Capitol eyes P3.2-B budget for 2021

ILOILO – The provincial government is proposing a budget of P3,234,509,176 for 2021. The budget package was transmitted to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Friday last...
Antidrug operatives conduct an inventory of illegal drugs seized from Eliza May Malfarta (second from right) and Distin Jay Garvelles (fourth from left) in a buy-bust in Zone 3, Barangay Boulevard, Molo, Iloilo City on Oct. 19, 2020. PRO-6

Pregnant woman, companion yield P600K worth of ‘shabu’

ILOILO City – Suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) weighing 60 grams and valued at P600,000 was confiscated in Zone 3, Barangay Boulevard, Molo district. A seven-month...
Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloil City says the new air travel policy allows Ilonggos to be reunited with their families

ILOILO CITY EASES AIR TRAVEL RULES

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas is easing air travel restrictions to and from this southern city “subject to the health protocols imposed by...

Zero COVID cases in 36 city brgys so far in Oct.

ILOILO City – Thirty-six of the 180 villages in this southern metropolis have zero active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for the past...
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NBI asked to probe fake coronavirus test results

ILOILO City – Unscrupulous persons are cashing in on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. They are selling fake negative reverse transcription polymerase chain...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, Police Regional Office 6 spokesperson, says policemen will ensure that public health protocols during the pre- and post-observation of “Undas” are strictly followed.

Over 2K cops to be deployed to WV cemeteries

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) will be deploying 2,277 policemen to public and private cemeteries across Western Visayas to enforce...
A tricycle passes by a barricaded headquarters of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office in Oton, Iloilo. Six of the agency’s personnel contracted coronavirus. PANAY NEWS

Coronavirus hits 6 frontliners in Oton

ILOILO –  Six personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDDRMO) in Oton, Iloilo tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that...
“Ang una nga level nga mapunggan ang transmission ara sa household,” says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

STRATEGIC RESPONSE: Defensor reiterates stricter reverse isolation rule

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. wants residents of this province who are visiting or are working in Iloilo City to strictly practice reverse...

COVID gets through DOH-6 office

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas was not spared from the threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Director Marlyn Convocar...
SO GOOD TO BE BACK…BUT IT’S NOT QUITE HOME YET FOR LSIS. Ilonggos stranded in Metro Manila for months due to quarantine travel restrictions have finally returned to Iloilo. They are shown here passing through a gate of Fort San Pedro regulated by several frontliners wearing personal protective equipment. From Fort San Pedro yesterday, they were fetched by ambulances sent by their respective local government units and taken to their localities’ quarantine facilities for swabbing. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

RIATF OKs suspension of LSI arrivals

ILOILO City – The Regional Inter-Agency Task Force (RIATF) approved the request of the provincial government of Guimaras and three towns of Iloilo province...