ILOILO CITY – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-6 is the chair of the Regional Ecotourism Committee (REC) in Western Visayas from 2023 to 2026. DENR-6 Director Livino Duran presides over the Regional Ecotourism Committee meeting in Iloilo City. (DENR-6) The...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) on Friday, Feb. 17, distributed land titles to a total of 1,500 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) across Western Visayas. SECRETARY Conrado Estrella III of the Department of Agrarian Reform distributes land titles to agrarian beneficiaries...
A VENDOR sells fresh fish in Iloilo City. The inflation rate in Western Visayas has eased after 10 months due to lower food and non-alcoholic beverage prices. (Tara Yap) ILOILO CITY – What goes up must come down. The inflation rate in Western Visayas eased 0.2 percent after 10 straight months of...
ILOILO CITY – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Western Visayas was awarded for its drug reduction program for the year 2022 recently. A K-9 dog and its handler check luggage and boxes for illegal drugs at the port of Boracay in Malay town, Aklan province. (PDEA-6) PDEA-6 was named...
BACOLOD CITY -- The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) arrested an alleged drug pusher during a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banago here on Saturday, Feb. 4. The subject was identified as Nemia Jalando-on, 43, of Barangay Banago. According to PDEA, Jalando-on is a regional level target...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said on Saturday, Feb. 4, that it has completed the road concreting works in Carles, Iloilo that provides access to the tourist spots in Gigantes Island in the Western Visayas Region. “As both local and foreign tourists flock the well-known...
ILOILO CITY – Police arrested Western Visayas’ most wanted person in Cabuyao town, Laguna province on Thursday, Feb. 2. The suspect, whose name was withheld by Police Regional Office (PRO-6), is a 62-year old resident of Pototan town, Iloilo province and former member of the Philippine Marine...
ILOILO CITY – Cops of Western Visayas region received a very satisfactory rating in an online survey for their combined performances last year. Cops at Camp Delgado, the Western Visayas regional headquarters in Iloilo City. (PRO-6) The online survey for two semesters of 2022 was conducted by...
ILOILO CITY – The Police Regional Office 6 arrested 525 persons in a week-long anti-crime campaign in Western Visayas. “Our accomplishments are testament of all our efforts to combat the menace of illegal drugs and other forms of criminality that disrupt the peace and order situation in Western...
ILOILO CITY – Farmers in Western Visayas are set to receive certified inbred rice seeds for wet season planting. FARMERS in Western Visayas are set to receive in-bred rice seeds for wet season planting. (DA-6) The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) of the Department of Agriculture...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) has revealed eight new tourism circuits in the Western Visayas region. VISITORS enjoy the sunset at world-famous Boracay Island. (Tara Yap) “The new tourism circuits for 2023 will not only focus on sun and beach or cultural tourism. This will be...
SM Group throws massive support behind Dinagyang, the mother of Philippine festivals MERRYMAKING ON CALLE REAL Contingents from different tribes of various barangays in Iloilo City presenting their dance in the Dinagyang Festival 2023 celebration at the Freedom Grandstand (Juan Carlo de Vela) Over...
