COA flags Iloilo City pandemic response spending
ILOILO City – The Commission on Audit (COA) questioned some of the city government’s spending last year. These included the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Amid pandemic, residential power usage increases
ILOILO – Community quarantine restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic forced people to stay home, pushing power consumption up.
Since last year, power consumption...
92 percent of city’s COVID deaths unvaxxed
ILOILO City – Majority of those who died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this southern city were unvaccinated against the viral disease.
Between Jan....
WV cops now use body cams
ILOILO City – Personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Western Visayas are now wearing body cameras during operations.
“These are beneficial both to...
Over 1.3M Western Visayans get first dose of COVID vax
ILOILO City – In Western Visayas, 1,335,307 individuals got their first dose of anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines.
Based on the vaccination report (as of...
Incentivizing seniors is Dumangas’ one way to entice vaccinees
ILOILO – The local government unit of Dumangas town has found a way to encourage more senior citizens to get vaccinated against coronavirus disease...
Obey traffic rules, ICPO tells drivers
ILOILO City – Obey the traffic rules or get citation tickets.
This was the warning of the Traffic Enforcement Unit (TEU) of Iloilo City Police office (ICPO) to drivers...
VAX IN VILLAGES; 4,448 city residents inoculated in a day
ILOILO City – The first day of the barangay-based and house-to-house coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination of the city government successfully inoculated 4,448 residents.
Of...
Panay epic chanter dies of COVID
ILOILO – Panay Bukidnon, an Indigenous Peoples (IP) community in Barangay Garangan, Calinog town, lost a respected elder to the ongoing pandemic.
Leopoldo “Tay Polding”...
1,950 die of hypertensive cardiovascular disease in 2020
ILOILO – Deaths due to hypertensive cardiovascular disease in this province rose sharply to 1,950 in 2020 from an average of 520 yearly from...