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Capitol contact tracing goes hi-tech

ILOILO – For efficient contact tracing and reverse isolation, the provincial government developed the RIsC-TrAp or the Reverse Isolation and Contact Tracing Application. Reverse isolation...
Lawyer Gaudioso Geduspan II. PNA photo by Gail Momblan

Iloilo City Council bats for Geduspan as LTO-6 chief

ILOILO City -- The Sangguniang Panlungsod passed a resolution endorsing Ilonggo lawyer Gaudioso Geduspan II of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) in Western Visayas...
This is what’s left of houses at a neighborhood in Barangay Rizal Estanzuela, Iloilo City after fire struck past 2 p.m. on Sept. 26, 2020. The weekend fire totally gutted six houses and partially damaged seven others. Initial investigation seemed to indicate that electrical short circuit may have caused the fire. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Rizal Estanzuela fire razes 13 houses

ILOILO City – A weekend neighborhood fire in Barangay Rizal Estanzuela here totally gutted six houses and partially damaged seven others. The fire started at...
Commuters inside a public utility jeepney in Iloilo City keeps a seat-distance away from each as a form of physical distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This new policy, however, would drastically reduce the number of passengers. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN ONE SEAT APART

JEEPNEY STRIKE: Transport group protests one-seat-apart rule for passengers

ILOILO City – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has taken a toll on public utility jeepney drivers and operators in this southern city. Yesterday,...
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Councilor Jay Treñas contracts COVID-19

ILOILO City – Councilor Jay Treñas got infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), becoming the second city official to contract the viral illness.  The 37-year-old...

Six more city brgys on ‘total lockdown’

IlOILO City – Six more villages in this southern city were placed on a 72-hour total lockdown for having at least two confirmed cases...

27-day-old baby youngest coronavirus patient in WV

ILOILO – A 27-day-old baby boy in Estancia, Iloilo became Western Visayas’ youngest person to contract SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019...

Iloilo City adopts skeleton force up to 50% operational capacity

ILOILO City – Government agencies and private firms have been directed to operate with up to 50 percent of their total workforce on-site during...
VIRUS BUSTER “We need to act fast. Buligay lang kita kay malampasan ta gid ini,” Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City tells the Ilonggos. IAN PAUL CORDERO/ PN

ILOILO CITY UNDER MECQ FOR 15 DAYS; Treñas to Ilonggos: Please cooperate

ILOILO City – With cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rising, the city government is enforcing stricter community quarantine protocols. The national government’s COVID inter-agency...
TEMPORARILY CLOSED The usually people-packed Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice in Iloilo City is empty. Courts and offices are closed for decontamination to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease. IAN PAUL CORDERO / PN

Lawyer contracts coronavirus; Iloilo Hall of Justice shuts down

ILOILO City – The Chief Justice Ramon Q. Avanceña Hall of Justice on Bonifacio Drive shut down yesterday for two days of disinfection and...