Johnny Demetillo, 36, shares to Panay News how paraw sailing has become the lifeblood of his family. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Paraw Regatta: Love for ‘paraw’ runs in the blood

ILOILO – This family’s passion for paraw goes deep. Let’s walk through the life of the Demetillo family from Barangay Camangay in Leganes whose interest and...
The Philippine government is now in advanced stages of negotiations with six vaccine developers as it eyes to close deals for 148 million doses of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines. YAHOO PHOTO

COVID-19 VACCINES FOR SALE? Ordinance penalizing ‘sellers’ of COVID vaccines, vaccination slots mulled

ILOILO City – Councilor Ely Estante Jr. is eyeing a measure penalizing those who sell government-issued coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines including those who...
Locally stranded individuals (LSIs) return home to Negros Occidental from Metro Manila via a sweeper flight that landed at the Bacolod-Silay Airport in Silay City last week. Twelve more residents of the province – all either LSIs or overseas Filipino workers – tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019. PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OF NEGROS OCCIDENTAL

San Dionisio, Concepcion suspend entry of LSIs

ILOILO – To curb coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission, the municipal government of San Dionisio  suspended accepting locally stranded individuals (LSIs) until June 4,...

PRO-6: No ‘palakasan system’ in hiring new cops

ILOILO City – The so-called “palakasan system” (having  backers) in hiring new police officers is not allowed in the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6), according...

IPPO nets 2,799 health protocol violators

ILOILO City – Amid the community quarantine being imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO)...

IPPO logs 2, 799 health protocol violators in 18 days

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) recorded the arrest of 2,799 quarantine violators from May 8 to 25. These individuals were...
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‘KAPS’ VS ‘SUPER SPREADERS’? DU30 orders arrest of brgy captains who can’t enforce ban...

ILOILO – Village chiefs remiss of their duty to enforce the ban on mass gatherings may face arrest. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. affirmed President Rodrigo...

COVID-hit city hall employees now at 90

ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infected at least 90 employees of the city government. On the first day of mass testing on May...
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

National Flag Day kicks off today

ILOILO City – Today marks the start of the celebration of the National Flag Day this year until June 12, the Philippine Independence Day. Mandated by...
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Compliance officer quits after ‘violating’ protocol

ILOILO City – After drawing public criticism, the head of the Iloilo City COVID-19 Compliance Team resigned.   No less than Mayor Jerry Treñas announced the resignation...