BRGY-BASED VAXX. Eligible residents wait their turn to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 at the municipal gymnasium of New Lucena, Iloilo. PHO

Iloilo expects 300,000 vaxx deliveries

ILOILO – More than 300,000 doses of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are arriving this weekend. According to Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, head of...

Taskforce to probe Antique brgy exec slay

ILOILO City – The San Jose police station in Antique created a taskforce that will focus on the case of a barangay treasurer who...
Vegetable and fruit stalls in Iloilo City’s Jaro Big Market are bustling with customers on Thursday. Despite the declining coronavirus disease 2019 cases in the metropolis, the city government still enforces rigorous quarantine measures. Iloilo City will be under a general community quarantine starting tomorrow. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

TRAVEL SANS TEST, Iloilo City scraps RT-PCR, quarantine for fully vaxxed travelers

ILOILO City – As this southern city slides to a gentler quarantine starting Saturday, travel would be made easier. The metropolis is welcoming inbound travelers...
The Department of Transportation’s “no inspection, no registration” policy is now being implemented in the cities of Roxas (Capiz) and Bacolod. When Iloilo City gets its own private motor vehicle inspection center accredited, the policy would be enforced, too, according to the Land Transportation Office in Region 6. As of now, two PMVICs in Iloilo City are being constructed. Photo shows a major street in La Paz, Iloilo City with a few vehicles passing by. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

More Iloilo establishments to open under GCQ

ILOILO – Starting Oct. 16, this province shifts to the more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ). More establishments are expected to open in accordance with...

Panay-Guimaras bridge ‘still on drawing board’

ILOILO – Colleagues echoed the call of Ilonggo senator Franklin Drilon to fast track the construction of the 13-kilometer bridge linking Panay and Guimaras...

PDEA-6: Bolivar’s death a big blow to illegal drug trade

ILOILO City – The death of Western Visayas’ top drug suspect Ernesto “Erning” Bolivar was a “big minus factor” to the proliferation of illicit...

4 flyovers taking shape in Iloilo; DPWH vows to beat deadline

ILOILO City – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Region 6 vowed to beat the deadline for the completion of the...
Vaccination against coronavirus disease among the adult population must be prioritized over children aged 12-17 years old, according to Dr. Joselito Villaruz, a pediatrician and president of West Visayas State University. Photo shows minors in Barangay Rizal Pala-pala, Iloilo City. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

City eyes pilot vaxx on minors on Oct. 19

ILOILO City – This city targets to pilot pediatric vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) next week. Mayor Jerry Treñas requested the Inter-Agency Task Force...
Eighty homes and 34 fishing vessels were damaged in Tigbauan, Iloilo by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm “Maring”. MDRRMO TIGBAUAN

‘Maring’ ravages homes, fishing vessels in Iloilo

ILOILO – Torrential rains and strong winds brought by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Tropical Storm “Maring” battered 88 houses and 34 fishing vessels...
Ongoing vaccination in Barangay Inangayan, Santa Barbara, Iloilo. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Santa Barbara has most recipients in village-based vaxx

ILOILO – In this province, Santa Barbara town has the highest number of recipients in the ongoing barangay-based vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Data...