BUSTED Antonio Romero (sits, handcuffed) is the No. 1 in the target list of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Region 6. He yielded suspected shabu weighing about valued at around P800,000 in an entrapment operation in Barangay Tanza Timawa, Iloilo City on Jan. 12.

PDEA-6’s top drug target falls

ILOILO City – A top drug suspect in Western Visayas was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Tanza Timawa, City Proper. Antonio Romero, 45,...

BJMP seeks jail transfer of Rojas slay suspect

ILOILO City – The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6 wants to shorten the hospital detention of the principal suspect in...
The Philippine Red Cross Molecular laboratory in Passi City is expected to process up to 1000 samples in a day for coronavirus testing.

Molecular lab in Passi to operate next week

ILOILO – Next week, another molecular laboratory in the province may start processing specimens for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing. Yesterday, the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) inaugurated the facility...

Iloilo cops net 1,031 fugitives, 491 loose guns

ILOILO – Sustained police manhunt operations amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in the province yielded a total of 1,031 wanted persons from...
“Most of us are on home quarantine or have to work from home,” says Dr. Mary Jane Juanico, head of the Department of Health Region 6’s infectious disease cluster. IAN PAUL CORERO/PN

VIRUS INVADES DOH-6 OFFICE: Infected DOH-6 workers rise to 19; vaccination efforts crippled

ILOILO City – The last few days saw the Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas recording more cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
NO CHOICE. If the street is flooded but you need to go home, what do you do? You wade through it — just like these individuals after a heavy downpour. The Iloilo Provincial Health Office says the sharp increase in leptospirosis in 2020 was due to severe flooding brought by successive typhoons.

Severe floods lead to spike in ‘leptos’ cases

ILOILO – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) warned Ilonggos about leptospirosis, a potentially fatal disease that one could get by wading through contaminated floodwaters. According...
MIRANDA

PRO-6 bares thrusts for 2021

ILOILO City – Deployment of more policemen in strategic areas and intensified crackdown against drug peddlers and communist rebels – these are the main...

LAST CHANCE: 13 ‘remiss’ brgys given until today to submit road clearing report

ILOILO City – Thirteen barangays in this southern city failed to submit accomplishment reports on the road clearing operations in their respective areas. The Department...

Iloilo City’s breast milk bank gets SP nod

ILOILO City – Good news to lactating moms! The Sangguniang Panlungsod yesterday approved on third and final reading a proposed ordinance establishing a human...
ROJAS

Ajuy sets aside P10M for COVID vaccines

ILOILO – The local government unit (LGU) of Ajuy allocated P10 million to buy coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines (COVID-19) for its residents. Mayor Jett Rojas...