RETURNEES BRING VIRUS TO ILOILO; Tests discover what’s driving spike in infections

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The surge in fresh cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) here is mostly driven by residents returning from Manila, Cebu and...
WHERE IS YOUR VAX CARD? A young man (left photo) going to Guimaras Island presents his COVID-19 vaccination card, identification card and outbound pass to inspectors at the Parola wharf in Iloilo City. Right photo shows a security guard checking the vaccination card of a boy entering a mall in Mandurriao, Iloilo City. The card inspections aim to restrict the movement of the unvaccinated to supposedly curb the spread of coronavirus. PN PHOTO

Ordinance restricting the unvaxxed mulled

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Office of the City Mayor is proposing a regulation ordinance restricting the movement of those still unvaccinated against coronavirus disease...
A woman boards a passenger jeepney in Jaro, Iloilo City. To ensure physical distancing, jeepneys here may only accommodate passengers to a maximum of 70 percent of their seating capacity. PN PHOTO

Only 70% seating capacity in jeepneys

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ILOILO City – Jeepneys here may only accommodate passengers to a maximum of 70 percent of their seating capacity to ensure physical distancing. This policy...
“Let us continue working together towards a peaceful and rebel-free Panay Island,” says Major General Arevalo, commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division.

Army, Reds clashed in Calinog

Iloilo
ILOILO – Philippine Army troops exchanged fire with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Sitio Masnang, Barangay Marandig, Calinog town on Sunday. The encounter lasted...

Barangay execs ready to ‘guard’ unvaxxed persons

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ILOILO – Barangay officials in this province are ready to carry out what President Rodrigo Duterte recently ordered them to do – restrict in...

NO LOCKDOWN; Iloilo seeks to keep economy afloat amid COVID ‘breakthrough cases’

Iloilo
ILOILO City – This southern city is not implementing a lockdown, Mayor Jerry Treñas clarified, addressing speculations on social media as coronavirus disease 2019...

5 prov’l police directors relieved

Iloilo
ILOILO City – On Saturday night just hours before the election period commenced on Sunday, Jan. 9, five police provincial directors in Western Visayas...
Policemen man a checkpoint in Barangay Ungka, Jaro, Iloilo City. But the national highway is almost empty. Few people are going out. Many are heeding the advice of the city government not to go out unless the trip is essential, due to the rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019. RUBY SILUBRICO

No violators arrested on Day 1 of Comelec gun ban

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Day 1 (Jan. 9) of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) gun ban in relation to the election period – which also...
A hooded witness submits to the Iloilo Provincial Prosecutor’s s Officer an affidavit supportive of the murder complaint that the Iloilo Police Provincial Office filed against several persons in relation to the death of businesswoman Claire Diergos of Pavia, Iloilo. IME SORNITO/PN

Diergos slay case: 10 witnesses safe – IPPO

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The 10 persons who executed affidavits  supporting the Iloilo Police Provincial Office’s (IPPO) murder complaint on the death of businesswoman Claire...
Iloilo has sufficient anti-rabies vaccines so there is no reason for those bitten by rabid animals to seek help from the manugtandok or traditional healers, says Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, Provincial Health Office chief.

Iloilo province records 12 rabies deaths in 2021

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ILOILO – This province recorded 12 deaths due to rabies in 2021 – 200 percent higher than rabies-related deaths reported in 2020 (four). The 12...
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