The police on Tuesday confiscated a large volume of methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” estimated to be worth P250,000 on Boracay Island, one of the biggest drug busts in Western Visayas in recent years.
Thirty-eight colleges and universities in Western Visayas plan to increase tuition and other fees next school year, according to a report of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd).
A South Korean power company is eyeing to build a $22-million (P895.84 million) biomass power plant in Iloilo that is expected to boost the supply of energy on Panay Island.
West Visayas — The amount of damage to crops and infrastructure brought by typhoon “Quinta” in Western Visayas has reached at least P136 million. The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) in Western Visayas reported that the damage to agriculture reached P63,751,909 and P72,559,000 to infrastructure. The typhoon, which hit the region on Dec. 26, left [...]
ORMOC CITY — The Philippine Coast Guard said it has stopped an oil leak from a container vessel that listed in this city’s port on Saturday. Capt. Pablo Gonzales Jr., Ormoc Coast Guard station commander, said on Monday that he ordered the deployment of a spill boom around cargo vessel MV Ocean Legacy to prevent [...]
The province of Aklan has been placed under a state of calamity due to flooding brought by Tropical Storm “Quinta.”
Two persons drowned and two others remained missing in Iloilo, as of Wednesday night, after heavy rains brought by typhoon “Quinta” triggered flooding in several municipalities in the province.
Nearly 5,750 passengers and 82 interisland vessels were stranded at Manila’s North Harbor and 11 other major ports in Bicol, the Visayas, and northern Mindanao due to tropical storm Quinta (international code name: Wukong).
The House of Representatives yesterday mourned the passing of one of its members, Bohol Representative Erico Aumentado.
POLICE and military personnel in the Central Visayas are placed on alert for a possible revenge by the New People’s Army following the arrest of its high ranking officer last Tuesday morning in Negros Oriental.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) on Thursday suspended the operation of 10 Ceres buses of Vallacar Transit Inc. (VTI) that was covered by a franchise to ply in EB Magalona following the accident on Tuesday.
The damage to the palay sector in Negros Occidental due to Typhoon “Pablo’s” wrath could reach millions.
Police intelligence operatives arrested a ranking communist leader in Negros Occidental on Friday, less than 24 hours after two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded in an attack staged by the New People’s Army in Leyte.
