BRITANICO-MULLER SLAY; Ex-city top cop tagged mastermind

ILOILO City – A former director of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) was tagged as the mastermind in two murder cases here in...
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16 kids die of COVID in WV

ILOILO City – Since the start of the pandemic last year, 16 children below 10 years old already died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
The province of Aklan has received CoronaVac (Sinovac), AstraZeneca, Gamaleya Sputnik V, and Pfizer BioNTech vaccines against coronavirus disease. PHO-AKLAN PHOTO

113.88% of health workers in WV vaccinated

ILOILO City – As of Aug. 19, a total of 200,958 health workers in Western Visayas have been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),...
The Delta variant of the virus causing COVID-19 is believed to be the most transmissible variant. According to health experts, it may also be able to partially evade the antibodies made by the immune system after a coronavirus infection or vaccination.

Iloilo logs 16 more ‘Delta’ cases

ILOILO – This province logged 16 additional cases of the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), based on...
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‘BIG PROBLEM’ PhilHealth halts payment for claims

ILOILO City – A really big problem. This was how Mayor Jerry Treñas described Philippine Health Insurance Corp.’s (PhilHealth) temporary suspension of payments for...
In this photo taken in 2015, Panay Bukidnon elder Leopoldo “Tay Polding” Caballero performs the padugo ritual to appease spirits living in the mountains of Calinog, Iloilo where a huge dam would be constructed (the Jalaur River Multipurpose Project – Phase II). PANAY NEWS PHOTO

COVID-19 creeps into IP community; Panay culture bearer infected

ILOILO – A culture bearer of Panay Bukidnon, an Indigenous Peoples (IP) community in Barangay Garangan, Calinog town, tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019...

In 18 days, COVID infects 154 Iloilo City kids

ILOILO City – Between Aug. 1 and Aug. 18 this year, 154 children contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This magnifies the importance of vaccination against...
All schools should consider opening classes late in September, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. UNTV NEWS

Over 121,000 learners enrolled in Iloilo so far

ILOILO – As of Aug. 20, the Department of Education (DepEd) Schools Division of Iloilo recorded 121,849 kinder to senior high school enrollees for...

3ID:War vs rebels will continue; Slain soldier an Ilonggo

ILOILO City – “The war will continue against the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).” This was stressed by the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division...
A health worker administers a dose of a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to this Iloilo City resident at the SM City Iloilo inoculation site. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

DOH DEBUNKS SINOVAC MYTHS; ‘Best vax are those available’

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) brushed off a social media post deriding the safety and efficacy of China-made Sinovac vaccine against...