All Iloilo brgys submit road clearing report

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ILOILO – All 1,721 barangays in the province were able to submit accomplishment reports on the road clearing operations in their respective areas. Teodora Sumagaysay,...
PRAYING FOR HEALING. Parishioners attending 2021’s first Sunday Mass outside the Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral observe physical distancing to avoid spreading the coronavirus disease 2019. People attending the Mass, too, are wearing facemasks and have to undergo a footbath before entering the cathedral. IAN PAUL CORDERO/ PN

‘A YEAR OF HEALING’; Frontliners pray to surpass COVID battle in 2021

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ILOILO City – From fear of infection, isolation, to the overwhelming sense of powerlessness before a vicious virus, frontliners leading the battle against coronavirus...

City braces for post-holiday COVID surge

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ILOILO City – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing metrics that have guided much of the city’s response to the pandemic are likely to...
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CHR probing human rights violations in deadly raids

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ILOILO City – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) in Western Visayas has stepped in to investigate the killing of nine Tumandok leaders and...
Firefighters spray with water the houses razed by fire in Barangay San Pedro, Molo, Iloilo City on Sunday. Eight houses made of mixed light materials were totally gutted and two others were partially damaged. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Fiery 2021 start: Fire razes 10 houses in Barangay San Pedro, Molo

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ILOILO City – A weekend neighborhood fire in Barangay San Pedro, Molo district totally gutted eight houses and partially damaged two others. The fire started...
The Rep. Pedro Trono Memorial District Hospital in Guimbal, Iloilo partially reopened on Jan. 2 after more than a week of lockdown. ILOILO.GOV.PH

Guimbal hospital partially reopens; staff with COVID-19 now at 40

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ILOILO – After 10 days of stringent lockdown, the Rep. Pedro Trono Memorial District Hospital (RPTMDH) in Guimbal, Iloilo partially reopened over the weekend.  On...

LSI repatriation resumes in 12 Iloilo towns

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ILOILO – After more than a week of suspension, the repatriation of locally stranded individuals in the province’s 12 municipalities resumed last week. These municipalities...

FEWER ‘CRACKER INJURIES IN WV; DOH: New Year injuries down sharply due to pandemic

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ILOILO City – Western Visayas was able to drastically reduce the number of firecracker blast injuries during the holiday season with no deaths recorded,...
N Over 1.4K cops promoted  By Ruby Silubrico ILOILO City – A total of 1,439 police officers across We s t e r n V i s a y a s w e r e promoted to the next higher rank. Of these cops, 87 were police commissioned officers ( P CO s ) a n d 1 , 3 5 2 we re non-commissioned officers (PNCOs). Of the 87 PCOs, 64 were police majors, 11 were police captains and 12 were police lieutenants. The 1,352 PNCOs, on the other hand, comprised of 76 police executive master sergeants, 68 police chief master sergeants, 219 police senior master sergeants, 306 police master sergeants, 184 police staff sergeants, and 499 police corporals. P o l i c e B r i g a d i e r General Rolando Miranda, Western Visayas’ top cop, congratulated his personnel a n d t h e i r f a m i l i e s a n d challenged them to do better. “Congratulations not only to our personnel but also to their families. I know that when your loved ones are out serving the country, you, too, have your own share of sacrifices,” Miranda said. The donning of ranks was held Friday last week at the multipurpose hall of the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) in Camp Delgado. P o l i c e L i e u t e n a n t Colonel Joem Malong, PRO6 spokesperson, said the career advancement is part of the Philippine National Police’s regular promotion program/PN. “Congratulations not only to our personnel but also to their families. I know that when your loved ones are out serving the country, you, too, have your own share of sacrifices,” says Police Brigadier General Rolando Miranda, Western Visayas’ top cop. IAN PAUL CORDERO/ PN

Holiday season in WV ‘generally peaceful’

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ILOILO City – Pockets of security incidents at the close of 2020 did not affect the overall peace and order situation in Western Visayas...
“It is only when our people trust us enough that they start to support the system,” says Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. CMO/ARNOLD ALMACEN

Iloilo City’s quarantine status eased

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ILOILO City – President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a more relax quarantine restriction for this southern city – modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) for...
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