 recorded 297 new cases of the mosquito-borne disease dengue in just one week. The Department of Health-Region 6 (DOH...
A COUPLE walks on the white sand beach of Boracay with the iconic Willy’s Rock in the background. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-Region 6 (Western Visayas) considers the rehabilitation of world-famous Boracay Island as a...
GROCERY store workers take a break in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) ILOILO CITY – Days before a minimum wage increase across Western Visayas or Region 6 takes effect, five major business groups in Iloilo City, Iloilo, and Capiz have appealed for a lower daily rate. The Iloilo...
DSWD Secretary Rolando Joselito Bautista leads the inauguration of a newly constructed agency operations center, motorpool, and information technology building to serve its beneficiaries in Western Visayas. (DSWD) As it aims to further improve the delivery of social protection packages to its...
ILOILO CITY – Eight cases of the Covid-19 Omicron subvariant BA.2.12.1 have been recorded in Region 6 or the Western Visayas region. The Department of Health (DOH) confirmed five additional cases of the Omicron subvariant in the region Tuesday, May 31. Three of the five new cases are...
ILOILO CITY – Prices of basic commodities in Western Visayas rose in April this year. A vendor wearing a face shield sells vegetables at a market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap/File/Manila Bulletin) According to the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), inflation in rate in the region has accelerated...
ILOILO CITY – One of the five regions where there is a large concentration of voters is Western Visayas with its more than five million registered voters. Tarpaulins of local and national candidates at a jeepney stop in Iloilo City. The city has 330,470 eligible voters for the May 9 national and...
ILOILO CITY -- Almost 16,500 law enforcers composed of units coming from the Philippine National Police, Army and Philippine Coast Guard have been deployed across Western Visayas region to secure the national and local elections on Monday (May 9). The deployment of security forces for the May 9...
ILOILO CITY -- Musicians from Western Visayas are joining a call to institutionalize benefits and boost their rights. A band plays at a campaign concert for Ako Musikero Party-list in Iloilo City. (Photo courtesy of Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) “Ga salig sila sa tukar. Kon wala tukar, wala guid sila...
ILOILO CITY – A total of 4,119 cops across Western Visayas region were able to cast their votes ahead of the May 9 national and local elections. Based on the data released by Police Regional Office (PRO-6), the turnout was 96.76 percent of the total 4,257 cops allowed to avail the Local Absentee...
