Former President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III

PNoy loved going back to Iloilo

ILOILO City – Ilonggos have a special place in the heart of the late President Benigno Simeon Aquino III. Proof: In his six-year term from...

WV lawmakers, execs cite legacy of former president

ILOILO City – Billions worth of projects were poured to Western Visayas, and particularly to Iloilo, during the administration of former President Benigno “Noynoy”...
NAPOLES

Wanted man nabbed in Calinog

ILOILO – A fugitive was arrested in Sitio Dulunan, Barangay Canabajan, Calinog town yesterday, June 24. Jairus Jun Napoles, 33, originally from Barangay Esperanza, Sultan...
AUSAN

Comelec-6 has 29 COVID-hit employees

ILOILO City – Of the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) 17 regional offices, Western Visayas has the most number of employees vaccinated against coronavirus disease...
ROQUE

‘WE HEAR YOU’; WV now priority for vaccines – Palace

MANILA – Western Visayas is now among the priority areas for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines due to rising infections. “We hear you, and...

DOH-6 comes clean on ‘missing’ vaccine doses

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 has identified the hospitals here that received part of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Combined Grade 2 and Grade 3 pupils listen attentively to their teacher Flordeluna Monares.

How, where can teachers avail themselves of COVID vaccines?

ILOILO City – Although the opening of school year 2021-2022 is yet to be ascertained and which mode of learning would be adopted, school teachers...

Galvez, Roque coming to Iloilo City next week ‘with supplies, solutions’

ILOILO City – Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque and Inter Agency Task Force chief implementer and vaccine czar Carlito Galvez are coming over next week. According to...
“We should not be complacent. It’s the rainy season, a time when dengue cases surge,” says Dr. Maria Socorro Colmenares-Quiñon, acting chief of Iloilo’s Provincial Health Office.

Iloilo logs 145 dengue cases, one death

ILOILO – June is National Dengue Awareness Month. The Provincial Health Office (PHO) is stepping up its campaign against dengue using the 4S strategy. This...

Steady supply of test kits, PPEs

ILOILO – The province has a steady supply of test kits and personal protective equipment (PPEs), said Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. The provincial government is...