The country’s top tourist destination, Boracay Island, has finally opened its shores to more domestic tourists, with the Department of Tourism touting a gradual but safe tourism revival amid the coronavirus pandemic. PHOTO GRABBED FROM DOT VIDEO BORACAY AWAITS YOU.

Guarded Boracay Island welcomes tourists back

ILOILO City – Almost four months since it allowed travelers from Western Visayas to enter, Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan reopened yesterday to tourists...
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1M WV learners ditch online classes

ILOILO City – Sixty-four percent of public school learners in Western Visayas favor modules over online classes as their mode of learning in this...
Beginning Oct. 5, 2020, residents and non-residents entering the island province of Guimaras will be subjected coronavirus disease rapid test. Photo shows the wharf in Buenavista, Guimaras – one of the two points of entry of people getting into the island from Iloilo City. The other is the wharf in Jordan town. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Guimaras rapid test questioned

ILOILO City – Mayor Eugenio Reyes of Buenavista and Mayor Ruben Corpuz of Jordan are questioning the rapid test that the provincial government of...
Putting a ceiling on the number of returning overseas Filipino workers will prevent front-liners, quarantine facilities and local government units from being overwhelmed, says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province. IAN PAUL CORDERO/ PN

Only 525 Ilonggo OFWs allowed to return each week

ILOILO – A maximum of 525 – this is the number of repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) the provincial government would accept each week. This...
“We still need to clear more villages and will be hunting down rebels, especially in Negros Occidental,” says Major Cenon Pancito III, spokesman of the Philippines Army’s 3rd Infantry Division. PNA

130 WV VILLAGES ‘INSURGENCY-FREE’; Army: Conflict-free brgys to receive P20M

ILOILO City – Almost a year after the military’s stepped-up drive against communist armed threats, 130 barangays in Western Visayas have been cleared of...
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WV teen pregnancy cases declining

ILOILO – In Western Visayas, teenage pregnancy cases are seeing a downtrend since the start of this year, according to the Commission on Population...
Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City (standing) addresses village heads at the Iloilo City Freedom Grandstand on Sept 29. The city government is deputizing barangay officials to enforce minimum health standards to curb the spread of coronavirus disease. ARNOLD ALMACEN/CMO

City hall’s COVID-19 cases now at 91

ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has now infected 91 employees of the Iloilo City government.  The data include six additional infections confirmed yesterday by...
Department of Health Region 6 director Dr. Marlyn Convocar (left) and team reintegration head Dr. May Ann Soliva-Sta. Lucia (right) lead the launching of the 14-day self-care "quarantime" journal containing day-to-day recommended activities while inside quarantine facilities. DOH-CHD 6

DOH-6 launches ‘Quarantime Journal’

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 6 launched yesterday a 14-day self-care “Quarantime Journal” containing day-to-day recommended activities for people...
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PH Red Cross to put up molecular lab in Passi

ILOILO – The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) will put up a molecular laboratory in Passi City to increase the province’s testing capacity for coronavirus...
Improving police-community relation in this time of coronavirus pandemic is important to manage the situation, according to Police Brigadier Rene Pamuspusan, Western Visayas police director.

Policemen urged to be ‘community-oriented’

ILOILO City – Forty-two policemen attended a two-day seminar on strengthening the relationship between the police organization and the community at the Multipurpose Hall of Camp...