No Santacruzan for 2 years in a row

ILOILO City – Missing Ilongga beauties garbed in Ilonggo-tailored gowns for the sagala procession of Santacruzan Ciudad de Iloilo? Unfortunately, for the second straight year there will be no Santacruzan,...

City churches to observe 10% seating capacity

ILOILO City – With this city under modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ), the Archdiocese of Jaro would limit the number of parishioners to only...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. issued Executive Order No. 173, Series of 2021 institutionalizing the Provincial Civil Defense Service of Iloilo (ProCID Serv Iloilo). BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO

Defensor strengthens Iloilo’s civil defense program as Covid-19 surges

To effectively manage the recent surge of Covid-19 cases and address other crises and emergency situations in the Province of Iloilo, Gov. Arthur Defensor...
CHECKPOINT. Police officers man a checkpoint at the entrance of Barangay Bito-on, Jaro, Iloilo City. Starting today, only essential travelers are allowed to enter the city as part of the city government’s preemptive measures against coronavirus disease 2019. ICPO

VACCINATE GENERAL POPULATION – TREÑAS

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas pressed for the vaccination of the city’s “general population” as the metro’s active cases of coronavirus disease 2019...
“Gina depensahan lang naton nga ang kapamilya naton diri indi masudlan sang new variant kay it’s very contagious,” points out Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr.

Coronavirus airborne? No adjustments needed in health protocols – Defensor

ILOILO – Airborne or not, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can be combatted only through the strict observance of the minimum health protocols, according to...

Suspension of sea trips extends to Iloilo province

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA AND IME SORNITO ILOILO – Following the suspension of sea trips between Bacolod City and Iloilo City (and vice versa) due...
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‘No second wave, only marked increase in COVID cases in WV’

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) said there is a “marked increase” in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Western Visayas. However, Dr....
Alyas Anak (3rd from left) surrenders to authorities in Barangay Caridad, Culasi, Antique on May 24, 2021. PHOTO FROM CULASI MPS

‘Red fighter’ yields to police

ILOILO City – A member of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) recently surrendered to the Philippine National Police (PNP).   Forty-three-year-old...

Tigbauan cop accused of pistol-whipping’ man

ILOILO – A police officer is under investigation. He is accused of pistol-whipping a man in Barangay P.D. Monfort South, Dumangas, Iloilo on Sunday,...

DILG to roll out barangay support program in Iloilo

ILOILO City – The Local Government Support Fund - Support to Barangay Development Program (LGSF-SBDP) will be rolled out in 42 barangays in the...