ILOILO CITY – Close to 500,000 students across Western Visayas were affected by the extreme heat that forced the suspension of face-to-face classes on Monday, April 1. STUDENTS at the Iloilo Central Elementary School in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) “As of 3 p.m. on April 1, the total number is...
ILOILO CITY – The Holy Week was generally peaceful in Western Visayas. WESTERN Visayas police chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (left) inspects the Iloilo Airport in Iloilo City during the Holy Week with (from right) Police Col. Ronaldo Palomo and Police Major Renier Doliente of the Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – Extreme heat was felt as people marked Maundy Thursday in Western Visayas. PEOPLE take a break amid the hot weather in Fort San Pedro in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The State weather bureau said that the heat index was on the “dangerous” level with more than 40 degrees...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 has deployed 3,100 policemen to secure Western Visayas this Holy Week. PRO-6 chief Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky ordered the implementation of all security and public safety measures. THE Police Regional Office-6 has deployed 3,100 lawmen to secure...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) awarded six tourism industry players in the Western Visayas region for gender equality as part of the National Women’s Month celebration. AWARDEES of the Icons of Sustainable Tourism Awards and Recognition (ISTaR) with Department of Tourism...
ILOILO CITY – Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky revealed his one-month accomplishment as Police Regional Office-6 (Western Visayas) chief on Monday, March 18. POLICE Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky (center) reports his one-month accomplishment as chief of the Police Regional Office-6. Behind him area (from...
ILOILO CITY – Crops worth more than P726.7 million have been damaged by the dry spell caused by the El Niño in Western Visayas. The Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC), in a report on Tuesday, March 12, that cited the Department of Agriculture (DA)-6, said...
ILOILO CITY – Western Visayas, just a month after registering the lowest inflation rate in five years, recorded a 2.7 percent inflation rate, up 0.7 percent from two percent in January. FRESH fish are sold in a stall at Iloilo Fish Port in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Nelida Amolar, Philippine...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 seized more than P14-million worth of suspected shabu in Western Visayas in the second week of the leadership of Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky. A LADY drug pusher yields P5.5-million worth of shabu in an anti-drug operation in Estancia town, Iloilo...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment (DENR) reiterated the need to preserve the six endemic species of Western Visayas region. “Everyone is called upon to do their fair share in preserving our ecosystems so that native and endemic animals and plants can thrive,” said DENR-6 Regional...
ILOILO CITY – A group of journalists and officials have raised concerns over press freedom after libel cases were filed by Department of Education (DepEd)-6 (Western Visayas) Regional Director Ramir Uytico against four radio anchors of DYRI-RMN Iloilo. UYTICO The National Union of Journalists of...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development-6 has started signing medical and burial assistance agreements with hospitals, funeral companies, and other medical service providers in Western Visayas. SOME of the partner institutions of the DSWD-6 in the implementation of its...
