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City to establish tele-counseling for quarantined patients

ILOILO City – The city government is cognizant of the importance of mental health especially among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in quarantine facilities. It...
Irish Magno (third from right) receives a giant replica of her incentive from the Iloilo provincial government. Thursday morning’s turnover was graced by (from left) Provincial Board members June Mondejar and Matt Palabrica, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., Provincial Board members Dorothy Paes and Marcelo Valetine Serag. 

Olympian Magno receives incentive from capitol; plans to build a house

ILOILO – Ilongga boxer Irish Magno finally received her P300,000 cash incentive from the provincial government. The 30-year-old saw action (flyweight) in the recent Tokyo...
Supreme Court ruling, placing power supply agreements submitted by Meralco and other distribution utilities under the Competitive Selection Process, will likely place more than 13 million consumers at a disadvantage. VIDEOBLOCKS

Calls snowball for cheaper electricity in Pavia

ILOILO – Residents of Pavia town welcomed their Sangguniang Bayan (SB) resolution seeking affordable electricity for the municipality. The body unanimously passed such resolution on...
Members of the Ati community in Barangay Lanit, Jaro, Iloilo City get vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019. PHOTOS BY SYLVIA ELOSENDO OF LANIT ATI COMMUNITY, EA HECTOR ALEJANO

COVID vaccination reaches Ati community, too

ILOILO City – Thirty-five adult residents of the Ati community in Barangay Lanit, Jaro district availed themselves of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “The...
TREÑAS

SP authorizes Treñas to file complaint vs PhilHealth

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) authorized Mayor Jerry Treñas to sue officers of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) in Region 6...
This Vallacar Transit terminal for its popular Ceres buses in Barangay Camalig, Jaro, Iloilo City is the biggest in Panay Island. Labor issues are further complicating the leadership tug-of-war at Vallacar Transit, the country’s biggest transport company. Disgruntled company workers raised several issues that included payroll deductions, among others. IAN PAUL CORDERO

Vaccine for Iloilo City drivers, market traders, house helpers

ILOILO City – The city government is next targeting public utility vehicle drivers and conductors, market traders and house helpers for vaccination against coronavirus...
This is how coronavirus disease 2019 fatalities are buried in San Joaquin, Iloilo. Personnel of funeral parlors are the ones burying the dead. SAN JOAQUIN MDRRMO

How is San Joaquin town laying COVID cadavers to rest

ILOILO – Following the slowdown of operations of the Gegato-Abecia Funeral Parlor and Crematorium in Iloilo City since the first week of August, the...

WV cops gear up for ‘ber’ months

ILOILO City – In the coming days, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) will be deploying more police officers in public places across Western...
DEFENSOR

Iloilo guv open to include minors in COVID vax

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. is ready to make adjustments should the national government include children aged 12 to 17 years old to...
“Electricity is a prime commodity. All of us live with it. The decrease of its cost has a direct impact to the lives of our constituents,” says Sangguniang Bayan member Daniel S. Fajardo II of Pavia, Iloilo.

CHEAPER POWER SOUGHT; Pavia’s inclusion to MORE Power service area suggested

ILOILO – Affordable electricity for the bustling municipality of Pavia is being sought. The town’s Sangguniang Bayan (SB) unanimously passed a resolution seeking such...