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15 hours of low water pressure, no water

ILOILO City – There will be a 15-hour temporary shutdown of the MIB Water Treatment Plant from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1 for maintenance...
TREÑAS

Cash rewards await COVID-free brgys

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas challenged all barangays in the city’s seven districts to keep their areas free of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
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Pototan switching off lights for Iwag 2020

ILOILO – For the first time, the town plaza of Pototan will be without the usual spectacular lights this December. The local government unit...
DEFENSOR

Defensor wants stricter distancing rules in PUVs

ILOILO – Public utility vehicles (PUVs) in the province are becoming lax in enforcing social distancing rules aimed to curb the spread of coronavirus...
Locally stranded individuals from Manila arrive at the Philippine Ports Authority passenger terminal in Fort San Pedro, Iloilo City. Starting next month, repatriates will be once again required to undergo mandatory testing for coronavirus. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY; Treñas to reinstate RT-PCR rule for repatriates

ILOILO City – Locally stranded individuals (LSIs) and returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) bound for this southern city would once again be required to undergo...
HAZARDOUS HALL. This is the usual scene on the corridors of the Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice in Iloilo City – people sitting or standing close to one other. No physical distancing. Some are not wearing their facemasks and face shields properly, or not wearing them at all. Wonder no more why the Hall of Justice has been closed several times since the start of the coronavirus disease pandemic. This situation is conducive for the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

Iloilo Hall of Justice on lockdown anew; 27 close contacts traced

ILOILO City – The Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice here is on lockdown today for disinfection. A court officer or personnel tested...
Empty street in Manila.

ICPO: 603 minors defy curfew since Jan.

ILOILO City – Since January, a total of 603 youngsters from six districts were caught violating the curfew ordinance for minors and health protocols...
Malacañang is urging the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine to ensure accuracy of coronavirus disease 2019 test results before releasing them to concerned parties. This after the RITM clarified that ACT-CIS party-list Representative Eric Go Yap is negative for the viral disease, saying the mistake was due to a “clerical oversight.” GMA NEWS

Guimbal logs 18 local virus cases in a day

ILOILO – The municipality of Guimbal logged 18 indigenous cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) yesterday, so far its highest number of local infections recorded...
Iloilo City’s Cong. Julienne Baronda (right) and Miguel Treñas, representing his father Mayor Jerry Treñas, prepare these boxes of blast-chilled fish for distribution to poor households. The fish shipment arrived at the port of Iloilo City yesterday. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘FISH OF LOVE’: Baronda turns over 56,000 kilos of frozen fish to Iloilo City

ILOILO City – Two 40-foot container vans with 56,000 kilos of fish from the national government and Office of Civil Defense which were shipped...
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‘Iloilo City should get vaccine priority, too’

ILOILO City – With more than 4,000 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections and over a hundred deaths, this southern city should also be a priority in...