Photo shows LTO-6 personnel inspecting a vehicle in front of Arevalo Elementary School in Arevalo, Iloilo City. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

LTO-6 to parents, guardians: Bar underaged kids from driving or face charges

ILOILO City – The Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Region 6 is reminding parents and guardians to prohibit minors – these are children below...
TREÑAS

Treñas cites Ilonggo virtues as fundamental pillars vs COVID-19

ILOILO City – In the celebration of this city’s 84th Charter Day yesterday, Mayor Jerry Treñas highlighted Ilonggos’ virtues as fundamental pillars in the...

Comelec-6 has new director

ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Western Visayas has a new director. Lawyer Wilfred Jay Balisado was the former director of Comelec...
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‘GET AHEAD OF THE VIRUS’ Assume there’s Delta transmission already – DOH

ILOILO City – Assume there’s already a community transmission of the more contagious Delta variant of the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in...
The Iloilo River Esplanade has become a tourist-draw. There, people can walk, jog and enjoy the relaxing ambiance. Today however, huge crowds are not expected to fill the esplanade despite Iloilo City’s marking of its Charter Day. Mass gatherings are prohibited due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Iloilo City’s Charter Day fete goes virtual due to pandemic

ILOILO City – Today marks the 84th Charter Day of this southern city. However, due to quarantine restrictions brought about by the coronavirus disease...

PhilHealth stonewalls on P932-M debt to hospitals, lab

ILOILO City – The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has yet to pay the P932.322-million claims of nine hospitals here and the Uswag Molecular...
QUIÑON

Iloilo posts highest weekly COVID cases; breach of protocol tagged reason

ILOILO – Between Aug. 15 to Aug. 21 (morbidity week 34), the province registered 1,927 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), its highest...

206 fugitives arrested, 102 guns seized in a week

ILOILO City – During a week-long simultaneous police operation, the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) apprehended 206 wanted persons and seized 102 firearms. From Aug....
The president’s spokesperson Harry Roque says vaccine availability has improved since the WHO set up COVAX to distribute US-made Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots and Sinovac and Sputnik V shots from Russia. INQUIRER/GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

‘IPS SCARED OF VACCINES’; DOH to boost campaign

ILOILO – Most Panay Bukidnon, an Indigenous Peoples (IP) community in Barangay Garangan, Calinog town, have yet to be vaccinated against coronavirus disease  2019...

Border checkpoints back in Iloilo City

ILOILO City – Border control checkpoints in this southern city are being revived. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections continue to mount. “We have community transmission...