Iloilo hospital ordered to expand COVID bed capacity
ILOILO – Anticipating a surge in infections, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. ordered provincial government-run hospitals to expand their bed capacity for coronavirus disease 2019...
COVID NOT SPARING KIDS; Pfizer vaccines eyed
ILOILO City – Seventeen children positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are in various hospitals here. Mayor Jerry Treñas has expressed alarm.
In one hospital,...
DOH-6 defends P1-M catering ‘contract price’
ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 6 saw nothing wrong with spending over P1 million for catered meals.
The Commission on...
Cong. Garin positive for COVID
ILOILO City – Former Health secretary and now Iloilo 1st District congresswoman Janette Garin tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
She is on home quarantine...
‘Bulig Ilonggo’ 24/7 hotline for OFWs in Afghanistan
ILOILO – The provincial government has opened Bulig Ilonggo 24/7 hotline numbers for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) affected by the current conflict in Afghanistan, and...
Non-residents off-limits to Oton town
ILOILO – Barangay control points are up in every barangay in Oton town. Village officials also started requiring quarantine passes. Movement is limited to...
‘No protocol breach,’ says Santa Barbara’s ABC prexy
ILOILO – The president of the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) in Santa Barbara town is brushing off allegations of a protocol breach when...
‘Surprise’ drug test for 51 city policemen
ILOILO City – Fifty-one police personnel of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) underwent surprise drug testing on Tuesday.
They submitted urine samples to the...
BRGYS IN BORDERS, COASTS ‘HIGH RISK’; Iloilo City to prioritize these areas for COVID...
ILOILO City – A new risk database system classifies border and coastal barangays here as “high risk” areas for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
These villages...
DOH releases almost P700M for WV health workers’ SRA
ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) has released almost P700 million already for the Special Risk Allowance (SRA) of Western Visayas healthcare...