Philippine Information Agency Central Visayas

  TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol, October 5 (PIA) -- Ang T elephone and Radio System Integrated Emergency Response (TaRSIER117) giila isip Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Affiliated Reserve Unit of the Year. Ang pag-ila gihatag niadtong Septembre 30, atol sa  culmination ceremony  sa ika-44  National Reservist Week (NRW)  nga gipahigayon sa Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City. Ang NRW gisaulog matag tuig agi og pag-ila ug pagpasidungog sa kabayanihan ug dili hinakog nga serbisyo nga gihatag sa mga reservist sa nasud ug sa katawhan. Si  Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro  uban ni Gen. Romeo Brawner,  AFP Chief of Staff  ang nitunol sa award ngadto kang Jose Aleto Requeron, ang hepe sa  rescue unit. Ikaduhang higayon kini nga nakadawat ang TaRSIER 117 sa maong  award  diin una niadtong 2014. Ang TaRSIER 117, ang  operations and warning division sa Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO)  sa lal...

DUMAGUETE CITY, Negros Oriental, Feb. 3 (PIA) -- A 50-meter long cable suspended steel hanging bridge will be built in Brgy. Abis, Mabinay town by the GMA Kapuso Foundation, Inc. (GMAKFI). GMAKFI officials together with officials from the Philippine Army (PA) led by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Visayas Commanding Officer LtGen. Benedict Arevalo and PA 302nd Infantry Brigade Commander BGen. Leonardo Peña, and the Mabinay local government recently led the ceremonial groundbreaking and signing of the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to formally the start the project. The hanging bridge will be built over Cansana-an River with the project cost pegged at P6-M. Residents were assured that the hanging bridge will be able to endure a 300kph wind speed or water current and can carry a five-ton load. Arevalo thanked GMAKFI for initiating this project, adding that this would leave a long-term positive impact on the lives of residents in Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDAs...

  CEBU CITY, Cebu, Dec. 28 (PIA) -- The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) together with the Visayas Command Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) have conducted full scale road clearing operations in various areas in Central Visayas recently affected by Typhoon "Odette" (International name: Rai) last Dec. 16. The DPWH has deployed heavy equipment for debris clearing while the AFP provided its own personnel and also heavy equipment to assist in the clearing operations in areas heavily damaged by the typhoon. The Armed Forces deployed a backhoe, road grader, pay loader, two dump trucks and around 17 personnel for road clearing at the municipalities of Carcar to Barili, Barili to Ronda, and Balamban to Tuburan in Cebu Province. The team has cleared the 20-kilometer (km) National Highway from Toledo City to Pinamungajan, and 20 km National Highway from Aloguinsan to Mantalongon, Barili. The AFP has also deployed a backhoe load...