Iloilo City 8th in PH with highest COVID growth rate – OCTA
ILOILO CITY – This southern city ranked eighth among areas in the country with the highest growth rates in new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections.
Based...
Santa Barbara police chief survives attack; mentally-challenged man shot dead
ILOILO – A man suffering from nervous breakdown was shot on Monday night in Barangay Bagumbayan, Santa Barbara town for trying to kill the municipal...
WV logs 19 COVID deaths in one day
ILOILO City – Western Visayas logged 19 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) yesterday, June 8, bringing the region’s total death toll to...
Viral doc pushes for ‘informed decision’ on COVID vaccines
ILOILO City – A medical doctor who went viral for discussing the “negative effects” of the vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) clarified she...
264 Iloilo brgys record clustering of COVID cases
ILOILO – Two hundred sixty-four out of 1,721 barangays in this province recorded clustering of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of June 5.
Twenty...
DOH-6 awaits advisory for vaccination of economic workers
ILOILO City – Western Visayas is still waiting for the final advisory on the availability of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines for economic workers, or...
Swindling suspects arrested
ILOILO City – Two swindling suspects were arrested in an entrapment operation on Bonifacio Drive here yesterday.
Renalie Lavalle, 38, was a resident of Barangay...
WHY THE FAST TRANSMISSION? Treñas: Virus behaving differently now
ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections appear to be spreading fast.
“It might already be a new variant or the virus is behaving...
Military tells Concha: Surrender before it’s too late
ILOILO City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is calling on Maria Concepcion “Concha” Araneta-Bocala, a high-ranking official of the New People’s Army (NPA) in...
Rainy season brings ‘WILD’ diseases
ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas has cautioned the public against WILD – water-borne diseases diarrhea, influenza, leptospirosis, and...