The Philippine flag flies over the historic Santa Barbara town in Iloilo. The town’s public plaza was the site of the first raising of the Philippine flag outside Luzon on Nov. 17, 1898 five months after General Emilio Aguinaldo declared Philippine independence from Spain in Kawit, Cavite on June 12, 1898. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Santa Barbara logs highest single-day COVID cases

ILOILO – The municipality of Santa Barbara recorded Wednesday its highest single-day cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – 32 new infections and one...
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PRO-6 to probe Santa Barbara shooting

ILOILO – The Regional Internal Affairs Service (RIAS) of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) will conduct a motu proprio probe into the case of a...

‘CRITICAL LEVEL’; ‘COVID beds’ in capitol-run hospitals 67% occupied

ILOILO – The continued spike in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections in this province is shoving COVID-dedicated beds in capitol-run hospitals here to “critical...

‘Help spread facts’: Treñas counters anti-vaxxers

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas urged the public to help spread facts and not fake information about vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Treñas...
A mother assists her children in their online classes as public schools opened amid the COVID-19 pandemic on Oct. 5, 2020. MARK DEMAYO/ABS-CBN NEWS

120K Iloilo pre-registrants for S.Y. 2021-2022

ILOILO – Despite the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, parents came in numbers to register their children for school year 2021-2022. According to the Department...
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PRO-6 gets 256 body cameras

ILOILO City – A total of 256 body cameras have been sent to 16 police stations in Western Visayas. These will be used for...

Neighborhoods locked down

ILOILO City – For posting at least three – and continuously increasing – coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, certain neighborhoods in five barangays here...
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Iloilo 4th Engineering Office in Barangay Bolong Oeste, Santa Barbara, Iloilo. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

13 DPWH staff contract COVID

ILOILO – Thirteen employees of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Iloilo 4th Engineering Office in Barangay Bolong Oeste, Santa Barbara, Iloilo...
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Casualty in Santa Barbara shooting COVID-positive; policemen quarantined

ILOILO – Two houses in Barangay Bagumbayan, Santa Barbara were locked down. The mentally-challenged man who was shot dead by the police on Monday...
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REVERSE ISOLATION; Practice health protocols even at home, guv reiterates

ILOILO – Do you have vulnerable members at home? Isolate them, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr., to arrest the transmission of coronavirus disease...