Administration candidates are confident that the influence of Interior Secretary Mar Roxas among his province mates as well as those from nearby provinces in Western Visayas will deliver votes for the Team PNoy senatorial candidates on election day.
ILOILO CITY—Leaders of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines (IBP) in Western Visayas are calling for a stop to the planned repair of the abandoned Iloilo Hall of Justice for safety reasons. In a resolution passed on March 16 at a meeting in Roxas City, the regional governor and presidents of IBP chapters in [...]
Thirty-eight colleges and universities in Western Visayas plan to increase their tuition and other fees next school year, according to a report of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd).
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).
ILOILO CITY—After holding protest actions for more than four months, seven retrenched workers of a cargo forwarding company can now go back to work. The National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) Western Visayas office has ordered Pambato Cargo Forwarders Inc. (PCFI) to reinstate seven workers that it laid off on Oct. 31, 2012. In [...]
WESTERN Visayas (WV) flaunted its awesome form yesterday to down Eastern Visayas, 25-6, 25-11, in the ongoing Shakeys Girls Volleyball Tournament-of-Champions at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium. The win, its third in as many games, pushed the WV belles to the semifinals along with Southern Luzon. However, they will aim to enter the next round with [...]
The amount of damage to crops and infrastructure brought by Typhoon “Quinta” in Western Visayas has reached at least P136 million.
The death toll from Tropical Storm “Quinta” that hit central Philippines on Christmas Day climbed to 17 on Friday as authorities began surveying the damage to thousands of hectares of farmlands.
ILOILO CITY—The Philippine National Police has intensified its crackdown on unlicensed firearms in Western Visayas, warning holders of guns with expired licenses of arrest. Senior Superintendent Wesley Barayuga, deputy regional police director for operations, said owners of firearms without licenses would be held criminally liable after the Dec. 31 deadline for the renewal of gun [...]
The Philippine Army is going into the tourism business, with plans to offer Camp Macario Peralta Jr. in Jamindan town in Capiz province as a side attraction for visitors to the nearby Boracay island-resort.
The military in Western Visayas is aiming to wipe out communist guerrillas in the region in the next two years.
Seven “highly performing” municipalities in Eastern Visayas were granted P1 million each in financial incentive following their compliance to government’s full disclosure policy, Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo said Friday.
After busting a car-theft syndicate that operated in Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao, the police are bringing the campaign against car thieves to Central Visayas, a transshipment hub for vehicles stolen in Luzon.
