As cemeteries close: VENDORS STRUGGLE TO STAY AFLOAT
ILOILO – For the past 15 years, Elena Paciente of Santa Barbara town looked forward to All Saints’ Day (Nov. 1) and All Souls’...
Nava accuses capitol engineer of extortion
ILOILO – Former councilor Plaridel Nava of Iloilo City accused an engineer in the provincial government’s Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of extortion.
He went...
SSS closes Iloilo central office; five staff positive for COVID
ILOILO City – The Social Security System (SSS) closed its Iloilo Central branch on corner J.M. Basa and Mapa streets here indefinitely. Five of...
Pa, sons kill neighbor over missing phone
ILOILO City – A resident of Barangay Poblacion, Estancia, Iloilo was killed by neighbors, a police report showed.
Jeffery Corvera, 46, a casual employee of the...
Over 210K indigent Panay elderlies get social pension
ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Western Visayas released the social pension of 57 percent of its target elderly-beneficiaries...
PDEA tightens watch on airport, seaports
ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 6 (PDEA-6) are stepping up its campaign against illegal drugs by curbing drug smuggling through the...
REPEAT TEST REQUIRED FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS
ILOILO City – Confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in this city are now required to undergo repeat reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR)...
City gov’t eyes proactive measures vs flooding
ILOILO City – Dozens of villages are expected to bear the brunt of floods that may be brought by incessant rains or typhoons, according...
Passi City logs first COVID casualty
ILOILO – The city of Passi recorded its first death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – a 52-year-old woman from Barangay Poblacion Ilawod.
The patient...
COVID sickens 15 Army troops
ILOILO City – The virus SARS-CoV-2 which causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infiltrated the Armed Forces of the Philippines, sickening 15 61st Infantry...