ILOILO CITY – Twenty-seven violators of the gun ban in the barangay elections next month were arrested in Western Visayas as of September 11. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in San Dionisio town, Iloilo province in line with the 2023 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections. (Tara Yap)...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-6 will release an initial P3.75 million in cash aid for small rice retailers in Western Visayas. "We are fast-tracking the processing of the subsidy so that the micro rice retailers will get the aid as soon as possible,” said...
ILOILO CITY – The inflation rate in Western Visayas went up in August after five straight months of decline. The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)-6 said the inflation rate increased by 0.3 percent to 6.1 percent from 5.8 percent in July. A MARKET stall at La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City....
ILOILO CITY – Rains from the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by typhoon “Goring” damaged 558 classrooms in Western Visayas. Eighteen of these were totally damaged. A CLASSROOM of the Bia-an Elementary School in Hamtic town, Antique province was flooded due to the southwest monsoon...
ILOILO CITY – Police have arrested 12 civilians in Western Visayas for violating the gun ban in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections next month. The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 said these individuals were apprehended in checkpoint operations spearheaded by the Commission...
ILOILO CITY – The University of the Philippines-Visayas has published the Western Visayas Journalists’ Guide. CHANCELLOR Clement Camposano and Dr. Zoilo Andrada Jr. (right) of the University of the Philippines (UP)-Visayas in Iloilo City present the Western Visayas Journalists’ Guide with...
ILOILO CITY – Rains enhanced by typhoon “Goring” left one person dead and more than 380,000 people affected in Western Visayas. A ROAD in Sibalom town, Antique province cracked due to the southwest monsoon enhanced by typhoon ‘Goring.’ (Sibalom MDRRMO) The Office of Civil Defense (OCD)-6...
ESTANCIA, Iloilo – Majority of public schools in Western Visayas officially opened classes on Thursday, August 31, after two days of postponement due to heavy rain and flooding from the southwest monsoon enhanced by typhoon “Goring.” STUDENTS at Estancia Central Elementary...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has released an initial P1 million in aid for flood victims and others displaced by the southwest monsoon or “habagat” enhanced by typhoon “Goring” in Western Visayas. DSWD-6 distributes relief goods to an elderly...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Education said that 3,848 public schools in Western Visayas postponed the opening of classes on Tuesday, August 29, due to incessant rain and flood. RUFINA Andrada Santos Memorial School in Roxas City, Capiz proceeds with the opening of classes on Tuesday, August...
ILOILO CITY – Police seized suspected shabu worth more than P1 million from five drug pushers in a buy-bust operation amid rainy weather in Baragay Boulevard, Molo District here on Monday night, August 28. The Iloilo City Police-City Drug Enforcement Unit nabbed Al-June Manyalac Mateo, John...
ILOILO CITY – The start of the election period in the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections on Monday, August 28, in Western Visayas was generally peaceful, the Police Regional Office-6 said. POLICE conduct a checkpoint in Pavia town, Iloilo province at the start of the election period in...
