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Closure of Iloilo resorts eyed

ILOILO – Excited for summer outing? The tourism establishments – particularly resorts – you’re eyeing may soon be closing. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. said he...
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City council grants RONO to ‘e-bulang’ operator

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) here passed a resolution interposing no objection to E-Sports Encuentro Live Corp.’s delayed digital broadcast of cock...
Putting up additional closed circuit television cameras in strategic points will ensure safety of the residents, according to Aklan Sangguniang Bayan member Augusto Tolentino. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

SP to discuss ‘high tech’ measures vs crimes

ILOILO City – Councilor Carlos “Jojo” Javellana is filing the Iloilo City Police Office’s (ICPO) proposed measures against crimes to the Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP). Javellana,...

LTO-6 locked down; 4 staff test positive for COVID

ILOILO City – No official transactions for now at the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region 6 on McArthur Highway, Barangay Quintin Salas, Jaro district....

‘NO CHOICE’ Execs bank on China-made COVID vaccine despite ‘low efficacy’

ILOILO City – Despite the low efficacy of China-made coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines as acknowledged by a top Chinese official, local leaders in...
“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.

No need for border curbs; Iloilo guv confident of NegOcc’s response to pandemic

ILOILO – No border restrictions for now. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. trusts the measures that the Negros Occidental provincial government has put in place...
“We should protect each other. Hindi po kami ang kalaban ninyo dito...ang mga rebelde po,” Western Visayas top cop Brigadier General Rolando Miranda tells the public. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Miranda wants ‘better public service’ with promotion of 48 cops

ILOILO City – Forty-eight police officers in Western Visayas with the rank of Police Major were promoted to the next higher rank. These police officers –...
Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

City gov’t stands firm on decision dismissing staff

ILOILO City – The city government is not buying the move of former city administrator Atty. Hernando Galvez who advised his client Joe Mari...
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

Leon allocates P5M for vaccine procurement

ILOILO – The municipal government of Leon has allocated up to P5 million for the procurement of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to...

WV now has 74 COVID ‘clusters’

ILOILO City – Seventy-four areas in Western Visayas reported clustering of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of April 5. A coronavirus cluster occurs when...