GENOME CENTER Dr. Victor Marco Emmanuel Ferriols, program director of the Philippine Genome Center Visayas, and University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) Chancellor Dr. Clement Camposano (second and third from left, respectively) are joined by other UPV officials during the launching and inauguration of the center at the UPV Regional Research Center in Miagao, Iloilo on Nov. 20. PNA

PH genome center helps W. Visayas in COVID fight

ILOILO City – The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) based at the University of the Philippines Visayas (UPV) in Miag-ao, Iloilo has been helping in...

POST-HOLIDAY SURGE IN COVID CASES FEARED: W. Visayans urged to limit holiday travel, gatherings

ILOILO City – Holiday travel and gatherings could trigger a surge in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections, warned the Western Visayas Joint Regional Inter-Agency...
TURNOVER OF COMMAND. Police Lieutenant General Cesar Hawthorne Binag (center) turns over to Police Brigadier General Rolando Miranda, new police director of Western Visayas, the Regional Director’s Personal Flag during yesterday afternoon’s (Dec. 2, 2020) turnover ceremony in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City. Looking on is Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan, the region’s outgoing top cop. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

New WV police director faces criminal, admin raps

ILOILO City – A few hours before Brigadier General Rolando Miranda took his oath as the new director of the Police Regional Office 6...
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WV has enough pork for holidays

ILOILO City – The Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas assured the public of enough pork supply during the Christmas holidays and weeks...

P2.6B budget for Iloilo City in 2021

ILOILO City – This city will have P2.608 billion at its disposal in 2021. The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) approved this executive budget of the...

Swindling suspect falls

ILOILO City – A suspected swindler was arrested in an entrapment operation staged by the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group’s (CIDG) Iloilo City Field...
Establishments in Iloilo City may no longer give their customers or visitors contact tracing forms as they can now submit their personal details through quick response codes starting next month. TECH GUIDE

QR CODE SYSTEM MOVED NEXT YEAR; Barangays to assist contact tracing registration

ILOILO City – The city government’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) contact tracing scheme using quick response (QR) codes is not pushing through this December.  Its...
Wearing facemasks, these performers joining the Dinagyang Festival 2021 practice inside a school gym in Iloilo City. Performers began their practice mid-November. They are mandated to observe health protocols to avert spreading the coronavirus disease 2019. ILONGGO ARTISTS FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION DANCING IN THE NEW NORMAL.

Dinagyang 2021 ‘tailor-made’ for COVID

ILOILO City – Dinagyang Festival 2021 will be “tailor-made” for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.   The production of the participating tribes’ “pre-filmed” performances will...

Barotac Viejo girl, 16, accuses brother of rape

ILOILO City – A 16-year-old girl from Barotac Viejo, Iloilo has accused her brother of raping her four times. The first raped happened on Oct. 27...
A health worker (R) puts a swab into a tube after collecting a sample for COVID-19 coronavirus testing in Gombak on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on April 22, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

PHO: Iloilo’s recovery rate is 83.61%

ILOILO – The recovery rate of patients infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reached 83.61 percent in this province. The Provincial Health Office’s (PHO) data...