Health workers in a vaccination facility in Ilocos Sur province prepare to administer COVID-19 vaccines. While the DOH said it has released some P9 billion for the special risk allowance and hazard pay of health workers, many frontliners said they still have not received the benefits promised under the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act or Bayanihan 2. VIGAN CITY GOVERNMENT

CAN LGUS REACH TARGET VACCINEES? Iloilo, Negros Occ. challenged

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA AND IME SORNITOILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) targets to vaccinate 1.2 million Western Visayans against coronavirus disease...
This mural in Barangay Sambag, Jaro, Iloilo City features prominent Iloilo structures such as the provincial capitol, city hall, Iloilo Convention Center, old Jaro municipal hall, the jeepney, and Dinagyang Festival Warriors. The city government will beautify the metropolis with murals, artworks painted or applied directly on walls or other permanent surfaces. The first batch of these murals would be painted in Barangay Sambag, Jaro district. Panay News

Ilonggo values are next year’s Dinagyang highlights

ILOILO City – Next year’s staging of the world-famous Dinagyang Festival would be showcasing Ilonggo values and resiliency in the middle of the coronavirus...
Fewer people are coming to this store in Iloilo City’s downtown area to buy face shields since its use was ordered optional by the national government. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Face shields optional; price down as demand drops

ILOILO City – The optional wearing of face shields is adversely affecting sidewalk vendors. Customers became fewer to none, they said. “Pigado gid. Halin sang...

Postpone brgy polls?

ILOILO City – The regional convention of the Liga ng mga Barangay in Western Visayas will discuss a proposal to postpone the Barangay and...
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COVID booster shots ready for rollout – PHO

ILOILO – The 43 local government units in this province can now start administering coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) booster shots to healthcare workers. “Ara naman...

Cop files raps vs boss for ‘unwanted romantic advances’

ILOILO City – A high-ranking police official of the Guimaras Police Provincial Office (GPPO) is in “hot water”. A neophyte policewoman complained of alleged...
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CLOSURE LOOMS: Mayor warns bars, clubs remiss of COVID protocols

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas would be shutting down bars, nightclubs and other establishments violating health protocols designed to stop coronavirus disease 2019’s...
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3-DAY NAT’L VAXX DRIVE; Goal: 1.2 million vaccinees in WV

ILOILO City – Over 1.2 million Western Visayans are being targeted for inoculation against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the three-day national vaccination drive...
Sangguniang Bayan member Daniel S. Fajardo II has proposed an ordinance waiving one month of rental fee of vendors in the public market of Pavia, Iloilo.

To help Pavia market stall holders, Fajardo proposes ordinance waiving market rental fee

ILOILO – To help stall holders at the public market of Pavia town cope with the adverse economic effects of the coronavirus disease pandemic,...
Early this year, the Regional Trial Court, Branch 118 in Pasay City ordered the arrest of former Iloilo provincial administrator Manuel “Boy” Mejorada. PN FILE PHOTO

NBI nabs convicted ex-prov’l exec Boy Mejorada

ILOILO City – The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested former Iloilo provincial administrator and blogger Manuel “Boy” Mejorada, who was convicted for four...