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ONLINE ‘BULANG’: DILG urged local execs to monitor return of cockfighting

ILOILO – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is urging local chief executives (LCEs) of the province’s 42 towns and one component...
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Jail term, fines vs violators of ‘anti-noise’ ordinance

ILOILO – A fine of up to P2,000, imprisonment and possible closure of business operations await violators of a local law banning videoke sessions...
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UPV, Iloilo City collab vs flooding

ILOILO City – This southern city is expected to bear the brunt of floods that may be brought by heavy rains or typhoons, according...

Capitol probing hospital job hires’ wage delay

ILOILO – At least 80 job hires of the Iloilo Provincial Hospital in Pototan town have not received their salaries for the month of...
Drugs suspects (from left) Cornillo Somcio, Ronna Susbilla and Joan Sorongon sit handcuffed while authorities conduct an inventory of the illegal drugs seized during an entrapment operation in Barangay Daga, Santa Barbara, Iloilo on Nov. 18. PRO-6

3 yield P500K ‘shabu’

ILOILO City – Three suspected drug pushers were arrested yesterday in Barangay Daga, Santa Barbara, Iloilo. They yielded P500,000 worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride...
These are some of the machines used at the Uswag Molecular Laboratory in Molo, Iloilo City. The facility passed the requisite proficiency test conducted by the Department of Health and the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine before it can operate. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo City’s COVID lab ace proficiency test

ILOILO City – This city’s Uswag Molecular Laboratory in Molo district passed the requisite proficiency test conducted by the Department of Health (DOH) and the Research Institute for...
“It pains me to see patients already suffering from whatever health issues they have, further suffering from having to contend with the lack of decent and comfortable beds. They have to bring in their own folding beds just to have something to lay down on,” says Iloilo City’s Rep. Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda.

BETTER HEALTHCARE: Duterte OKs Baronda bill increasing WVMC hospital beds

ILOILO City – President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law House Bill 00909 authored by Rep. Julienne “Jam-jam” Baronda increasing by 275 the number of...

Five Western Visayas provinces malaria-free

ILOILO – Five of the six provinces in Western Visayas have achieved malaria-free status, according to the Department of Health (DOH). Iloilo, Aklan, Capiz, and...
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Treñas to speak at UN gab

ILOILO City – This city will share successful best practices on resiliency before a virtual global gathering to discuss Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). Mayor Jerry...
Karaoke singing is a favorite pastime of many Ilonggos. But during this time of pandemic, the Iloilo City Council is prohibiting videoke and karaoke sessions from Monday to Saturday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

SP ordinance bans videoke, load noises

ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod has approved an ordinance banning karaoke and videoke sessions, playing of sound systems and other distracting sounds from Monday to...