WV crimes down 33.24%

ILOILO City – Crime incidents in Western Visayas dropped amid quarantine restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic. Records from the Crime Incidents Recording and Analysis...
The Balantang Memorial Cemetery National Shrine is the only military cemetery established outside Metro Manila. Barangay Balantang in Jaro district is the site of the bloodiest battle of Filipino guerillas under the command of General Macario Peralta Jr. The shrine was built in honor and memory of them. IME SORNITO/PN

HEROISM LIVES ON; Pandemic mutes anniv of Panay’s liberation from Japanese forces

ILOILO City – For the second straight year, the celebration of Panay Liberation Day is muted due to the raging coronavirus disease pandemic. But the...

New curfew for minors

ILOILO City – Minors are no longer allowed outdoors from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. in this city. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) recently adjusted the curfew...

Army, police brace for Reds’ anniv attacks

ILOILO City – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) are on full alert ahead of the 52nd...
Major General Eric Vinoya, commander of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) based in Camp General Macario Peralta Jr. in Jamindan, Capiz, receives his first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019. Some 1,200 doses of CoronaVac vaccine by China’s Sinovac Biotech have been delivered to the 3ID.

3ID troops get Sinovac vaccines

ILOILO City – Six hundred personnel of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) based in Camp General Macario Peralta Jr. in Jamindan, Capiz received initial doses of the vaccine...
Quality checks are performed in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing in September of last year. REUTERS

‘We need more vaccines’

ILOILO City – With the resurgence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Metro Manila, there is an urgent need for more vaccines now. This...
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WV cops to undergo monthly drug test

ILOILO City – Personnel of police drug enforcement units in Western Visayas were told to undergo mandatory drug testing every month. Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem...
A health worker (R) puts a swab into a tube after collecting a sample for COVID-19 coronavirus testing in Gombak on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on April 22, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

Iloilo returning residents required to submit negative swab test result

ILOILO – It’s final: travelers cannot enter this province and other areas in Western Visayas without negative results of their reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction...
“The Department of Education in Western Visayas is excited and ready to resume face-to-face classes,” says Regional Director Ramir Uytico. RAMIR UYTICO/FB

‘EXCITED, READY’; DepEd-6: Only DU30 nod needed for face-to-face classes’ resumption

ILOILO City – Even if many are still opposed to the idea, the resumption of limited face-to-face classes is being prepped, according to the...

‘Amazona’ captured in Janiuay encounter

ILOILO City – A 66-year-old suspected New People’s Army (NPA) “amazona” was captured in an encounter between rebels and the Philippine Army’s 12th Infantry...