Closer to justice: Court voids search warrants vs Tumandok

ILOILO City – Seven search warrants against members of the indigenous people’s (IP) group Tumandok  in Tapaz, Capiz were quashed by the Regional Trial...
The Peryahan ng Bayan lottery outlet on Arroyo Street, Iloilo City has been shut down by the police. Its operations are illegal, according to a city councilor. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

‘COURT SAYS IT’S ILLEGAL’ ; Peryahan ng Bayan padlocked

ILOILO City – The Peryahan ng Bayan lottery outlet on Arroyo Street was padlocked yesterday by the Regional Special Operations Group of the Police Regional...
These medical frontliners are stationed at the arrival area of the Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo to test the arriving residents. President Rodrigo Duterte says he will not ease the quarantine protocols for the returning overseas Filipino workers due to presence of foreign variants of coronavirus disease 2019 in the country. JERRY TREÑAS/FACEBOOK

Special risk allowance for over 1,000 Iloilo health frontliners

ILOILO – Over 1,000 frontline health workers in provincial government-run hospitals here are set to receive special risk allowance (SRA). “On process na sia…gina-comply naton ang accounting and auditing...
Iloilo City’s Sen. Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Avenue, also called Diversion Road, will soon be equipped with security cameras that could boost the city’s campaign against road violations and even crimes. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Iloilo’s Diversion Road to get ‘more eyes’

ILOILO City – Twelve closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will soon be installed along the 14-kilometer stretch of the Sen. Benigno S. Aquino Jr. Avenue,...
Food delivery servicemen in Iloilo City are now required to secure health cards from the City Health Office to ensure food and health safety. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

‘Food delivery riders must secure health cards’

ILOILO City – Food delivery servicemen must have health cards as proof that they are healthy and free from diseases. “We are for the safety...

PRO-6 nets 235 fugitives, 77 drug suspects in a week

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) arrested 235 wanted persons and 77 drug pushing suspects in one week (July 5 to...
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

A SHOOT FOR THE MOON’ Iloilo SP to ask US, EU for surplus vaccines

ILOILO – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) will ask for surplus vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Canada, United States, Australia, Israel, United Kingdom,...
Photo courtesy of Inner Space Counselling

WV cops warned vs extramarital affairs

ILOILO City – Morally upright models of the people. This is what police officers ought to be, according to the Police Regional Office 6...
Pedestrians cross the Diversion Road in Iloilo City. From moderate risk last week, the city has been reclassified by the Department of Health as high risk area for coronavirus disease 2019. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Iloilo City ‘high risk’ for COVID-19 anew

ILOILO City – From moderate risk last week, this southern city has been reclassified by the Department of Health (DOH) as a high risk...
A healthcare worker gives an elderly a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the Marian Hall of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Parish in Barangay Calumpang, Molo, Iloilo City. Barangay Calumpang is the pilot site of barangay-based vaccination in the metro. The city will also open inoculation sites in Calaparan (Arevalo district) and San Juan and Boulevard in Molo. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Target Pfizer COVID vaccine recipients no show? Iloilo City has ‘quick substitution list’

ILOILO City – On July 9, several “qualified” individuals for Pfizer BioNTech vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were reportedly not able to make...