CEBU CITY – The Land Transportation Office-Central Visayas (LTO-7) is aiming to release at least 500,000 license plates this year. LAND Transportation Office-Central Visayas chief Glen Galario (center) graces a press briefing to talk about his programs as head of the agency. (Calvin D. Cordova)...
ILOILO CITY – The unemployment rate in Western Visayas last January went up even after economic activities have returned to normal as the pandemic waned.  GROCERY store workers rest in Iloilo City.  (Tara Yap) Data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said the...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 on Sunday, July 2, revealed a significant improvement in various anti-criminality programs in the Western Visayas region. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, acting PRO-6 director, said the combined accomplishment rate increased with operations...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) has noted that Western Visayas only has a 28 percent of renewable energy utilization rate since 2021. THE Regional Development Council (RDC)-6 holds an Investment Forum on Renewable Energy in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Based on the National Renewable...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office (PRO)-6 arrested a total of 2,591 illegal gamblers in Western Visayas in the first half of this year. Police Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, PRO-6 acting director, said they were arrested by various police units in 814 anti-gambling operations from Jan. 1 to...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 reported on Monday, June 26, that 62 towns in Western Visayas region have hogs infected with African Swine Fever (ASF). HOGS ready to be transported in Iloilo province. (Tara Yap) “ASF has now penetrated the region,” said Jose Albert...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)-Region 6 has urged parents in Western Visayas to avail of amnesty if they falsified or tampered the birth certificates of their children. THE Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 conducts a forum in Iloilo City on a...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) reported on Sunday, June 25, that six people drowned in Western Visayas during the Feast of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday, June 24. A PHILIPPINE Coast Guard personnel monitors revelers in a beach in Aklan during the Feast of Saint...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health (DOH)-6 said on Friday, June 23, that 25 cases of the mosquito-borne disease Japanese encephalitis were recorded in Western Visayas. DOH-6 said Iloilo had the most number of Japanese encephalitis cases with 12, including four fatalities. Seven cases were...
ILOILO CITY – Seventy-three children are up for adoption in Western Visayas, the Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 said. THE Regional Alternative Child Care Office (RACCO)-6 conducts a forum on a new law that makes legal adoption easier in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) The RACCO-6 has...
BACOLOD CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency said 3,656 out of the 4,051 barangays in Western Visayas or 90.25 percent have been cleared of illegal drugs. A PHILIPPINE Drug Enforcement Agency K-9 inspects luggage at the public transport terminal in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 on Monday, June 19, announced the purchase of 5,000 drug test kits for organic personnel at its headquarters in Camp Delgado here. "This is my way of checking my personnel’s integrity and commitment to their sworn duty. As law enforcers, they must have...
