A healthcare worker administers the first dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to the elderly in Iloilo City during the vaccination drive for PWD’s, senior citizens, and persons with comorbidities on May 18, 2021. Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. says the national government wants to start the vaccination of essential frontliners and the indigent population. JERRY TREÑAS

244,623 WV ‘first priorities’ vaccinated

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A total of 244,623 individuals under Priority Group A in Western Visayas got their first dose of vaccines against coronavirus disease...
‘COVID-19 VACCINATED’ A healthcare worker gets her first dose of Sinovac vaccine at the Western Visayas Medical Center in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.

66K Ilonggos get first dose of anti-COVID jabs

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – At least 66,000 residents of this province have already received their first dose of the vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to...

Bomb explodes at ex-Antique PIO’s compound

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A bomb exploded in the compound of former Antique provincial government information officer Eric Otayde in Barangay District 1, Sibalom, Antique...
The ongoing construction of the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) Critical Care Unit at the Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan, Iloilo. Once completed, it will capacitate the provincial hospital in the treatment of severe/critical COVID-19 patients. BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO

Defensor bucks call to ditch face shields

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. thumbed down the proposed scrapping of the policy requiring people to wear face shields outdoors. Manila’s Mayor Isko Moreno...
A health care worker prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination in Los Angeles, California, United States on Jan. 7, 2021. LUCY NICHOLSON/REUTERS

Iloilo City mulls ‘drive-thru’ vaccination

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City – The city government is eyeing a “drive-thru” vaccination site to speed up the metro’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) inoculation program. “It would...
A healthcare personnel holds a vial of anticoronavirus vaccine. Western Visayas is expected to receive an additional 7,200 Sinovac vaccines today. These will then be distributed to provinces and highly urbanized cities in the region. ARNOLD ALMACEN/CMO

WV DOCTORS PUSH BACK ANTI-VAXXERS

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Anti-vaccination campaigners are smearing the Department of Health’s (DOH) drive to get more people vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Doctors...
A tarpaulin is strategically hung at the entrance of Barangay East Baluarte, Molo, Iloilo City. Barangay officials and watchmen have the obligation to strictly enforce minimum health standards to prevent the spread `of coronavirus disease 2019. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Health protocol violators test police’s patience

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Violators of health protocols are wearing thin the police’s patience. “Pila gid ginhawa sang mga pulis ka bantay sa inyo man,” said...

Iloilo City community kitchen revived

Iloilo
ILOILO City – This city’s Uswag Community Kitchen is back. First launched in March last year a week after the metropolis was placed under enhanced...
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5 municipalities keep COVID deaths at bay

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – Of this province’s 42 towns and one component city, only five municipalities have not recorded deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

19 COVID infections prompt barangay’s total lockdown

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – Barangay Poblacion in San Dionisio town was locked down on Saturday after recording 19 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mayor Darwin Bajada...
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