Drivers of these modern jeepneys lament their hunger and debts as the national government has yet to pay them for offering “Libre Sakay”. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Modern jeep drivers: Where’s our payment?

ILOILO City – “Gutom na kami… lubong na kami sa utang.”   Drivers of modern jeepneys under the Iloilo City Alliance Operators and Drivers Transport...
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Former Iloilo City police station chief one of 10 outstanding Filipinos

ILOILO City – Police Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Pablito, former police chief of this city’s Police Station 1 and Malay, Aklan police station, was adjudged...
More doses of Sinovac and Moderna vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 arrive at the Iloilo Airport. CAAP Iloilo International Airport

Iloilo indigents getting Moderna shots

ILOILO – Indigent residents in this province or those belonging to the A5 category will be prioritized for vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

Jaro archbishop, Janiuay mayor contract COVID-19

ILOILO City – Archbishop Jose Romeo Lazo of the Archdiocese of Jaro tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to Father Angelo Colada, director...
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Most of Iloilo’s ‘Delta’ cases have recovered

ILOILO – This province has so far recorded eight cases of the more contagious Delta variant of the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),...
With the coronavirus disease pandemic yet to end, there will be no face-to-face classes for the upcoming academic school year 2021-2022, according to the Department of Education. Photo shows a security guard manning the gate of Iloilo National High School in La Paz, Iloilo City. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

ENROLLMENT STARTS AUG. 16; Still no face-to-face classes for new school year

ILOILO City – Parents and learners are given the heads-up: Enrollment for the new academic year 2021-2022 will start on Aug. 16 until Sept....
“The most important thing is not to contaminate the groundwater and not to cause great damage to the environment,” says Mae Magarzo, chief geologist at the Mines and Geosciences Bureau Region 6.

MGB WARNS VS CONTAMINATION; How to choose safe burial ground for COVID fatalities

ILOILO City – The Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) is reminding local government units (LGUs) to carefully assess proposed areas for conversion into safe...
Wearing a facemask, Tata Salveo, 45, shares they, too, in the Ati community are worried for their health amid the coronavirus disease pandemic. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

How are the Ati in Iloilo City coping with the pandemic?

ILOILO CITY – “Ti ano kan-on ko, Neng? Wala man ako obra…” This was what Tata Salveo, a 45-year-old Ati from Barangay Sto. Rosario, Buenavista, Guimaras,...
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Owners of one of the biggest taxi firms in WV die of COVID

ILOILO City – Couple Gary and Donna Rose Ratilla, owners of one of the biggest taxi companies in Western Visayas, succumbed to coronavirus disease...
India’s Covaxin vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019. GETTY IMAGES

Capitol to procure India’s Covaxin

ILOILO – The provincial government is set to procure some 110,000 doses of Covaxin, an inactivated vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) manufactured by...