Mayor Jerry Treñas (center) talks to Iloilo City health personnel and officials during the city’s second coronavirus vaccination simulation at the Ateneo de Iloilo gymnasium in Mandurriao district. The mayor says the education campaign on vaccination continues as many Ilonggos are still apprehensive of getting the anti-coronavirus shots. ARNOL ALMACEN/CMO

No vaccine, no work policy illegal? No problem, says Treñas

ILOILO City – It’s okay if the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) deems illegal the “no vaccination, no work” policy, according to Mayor...

3ID deploys more soldiers to Janiuay town

ILOILO City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) deployed additional troops to Janiuay, Iloilo following Wednesday’s detonation of an alleged improvised explosive...
A man receives a shot of pneumonia vaccine from a healthcare worker during Iloilo City’s second coronavirus vaccination simulation exercise at the Ateneo de Iloilo gymnasium in Mandurriao district. Iloilo City is “absolutely ready” for the actual vaccination, city officials say.

SINOVAC FOR WV HEALTH WORKERS

ILOILO City – Western Visayas is set to roll out its vaccination program against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with jabs from Beijing-based drug maker...

Blast fails to derail capitol project groundbreaking

ILOILO – Wednesday morning’s detonation of what was believed to be an improvised explosive device (IED) in the boundary of barangays Pangilihan and Canawili...
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P500K bounty for arrest of Tapaz village chief’s killers

ILOILO City – Anyone with information which could lead to the arrest of those who killed the barangay captain of Roosevelt, Tapaz, Capiz will...
ARREST. The so-called chief executive officer of the “25 days double your money” investment scheme, Junelyn Obamos Gregorio alias “Madam O” of San Jose Ville, Barangay Tiza, Roxas City offers no resistance when arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation in Iloilo City.

NBI arrests leader of get-rich-quick scheme

ILOILO City – A few days after filing a complaint for estafa, the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Region 6 arrested the chief executive...

Iloilo City ‘ready’ for actual vaccination

ILOILO City – “We are absolutely ready now.” This is according to Mayor Jerry Treñas and City COVID Team spokesperson Jeck Conlu, citing the successful...
WE’RE NO. 1. Mayor Jerry P. Treñas’ forward-thinking and visionary leadership has put in place responses and pooled resources as preventive measures in managing coronavirus disease cases to safeguard the Ilonggos from the pandemic.

Treñas: We need to provide jobs thru gov’t projects

ILOILO City – This city’s P1.750-billion loan from the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) is too big and untimely, according to Councilor Eduardo...
‘VACCINE-READY’?The AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines that Iloilo ordered are expected to arrive by the second half of the year yet, but the Department of Health confirmed that Western Visayas is slated to soon receive China-made Sinovac vaccines. Are Ilonggos ready to get these free anti-coronavirus shots? IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

READY FOR VACCINES?; Ilonggos weigh in on COVID vaccine

ILOILO City – The country has started giving out anti-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) shots. This got several sleeves rolling up. But here, Ilonggos –...
A health worker injects a volunteer during a simulation exercise for the coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination drive which is expected to begin on Feb. 15. However, vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. admitted that there is no supply agreement yet with any manufacturers of the COVID-19 vaccines. REUTERS

To boost Ilonggos’ trust, overseas Ilonggo frontliners share vaccination experience

ILOILO City – Ilonggo healthcare workers and frontliners abroad already vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are urging Ilonggos back home to make them...