The Department of Health in Western Visayas deploys a total of 50 nurses, 2 doctors and 8 medical technologists to augment the understaffed government hospitals in the province of Capiz as patients of the mosquito-borne disease continue to rise. VMA

Wanted: More nurses for city hospitals

ILOILO City – Increasing the hospitals’ bed capacity for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases is not enough. They have to beef up their medical...

COVID death toll in WV climbs to 1,126

ILOILO City – A total of 1,126 Western Visayans died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), data from the Department of Health (DOH) showed. On May...

Pavia’s Carabao-Carroza fest plows online

ILOILO – The 49th edition of Pavia’s Carabao-Carroza Festival will be live streamed via digital platforms tonight, May 31. The virtual event aimed at easing...
A personnel of the City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office disinfects CityMall in Passi City, Iloilo. JENIK FERNANDEZ/CDRRMO

48 mall employees in Passi City positive for COVID

ILOILO – Forty-eight employees of CityMall in Passi City tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of yesterday morning. According to Mayor Stephen Palmares, the...
Waay sang maapektohan nga travel sang probinsya kag pagsulod sa syudad,”says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr.

Guv: Everyone has role in stopping ‘super spreaders’

ILOILO – Not only village chiefs but also local chief executives and the public have a vital role in the strict enforcement of health...
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159 city hall employees positive for COVID-19 since May 1

ILOILO City – A total of 159 city government employees were found positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) since May 1. Of the figure, 133...

Pavia Carabao Carroza Fest proceeds despite COVID

ILOILO – The 49th Carabao Carroza Festival in Pavia, Iloilo will push through on Monday, May 31, despite COVID-19. Mayor Laurence Anthony Gorriceta confirmed the report...
“We are compelled to request the IATF to place the city under MECQ for another 15 days from June 1 to June 15, 2021,” says Mayor Jerry Treñas.

MECQ EXTENSION; Treñas says 7 days not enough

ILOILO City – Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this city are still on the rise and Mayor Jerry Treñas believes it’s not...

‘Top NPA official’ killed in shootout

ILOILO – A suspected high-ranking official of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) in Panay Island was killed in...

Virtual Paraw Regatta on May 30

ILOILO City – This year’s edition of the Iloilo-Guimaras Paraw Regatta Festival is sailing virtually tomorrow, May 30. Mayor Jerry Treñas is inviting everyone to...