P25 pandemic allowance not enough – labor

ILOILO City – Wage subsidy would be a big help to laborers, according to militant and labor groups in Panay Island. However, the proposed P25...

CLMMRH beds nearing full occupancy

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The hospital bed utilization rate at the Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) is nearing full capacity. In...

‘No legal basis’: CHR-6 bucks arrest of people who refuse COVID vaccination

ILOILO City – There is no legal basis to arrest people refusing to be vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to the Commission...
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Santa Barbara mayor contracts COVID-19

ILOILO – Mayor Rema Somo of Santa Barbara town, her husband and a son tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “Since I am fully...

STL in Panay to resume July 1

ERRATUM: Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office’s authorized Small Town Lottery agent in Iloilo City is the Iloilo Small Town Lottery Gaming Corporation, not the ZFIC...
A tornado ripped off this house’s roof in Lambunao, Iloilo. Thirty-one others were also damaged. PHOTOS FROM MDRRMC LAMBUNAO

Tornado plows 38 Lambunao houses

ILOILO – Thirty-eight houses in Lambunao town were ravaged by a tornado. Six were totally damaged while 32 were partially hit, according to the Municipal...
A municipal government employee of New Lucena, Iloilo plants a tree in line with the National Arbor Day and in support of the provincial government’s “Tanum Iloilo” program. Proclamation No. 396 enjoined the “active participation of all government agencies, including government-owned and controlled corporations, private sector, schools, civil society groups and the citizenry in tree planting activity.” PHOTO BY SANSAN LUMAWOD MOTA

200 tree seedlings planted to mark Arbor Day in Iloilo

ILOILO – To celebrate Arbor Day, the provincial government held a tree-planting activity in Barangay Igpaho, Tubungan, Iloilo on Saturday, June 26. Gov. Arthur Defensor...

VACCINE TICKETS FOR SALE? Treñas wants sellers arrested, prosecuted

ILOILO City – It is illegal to sell coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines or vaccination tickets or slots, Mayor Jerry Treñas warned the public....
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Tight balancing act: Economic woes cast shadow over possible MECQ extension

ILOILO City – This city and Iloilo province’s modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), set to end on June 30, could  be extended until July. Gov. Arthur...
“Masakit kag masubo nga mapalayo ka sa imo pamilya. Indi mo makita kun ano ginahimo sang imo kabataan. Indi mo sila ma-hug kag indi ko mahatag katungdanan bilang amay. Pero ginakaya ko lang ah, think positive lang ko permi,” Toto told Panay News.

How a PDL is coping with the pandemic

ILOILO City - “It is very hard to live without the familiar warmth of someone dear to you.” An emotional Toto (not his real name) shared...