“We must enforce control measures to prevent the entry and spread of the African Swine Fever in the municipality of Pavia,” says Sangguniang Bayan member Daniel S. Fajardo II, chairman of the committee on agriculture, market and slaughterhouse.

Pavia ASF task force ordinance approved

ILOILO – The Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Pavia approved on third and final reading the ordinance creating the Pavia African Swine Fever Task Force...

How a college student overcame suicide tendencies

ILOILO City – “If you want to change your situation, start changing your mindset.” This was the message of a 21-year-old girl, a suicide attempt...

PRO-6 cop sacked for pawning service firearm

ILOILO City – A police officer who pawned his government-issued firearm was dismissed from the service. Police Corporal Val Allan Lisay of the Police Regional...

Iloilo COVID beds 81% occupied

ILOILO – The occupancy rate of beds for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in capitol-run hospitals here reached 81.05 percent on Sept. 13. Based on...
Dr. Ma. Luz Delos Reyes, schools division superintendent of Iloilo City, checks learning materials in Jaro 1 Elementary School in Jaro district. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

School opening a success – DepEd; Enrollment extended until Sept. 30

ILOILO City – Despite the challenges due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Education (DepEd) considered the first day of classes in...
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12 more ‘Delta’ cases in Iloilo

ILOILO – This province listed 12 additional cases of the Delta variant of the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) based on the genomic...

Iloilo gets 80 rookie cops

ILOILO – The Police Regional Office 6 recently deployed 80 additional police personnel to the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) as augmentation force for...

COVID NOT SPARING EXPECTANT MOMS

ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has not spared pregnant and postpartum women. In Western Visayas, 982 women – 880 pregnant and 102 postpartum...
“Kinahanglan gid nga magpa-vaccine sila tanan kay ako kaagi na ako, waay ako may nabatyagan. Magpa-vaccine na kamo para indi dali-dali gawa kamo ma-COVID,” says 106-year-old Lucila Sobrevega-Sobremisana. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Ilongga, 106, says vaccine helps

ILOILO – One, if not the oldest, senior citizen to have received a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this province is encouraging other...

City’s average daily COVID cases double

ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in this southern city are still rising. Between Sept. 1 and 12, the city was logging an...