Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Illegal dismissal? Lawyer tells sacked city hall staff to go back to work

ILOILO City – Was the dismissal from service of city hall employee Joe Mari Esteral illegal? Former city administrator Hernando Galvez, who serves as lawyer...
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Tighter curbs for 118 Igbaras households

ILOILO – A total of 118 households in Barangay 2 Poblacion, Igbaras town were placed under two weeks of enhanced community quarantine (ECQ). Twenty-one...

Napolcom: More raps vs cop in San Joaquin cock derby

ILOILO – The police officer caught in an illegal cock derby in Barangay Torocadan, San Joaquin town faces administrative charges at the National Police...
Right, TREÑAS (ARNOLD ALMACEN/CMO); Left, Cadiao (BACOLOD CITY PIO)

ANTI-PARASITIC DRUG VS COVID? Local officials wary of Ivermectin

ILOILO City – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted a compassionate special permit (CSP) to an undisclosed hospital for the use of Ivermectin –...
Photo courtesy oif Samuele Errico Piccarini/ UNSPLASH

‘Provision of vehicles either by request or upon mayor’s prerogative’

ILOILO City – The provision of service vehicles to city hall departments and other offices is either upon request of the end users or...
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Swabbing of returning Iloilo City residents may resume at airport

ILOILO City – Once the flights are back after the travel moratorium, Mayor Jerry Treñas is returning the swab test booth at the Iloilo...
From left to right. CALVO (PN PHOTO), HOLIPAS (Proud to be Leonians), PALABRICA (Mark Palabrica/FB), SOMO (Rema Somo/FB)

Iloilo mayors thankful for inclusion in COVID vaccination priority list

ILOILO – Local chief executives (LCEs) in this province welcomed their selection for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination. The prioritization adjustment was based on the...
From Feb. 22 to April 8, 2021, 137 OFWs were given P10,000 financial assistance each. Naka-release na kita sang P1,370,000,” says Francisco Heler Jr., head of the Public Employment Service Office of the Iloilo Provincial Government. PN PHOTO

Displaced Ilonggo OFWs get P10K assistance

ILOILO – A total of 137 displaced overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in this province recently each availed themselves of P10,000 monetary assistance from the...

NPA leader charged with raping minor ex-rebel

ILOILO City – A 16-year-old former member of the New People’s Army (NPA) accused a ranking official of the rebel group of sexual abuse. The...
“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.

‘STILL RISKY’; Region 6 execs seek extension of travel moratorium

ILOILO City – Another week of suspension of flights and sea trips from the National Capital Region (NCR) and provinces adjacent to it is...