Priority residents of Iloilo City flock to the Iloilo Convention Center in Mandurriao district yesterday for their coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine shots. According to the city government, one must pre-register prior to receiving the jab. Walk-ins are prohibited. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

TRAVEL PASS A MUST; Non-essential movement within, into Iloilo restricted

ILOILO – This province is restricting non-essential inbound travel as well as movement within it to arrest further coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission. Yesterday, Gov....
People wear face shields and facemasks inside a mall in Iloilo City on Friday. The national government yesterday made the wearing of these protective gears mandatory for those entering enclosed places like shopping malls to curtail the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 COVID-19. IAN PAUL CORDERO / PN

Iloilo City’s MECQ extended to June 15

ILOILO City – This city remains under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) until June 15, announced President Rodrigo Duterete in a pre-recorded national address...
Dozens of doctors’ groups on Saturday warned the Philippines was losing the coronavirus fight, calling for a “timeout” and urging President Rodrigo Duterte to tighten a recently eased lockdown to an enhanced community quarantine. FILE PHOTO

At least 50 uniformed medical personnel to augment Iloilo City hospitals

ILOILO City – At least 50 uniformed doctors and nurses will be deployed to different hospitals here to augment their exhausted medical staff. “This may...

DOH urges LGUs: Pass ordinances on tobacco control

ILOILO City – Local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas are being urged to pass tobacco control ordinances. “Of the 133 LGUs in Region 6,...

Army to rebels’ threats of retaliation: Bring it on

ILOILO City – The threats they have been receiving from the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) following the killing of a...

510 ‘NPA supporters’ surrender

ILOILO City – Between January and May this year, more than 500 supporters of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Panay Island have surrendered. Data...
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31 houses in Concepcion, Iloilo on lockdown

ILOILO - Thirty-one houses in Sitio Dadoy, Barangay Nipa, in Concepcion, Iloilo were placed on surgical lockdown on May 29, after the death of...

Iloilo province remains in MGCQ despite COVID rise

ILOILO – The province of Iloilo will remain under the Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) according to Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. He said he received...
The death of a high-ranking officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army in Panay Island, Reynaldo Bocala, is a huge blow to the insurgents, according to the Police Regional Office 6. Bocala, peace negotiations consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, was killed in a police operation in Pavia, Iloilo on May 28, 2021. PRO-6 PHOTO

PRO-6: Bocala’s death huge blow to CPP-NPA

ILOILO City – The death of a high-ranking member of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Panay Island was...

DOH dares smokers: Commit to quit

ILOILO City – Tobacco use poses significant danger to health, according to the Department of Health (DOH) in Region 6. It encourages smokers to...