CEBU A DRUG ‘HOT SPOT’

Ador Vincent S. Mayol, Calvin D. Cordova, Inna Gian Mejia, Morexette Marie B. Erram 07/13/2017

DUTERTE SAYS More than P400 million worth of drugs had been seized while at least 9,000 drug suspects were arrested and about 400 others killed in Central Visayas since July 1 last year. About 90 percent of…

Central Visayas eyes more visitors this year

Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/27/2017

5.95M TOURISTS IN 2016 Greater collaborative work is expected from tourism stakeholders in Central Visayas as the region sets its eyes on welcoming more visitors this year. Latest data from the Department of Tourism in Central Visayas…

Selling CebuCebu, Central Visayas

Norman Mendoza, Victor Anthony V. Silva 06/27/2017

Cebu Travel Exchange organizers optimistic of linking tourism industry’s buyers and sellers Despite the negative publicity the Philippines has been getting lately, organizers of the Cebu Travel Exchange (CTX) are determined to continue promoting Cebu and Central…

AFP Central Command sends Army battalion to Mindanao

Benjie B. Talisic, Nestle L. Semilla 06/17/2017

  The Armed Forced of the Philippines -Central Command (CentCom) is sending one Army Battalion from Panay to the Western Mindanao Comand (Westmincon) today, following a directive from the headquarters of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.…

DUTERTE TO SUSPEND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

Nestle Semilla 05/31/2017

IF CONFLICT SPREADS TO VISAYAS DAVAO CITY — President Rodrigo Duterte warned on Wednesday that he would suspend the writ of habeas corpus in the Visayas if the threat of terrorism extended beyond Mindanao. Speaking during the…

Alert up

Benjie Talisic 05/18/2017

CENTRAL VISAYAS AND NEGROS ISLAND    The police in Central Visayas raised an alert status in the region in the wake of the sighting of a group of armed men in Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental, even…

8 schools in Central Visayas ask for tuition fee increase

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/17/2017

  Eight schools in Central Visayas applied for a tuition fee increase in all levels for the school year 2017 to 2018. Freddie Bernal, regional director of Commission on Higher Education (CHED-7), said of the eight schools,…

Police officer’s confiscated phone shows terrorist videos

Ador Vincent S. Mayol 05/08/2017

SUPT. MARIA CRISTINA NOBLEZA A forensic exam on the cellular phone seized from Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza — the police officer caught in Bohol with a suspected Abu Sayyaf bomb maker — showed that she kept videos…

IN CENTRAL VISAYAS More underage girls pregnant

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 05/06/2017

Pregnancies occurred in areas devastated by Super Typhoon Yolanda More girls as young as 12 to 13 years old are getting pregnant in Central Visayas, the regional Population Commission (PopCom) office said yesterday. Carl Dave Black Ang,…

Central Visayas’ economy grew by 8.8 percent in 2016

Aileen Garcia-Yap 05/04/2017

Central Visayas registered a robust economic growth last year ending the year with P525 billion gross regional domestic product (GRDP), an 8.8 percent growth, sustaining its position as among the fastest growing region in the country. The…

Crisis presents bigger, better tourism opportunities for Central Visayas

Victor Anthony V. Silva 04/30/2017

Abu Sayyaf in Bohol, the aftermath  Tell the truth. Show that Central Visayas is safe. This is one of the best ways to negate the negative impact of the Bohol clashes and travel advisories issued in the…

OCD-7 to release additional cash aid for casualties

Intern 04/25/2017

  THE Office of Civil Defense (OCD-7) in Central Visayas has announced that it will release financial aid to the families of those who died when Tropical Depression Crising hit northern Cebu last Easter Sunday. OCD-7 will…

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