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A year into quarantine WV combatting virus thru ‘bayanihan’

ILOILO City – While Western Visayas keeps on registering new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the gradual decline in numbers is giving health frontliners...
Iloilo City started inoculating its frontline health workers. Some 610 doses of CoronaVac vaccines were given to city medical frontliners and the Quarantine Facility Management team. ARNOLD ALMACEN/CMO

City gov’t starts vaccination of health frontliners

ILOILO City – The city government started inoculating its medical frontliners at the West Visayas State University Medical Center gym yesterday. According to Iloilo City...
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Despite drop in VA cases, ‘Drive safely’

ILOILO – Be extra careful while driving. The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) is appealing to all motorists, car, bus and jeepney drivers, among others...
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

Cabatuan allots P5M for vaccine procurement; intensifies vaccine info drive

ILOILO – The municipal government of Cabatuan set aside P5 million for the procurement of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “We approved this initial...

‘IT’S NOT AN ISSUE’; PRO-6: PDA a violation of physical distancing protocol

ILOILO City – Public display of affection (PDA) such as hugging,  kissing and holding hands violates the physical distancing health protocol  being imposed to...
An officer of the Lambunao police station sustained a hand injury following yesterday’s detonation of what was believed to be an improvised explosive device. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

‘Reds’ again? Lambunao explosion hurts cop, ‘kagawad’

ILOILO – A policeman and a barangay councilman were injured in an explosion in Barangay Pughanan, Lambunao town. They were Police Master Sergeant Christopher Losbañez...

‘Body cams are here’

ILOILO City – City police stations in Panay Island and Negros Occidental received 254 body-worn cameras purchased by the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters. “Sa...

Women jail officers overcome gender barrier

ILOILO City – Women have space not only in the household but even in male-dominated spheres. Take the case of two female officers of the...
“Students also need social life, so when parents and senior citizens are vaccinated, their children and students will also be protected,” first district Rep. Janette Garin says. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Vaccination ‘one key’ to face-to-face classes’ resumption

ILOILO – The prolonged conduct of distance learning due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may adversely affect students’ mental health. This was according...
‘BAWAL PDA’. Police officers will call out people for “public display of affection” in a bid curb the spread of coronavirus disease 2019. Physical intimacy in public violates health protocols, according to the Philippine National Police. PHOTO COURTESY OF CHENG SUPERAL

WHAT’S THE LEGAL BASIS?; PNP ban on public display of affection questioned

ILOILO City – No more lovey-dovey gestures outdoors? The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Region 6 wanted to know the Philippine National Police’s (PNP)...