ILOILO CITY – Jails in Western Visayas remain overcrowded despite registering a lower congestion rate of 280 percent in the first six months of this year. THE construction of a new jail facility is underway in Leganes town, Iloilo province. (BJMP-6) According to the Bureau of Jail Management and...
ILOILO CITY – At least 1.4 million students flocked to public schools across Western Visayas region on Monday, July 29, for the opening of classes for the school year 2024-2025. PUPILS of the Iloilo Central Elementary School in Iloilo City during the first day of classes for school year...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Health-6 vowed to improve the immunization rate among children in Western Visayas after they were called out by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in his State-of-the-Nation Address on July 22. “The DOH-6 oversees the enactment of various actions to expand the...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office-6 is ready for the opening of public schools in Western Visayas on Monday, July 29. PRO-6 Director Police Brig. Gen. Jack Wanky said they have deployed an ample number of policemen for the event. “I already gave instruction to all unit commanders to...
ILOILO CITY – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called out Western Visayas region for its low vaccination rate during the third State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 22. TODDLERS and children are immunized in Santa Barbara town, Iloilo province. (DOH-6) “Tuloy-tuloy...
ILOILO CITY — The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is projecting that the economy of Western Visayas is poised to lose P379 billion once Negros Occidental and its capital city of Bacolod separates from the region. A TRUCK carrying sugarcane in Silay City, Negros Occidental province....
ILOILO CITY – The crime rate in Western Visayas dropped by 11.68 percent in the first half of this year. The Police Regional Office-6 recorded 5,529 crime incidents from January 1 to June 30, 731 fewer than the same period last year with 6,260. CAMP Delgado, the Police Regional Office-6...
BACOLOD CITY – A 39-year-old farmer tagged as the No. 2 most wanted person in Western Visayas was arrested by the police in Sitio Amihan, Barangay Celestino Villacin, Cadiz City, Negros Occidental on Thursday, July 18. According to the Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (Nocppo), the...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Western Visayas is eyeing more discussions on the approval of an updated carrying capacity for world-famous Boracay Island in Malay town, Aklan province. “More proper discussions are needed to come up with the proper numbers,”...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is monitoring rice prices in Western Visayas region following a 15 percent tariff reduction early this month. A RICE stall at La Paz Public Market in Iloilo City. (Tara Yap) Grace Benedicto, chief of the DTI-6 Consumer Protection...
By TARA YAP LOILO CITY – Police seized 2,428 firearms and explosives in Western Visayas in the first six months of the year. The Police Regional Office-5 said 2,112 guns and 316 explosives were confiscated from January 1 to June 30. PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) chief Police Gen. Rommel Marbil...
By TARA YAP ILOILO CITY – Three groups were awarded the 2024 Presidential Recognition for Outstanding Development Partners for pushing micro, small, and medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the Western Visayas region. REPRESENTATIVES of the Capiz State University Intellectual Property Management Office,...
