A youngster avails himself of an anti-coronavirus vaccine on the first day of the “Bayanihan Bakunahan” national vaccination drive at SM City Iloilo. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Iloilo City opens COVID-19 pedia vaccination to nonresidents

ILOILO City – The city government has opened its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination sites to children from five to 11 year old regardless...
These long queue of drivers wait for passengers at the district plaza of Arevalo, Iloilo City for hours. A driver tells Panay News only one passenger is also allowed to board each vehicle. Drivers hope for relief from the government to alleviate their economic woes amid the city’s enhanced community quarantine. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

City council sets P15 minimum trike fare

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved on Tuesday a P15 minimum fare in tricycles for the first two kilometers and an additional...
Iloilo City would revert to modified enhanced community quarantine starting Aug. 16 until the end of the month. Travel of persons within Panay Island to Iloilo City by way of land, sea and air will remain limited only for essential purposes such as work, medical needs, accessing government services, transport of goods and/or construction materials, humanitarian purposes; and receiving first/second dose of COVID-19 vaccines; returning overseas Filipino workers, returning Iloilo City residents and authorized person outside residence; and residents of Iloilo and Guimaras provinces. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Over 12K business permits renewed in city

ILOILO City – A sign that city entrepreneurs are ready to continue operating despite the pandemic, 12,287 business establishments here have renewed their permits...
Jeena Amoto, 27, a vegetable seller who graduated summa cum laude with a degree in BSEd Mathematics in 2015 from the West Visayas State University College of Education, placed third in the CHED's Scholar Award with her video entry highlighting the significant contribution of the scholarship to her chosen field and the community.

Pay the kindness forward – WVSU Grad School student shines in CHED’s Scholar Award

BY PHILIP JAYSON D. FALCIS ILOILO City - From selling vegetables to becoming a Summa Cum Laude graduate and currently writing a dissertation when all...
Screengrabs of testimonies including one from Thailand, shows that a major webinar series focusing on assisting teachers with improving their motivation organized by West Visayas State University’s Project FORTH Cluster has made an impact to those teaching in challenged areas. SCREENGRABS BY HAZEL P. VILLA

Major webinar on teacher motivation ends on high note

BY HAZEL P. VILLA ILOILO CITY - A major webinar series focusing on assisting teachers with improving their motivation ended on a high note with...

MORE Power marks 3rd anniversary by going ‘green’

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) marked its third anniversary as the city’s sole power distributor on Feb. 14 by...
A young girl stays calm while being vaccinated against coronavirus disease by Dr. Adriano Suba-an, director of the Department of Health – Region 6, at the West Visayas State University Cultural Center, one of several vaccination sites of the provincial government of Iloilo. PN PHOTO

Over 1,000 kids in Iloilo province vaxxed vs COVID

ILOILO – As of 4 p.m. yesterday, 1,140 children between five to 11 years old in this province received their first dose of the...
The steel bridge in Guimbal, Iloilo is the venue of a Valentine’s Day mass civil wedding on Feb. 14, 2022. One hundred nineteen couples tied the knot. PHOTOS FROM FACEBOOK PAGE OF GUIMBAL, ILOILO

‘Bridge wedding’ for 119 couples on Valentine’s Day

ILOILO – One hundred nineteen couples marked Valentine’s Day yesterday by tying the knot in Guimbal town on an old steel bridge that used...

Army overruns NPA lair

ILOILO City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) seized ammunition and food from a hideout of the New People’s Army (NPA) in...

Attempted murder suspect arrested

ILOILO – A 31-year-old man charged with attempted murder was arrested in his house in Barangay Pajo, Alimodian, Iloilo. Jam Louie Flavio was taken to...