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ICPO gets 3 new women police chiefs

ILOILO City – Women are now heading three police stations here – a result of a reshuffling of police station commanders on March 22. The...

Comelec reiterates call for voter registration

ILOILO City – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is once again appealing to all Western Visayans of voting age to register ahead of the...
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Barotac Viejo ‘drug-cleared’

ILOILO – The municipality of Barotac Viejo had all its 26 barangays cleared of illegal drugs. On Monday, the Regional Oversight Committee (ROC) declared the...
The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Infectious Diseases has allowed non-essential outbound travel for Filipinos effective Oct. 21, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said. CNN PHILIPPINES PHOTO

‘NO LOCKDOWN’; Reg’l COVID taskforces clarify advisory as city mayor slammed ‘decision’

ILOILO City – The regional taskforces on coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is making this clear: There is no lockdown in Western Visayas. The joint Regional...
TB SCREENING. A healthcare personnel ushers an elderly in an x-ray mobile van for tuberculosis screening. According to the Department of Health in Western Visayas, some of last year’s interventions against the TB disease were hampered due to restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. PHO AKLAN

COVID disrupts services vs TB

ILOILO City – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disrupted tuberculosis (TB) services in Western Visayas. This has serious implications, according to the...

Show-cause order issued vs cockpit arena

ILOILO City – The city government issued a show-cause order to Rockwell Cockpit Arena in Barangay Don Esteban, Lapuz here for allegedly operating despite...
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Suspect in Santa Barbara shooting claims self-defense

ILOILO City – What happened was an act of self-defense. This was the claim of Private First Class Bjourn Kirby Esposo, 26, of Barangay Malitbog Ilaya, Bingawan,...

Treñas: Barangay ‘kaps’ must be good examples

ILOILO City – Barangay captains are community leaders so they should set good examples for their constituents, according to Mayor Jerry Treñas. The village chief...

COVID may derail Iloilo bike festival

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Bike Festival 2021 this April 9 may be derailed if cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) continue to rise. Mayor...
“Okay gid aton mga Business Process Outsourcing companies, they understand [the situation],” says Francis Cruz, executive assistant of Mayor Jerry Treñas. ILOILO CITY GOVERNMENT

REGULAR SWAB TESTS FOR BPO EMPLOYEES; City gov’t says call center companies cooperative

ILOILO City – The city government plans a random but regular coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing of employees of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies in the...