Visayas

A flagship program of Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez, the initiative seeks to boost healthcare delivery mainly for indigent residents through in-patient services in major hospitals.

In a stakeholders meeting called by Antique Governor Rhodora Cadiao last January, the contractor of the PHP517.8 million housing project, Eddmari Construction and Trading, committed to energizing a mini-dam near the housing site to serve as water source within three months, Eby Archangel Butiong, head of the Antique Provincial Housing Affairs and Resettlement Office (PHARO), said in an interview Tuesday.

Provincial Board Member Glenn Anthony Soco said the call for the creation of MCDA akin to Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) was first raised during the previous administration amid complaints that heavy traffic in Metro Cebu has been affecting the lives of many residents and the economic productivity of the province.

In a statement on Sunday, Brig. Gen. Sidney Villaflor, regional director of Police Regional Office-Western Visayas, said the huge amount of illegal drugs confiscated “underscores the unwavering commitment of law enforcement agencies in the region to combat illegal drug activities.”

Visayas Command chief, Lt. General Benedict Arevalo, said the task force empowers citizens to take the lead to pursue their community’s peace and development.

The three-day festival, taken from the words “Baco” for Bacolod and “Lao Diat”, a Fookien term for celebration, is now on its 19th edition and has returned to the original site in North Capitol Road and Lacson Street this year.

All the projects were funded under the 20-percent Provincial Development Fund, Gov. Nilo Demerey Jr. told the Philippine News Agency on Friday.

Mayor Nacional Mercado said he has ordered the activation of barangay (village) responders, strict implementation of quarantine procedures through the establishment of checkpoints, and setting up of temporary movement control measures.

Governor Arthur Defensor on Thursday assured the provincial government is prepared to assist Iloilo farmers affected by the El Niño phenomenon.

The City of Cadiz in northern Negros Occidental is positioning itself to become an agricultural hub that will supply goods to Metro Manila through...