Iloilo Business Club executive director Lea Lara says they are studying the option for its member establishments to acquire vaccines for its workers. PNA

Biz group wants to buy vaccines for workers

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Business Club (IBC) is studying the possibility for its member-establishments to acquire coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines for their workers. Lea...

Iloilo City bars LSIs’ entry for 2 weeks

ILOILO City – For two weeks, this southern city is closing its doors on returning locally stranded individuals (LSIs). In Resolution No. 001-2021, the Regional...
“We should protect each other. Hindi po kami ang kalaban ninyo dito...ang mga rebelde po,” Western Visayas top cop Brigadier General Rolando Miranda tells the public. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘BRACE VS NPA ASSASINS’: PRO-6 slams Reds’ slay plot, calls for vigilance

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PR0-6) is bracing for possible attacks of the New People’s Army (NPA), armed wing of the Communist...
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Private hotel parties? Treñas warns of ‘one-strike’ policy

ILOILO City – The failure of hotels and similar accommodation establishments to enforce quarantine protocols to stem the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
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Wholesale and retail WV’s top earner, spender sector

ILOILO City – The wholesale and retail trade with repair of motor vehicle and motorcycles (Sector G) is the top earner and spender sector...
“Dapat tutokan gid naton kag himuon gid ang tanan nga madula na ina,” says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Defensor tells cops: ‘Time to stamp out illegal gambling’

ILOILO – Is illegal gambling in full swing again? Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. wanted to know. After several months of being kept busy by the...
“May proprietary value ang [vaccine] nga gina-introduce nila sa aton. Kon gabakal ka bala sang isa ka butang daw as is, where is ang basis,” says Councilor Romel Duron of Iloilo City.

‘VACCINE DEAL’; Iloilo City inks pact for 200K AstraZeneca vaccine doses

ILOILO City – The city government inked a confidentiality disclosure agreement (CDA) with British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca for the acquisition of its AZD1222 Vaccine...
The Iloilo Police Provincial Office scored big in its illegal drug campaign kickoff in 2021. An estimated P8 million worth of suspected shabu was seized from a woman in buy-bust operation in Barangay San Antonio, Oton, Iloilo yesterday. OTON POLICE STATION

‘Buena Mano’: P8 million ‘shabu’ seized in Oton bust

ILOILO City – Authorities kicked off their antidrug campaign this year with yesterday’s seizure of P8 million worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) in...
The Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army is listed as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the Philippines. The City of Escalante in Negros Occidental recently declared the communist rebels as “persona non grata” to denounce their atrocities. GMA NEWS

Army: Panay raids spur mass surrender of Reds

ILOILO City – Some 125 individuals believed to be connected to the New People’s Army (NPA) in the town of Calinog, Iloilo turned themselves...
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Indigenous culture group calls for peace in central Panay

ILOILO City – The Panay Indigenous Culture Advocacy Group (PICAG) has called for peace in central Panay following the fatal raids by state forces...