CEBU CITY – The Duterte administration’s war against drugs has taken a toll on the illicit activities of personalities involved in the illegal trade, an official said Tuesday. Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)-Central Visayas regional director Levi Ortiz said in a social media post the “situation on the ground” has changed compared to the previous…
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Antique province will be under general community quarantine (GCQ) from July 1 to 31, Governor Rhodora Cadiao announced on Tuesday. The National Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) gave the province a stricter quarantine classification from its current modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status….
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – The Antique provincial board is mourning the death of their former colleague Dr. Juris Lim Juanitez, 59, who succumbed to cardiac arrest on June 28, 2021. “We lost another good doctor in the northern part of Antique who unselfishly dedicated his profession to help the Antiqueños,” said Vice Governor…
TACLOBAN CITY – Red tide bloom has expanded in Eastern Samar as the phenomenon remains in five other bays in Eastern Visayas region, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) reported on Tuesday. BFAR said red tide has again bloomed in the coastal waters of Guiuan in Eastern Samar, which is adjacent to Matarinao…
BACOLOD CITY – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology in Western Visayas (BJMP-6) has launched a manhunt operation for the five inmates or persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) who bolted the Negros Occidental District Jail (NODJ) in Tabunan, Bago City early morning on Tuesday. The escapees were identified as Francisco Epogon, of Barangay Isio,…
TACLOBAN CITY – The city government here has urged village officials to help strictly impose movement restrictions as the city marks its annual fiesta celebration on Wednesday. Mayor Alfred Romualdez said on Tuesday that village officials should be serious in imposing the no visitor rule especially on June 29 and 30 where people from outside…
