Suspected ‘shabu bodegero’ nabbed

ILOILO City – A suspected stockman (bodegero) of what is believed to be a newly formed drug group operating in this city and province...
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Hypertensive cardiovascular disease Iloilo’s top killer in 2020; Practice healthy lifestyle – PHO

ILOILO – A total of 1,950 residents of this province succumbed to hypertensive cardiovascular disease last year. Based on the data released by the Provincial...
Few more people are slowly filling in the once quiet JM Basa Street in Iloilo City. They may have or not have been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 yet. The Department of Health in Region 6 said a prioritization framework is being followed. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

TIME TO VAX THE A4 GROUP? DOH-6: Follow prioritization framework

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) is reminding local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas to revisit the vaccination guidelines, specifically the...
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NATIONAL INTER-AGENCY TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS: Iloilo city, province under MECQ; rest of WV on...

ILOILO – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) recommended extending this province and Iloilo City’s quarantine status to...
A motorist presents his travel pass to a police officer at a checkpoint in Barangay Mohon, Arevalo, Iloilo City.

Border control points may be sustained until July

ILOILO – The border control points here may be extended until July. However, according to acting provincial administrator Atty. Suzette Mamon, the decision would depend...

DENR, 2 other reg’l gov’t agencies get new heads

ILOILO City – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) in Region 6 has a new officer-in-charge executive director. Livino B. Duran, who assumed...
Observing physical distancing outside the Iloilo Convention Center in Mandurriao, Iloilo City, priority residents wait for their turn to be vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

City gov’t did not ‘officially receive’ anti-COVID jabs for hospitals – exec

ILOILO City – Where’s the property transfer receipt of the more than 17,000 vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) given to hospitals here? “Waay kami...

COVID infects 113 Iloilo cops

ILOILO City â€“ One hundred thirteen personnel of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) have been infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) since last year. IPPO’s...
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Force multipliers make checkpoint work less taxing – IPPO

ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) lauded all force multipliers who have been augmenting the police in the implementation of border control...

SEX, DRUGS & COVID; Pandemic drives sex workers to peddle illegal drugs

ILOILO City â€“ To survive the economic ramifications of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, commercial sex workers here may have shifted to other ventures – like...