Stranded folk from Western Visayas may now go home

09/17/2020

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — Stranded residents from Western Visayas can now go home after the national task force overseeing the government response to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) partially lifted the suspension of travel to the…

IATF lifts suspension of LSI inbound travel in Western Visayas

Krissy Aguilar 09/16/2020

MANILA, Philippines — Inbound travel for returning residents in Guimaras, Iloilo, Negros Occidental, Antique and Iloilo City may now resume, the Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) on Emerging Infectious Diseases’s Resolution No. 71, released Wednesday, said. “The temporary…

IATF to share PBB model with Western Visayas LGUs

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 09/02/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — The Project Balik Buhay (PBB), which started implementation in the tricities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Lapu-Lapu, will now be shared with the cities of Bacolod and Iloilo City to especially help in the…

Cloudy skies with chance of rains over Mimaropa, Western Visayas, Northern Mindanao

Katrina Hallare - Inquirer.net 07/04/2020

MANILA, Philippines — An intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) will bring cloudy skies with a chance of rains over Mindoro, Marinduque, Romblon and Palawan (Mimaropa), as well as Western Visayas and Northern Mindanao, the state weather bureau said…

Magnitude 3.5 earthquake felt in Antique

Rosalie Abatayo 04/13/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — At least two earthquakes were felt in parts of the Visayas this Monday morning, April 13, 2020. At 9:22 a.m. today, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake jolted parts of Antique province, Western Visayas, the…

EO 70 a huge factor in campaign against insurgency in Central, Western Visayas

Florence Baesa 12/18/2019

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental–The government is gaining in its campaign to end insurgency problems through Executive Order No. 70, which aims to address root causes of insurgency through the Whole-of-Nation approach and the creation of the National…

Trough of LPA to bring rains over Mindanao — Pagasa

Faye Orellana - INQUIRER.net 09/01/2019

MANILA, Philippines — The weather bureau said on Sunday that the trough of low pressure area (LPA) will bring rainy weather over the Mindanao region. In its 4 a.m. weather forecast, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical…

Nine from Visayas vie for Ms. Teen Philippines 2019 title

PR 04/27/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – Nine beauties from the Visayas will compete in the Ms. Teen Philippines 2019 pageant scheduled on May 8, 2019 at the New Frontier Theater, Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City. They will compete with…

Finance Sec: Poverty in Visayas regions ‘vivid’

Inquirer.net 04/21/2018

Visayas regions were “top of mind” in the Duterte administration’s drive to reduce poverty, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III said. “When we speak of the need for equitable, more inclusive growth, the Visayas region should be top…

Police shift focus from ‘Oplan Tokhang’ to ‘Oplan Katok’

Nestle L. Semilla 02/03/2017

With the suspension of police operations in the war on drugs, police in the Visayas and Negros are refocusing their efforts from implementing Oplan Tokhang to implementing Oplan Katok which is the police campaign against loose firearms.…

The Visayan Sea is off-limits anew to commercial fishers until February 2017

Michelle Joy L. Padayhag 11/29/2016

It’s a close season for fishing again in the Visayan Sea. Allan Poquita, assistant regional director of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in Central Visayas (BFAR-7), announced yesterday during the 888 News Forum at Marco…

The joy of creating handmade toys and crafts

Morexette Erram 11/27/2016

Himamaylan, a city with a population of no more than 500,000 since 2015, situated on the western seaside of Negros Occidental. A national road cuts across it, and north-bound, is Mount Kanlaon, the highest peak in Western…

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