‘LIBRE SAKAY’. Modernized jeepneys offering free rides to medical frontliners, essential workers and authorized persons outside residence are back. The “Libre Sakay” will be until Dec. 31 this year. Photo shows one of the 28 modern jeeps of the Iloilo City Alliance of Operators and Drivers Transport Cooperative plying the Ungka Jaro CPU-Iloilo City route and vice versa. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

‘Libre Sakay’ is back In Western Visayas

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ILOILO City – The “Libre Sakay” scheme of the national government is back in Western Visayas. This Service Contracting Program (SCP, Phase 3) covers the...
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Alert Level 1 for Pavia, San Joaquin pushed

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ILOILO – The National Vaccination Operations Center (NVOC) recommended to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) to place...
Major General Benedict Arevalo, commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, repeats his warning to the rebels: “You better choose the best option, which is to surrender and avail yourselves of the government’s reintegration program. Live a normal life with your families.”

Army’s 3ID ‘neutralizes’ 34 rebels

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ILOILO City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) took down 34 New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Panay and Negros islands in...

Ilonggo tops PNPA Class ‘22

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ILOILO – An Ilonggo is graduating as class valedictorian of the Philippine National Police Academy (PNPA) Class of 2022. Cadet Ernie Alarba Padernilla is from...
Police Major Danny Lamera (right) receives a Medalya ng Kasanayan at the Police Regional Office 6 on April 18, 2022. He and six other police officers passed the recent Bar examination and are now lawyers. PRO-6 PHOTO

Seven policemen hurdle Bar exam to become new lawyers

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ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) cited seven police officers who recently passed the Bar exam to become new lawyers. They were...
PALAY QUALITY AUDIT. A personnel of the National Food Authority (NFA) in Negros Occidental conducts a quality audit on the newly-procured palay. This aims to ensure conformity to the set NFA palay quality standards. NFA NEGOCC

Enough rice despite ‘Agaton’ damage to WV agriculture – DA

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ILOILO – Despite the multimillion-peso losses incurred by Western Visayas’ agriculture sector due to massive flooding last week, the region’s rice supply remains sufficient,...
This is the first economic zone in Iloilo province identified by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority – the Iloilo Gateway & Cyberscape in Barangay Mali-ao, Pavia, Iloilo. It is seen to spur more economic activities in the province. PN PHOTO

1st economic zone in Iloilo province opens

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ILOILO – The Iloilo Gateway & Cyberscape in Barangay Mali-ao, Pavia town has been declared an economic zone – the first in the province...

6,407 loose guns in Iloilo

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ILOILO – There are 6,307 firearms in this province that are either unregistered or have expired registrations, data from the Regional Civil Security Unit...

Iloilo City records no new COVID-19 cases for 7 days

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ILOILO City – This city has not recorded new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for seven days – April 2, 3, 11, 13,...
Hand-foot-and-mouth disease is a common infectious disease that occurs most often in children. In most cases, the symptoms are painful sores in the mouth, fever, and a rash with blisters on the feet, hands, and buttocks.

Hand-foot-and-mouth disease up 3,325%

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ILOILO – This province recorded a 3,325 percent increase in cases of hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD), a mild but contagious viral infection common in young...
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