MUCH-NEEDED BOOST These are Police Regional Office 6’s new recruits. They took oath as members of the Philippine National Police in Camp Delgado, Iloilo City on Wednesday. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

COVID-19 cases in WV police force reach 40

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Six more Western Visayan police officers were infected with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), pushing the current total to 40. The new cases comprised...

3 private school teachers; infected with COVID

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Three teachers of Ateneo de Iloilo in Mandurriao district tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). They were taken to a government-run...
“Ang aton subong situation tama gid ka worrisome,” says Mayor Raul Banias of Concepcion, Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

People of Estancia may now enter Concepcion

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ILOILO – The people of Estancia town may now freely enter the neighboring municipality of Concepcion. Mayor Raul Banias of Concepcion lifted the travel restriction...
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Breast milk bank for Iloilo City proposed

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Sangguniang Panlungsod approved on first reading a proposed ordinance establishing the “Iloilo City Human Milk Bank”. “Mayor Jerry Treñas is planning...
“I go around checking the city’s situation and helping our residents. I cannot shirk from my responsibility to our people,” according to Iloilo City’s Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon in a statement explaining how he may have contracted the coronavirus.

GANZON HAS COVID: Vice mayor on hospital quarantine

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the first city official here infected with the virus SARS-CoV-2....

Exposure to virus can’t be avoided, says mayor of Jamindan

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The mayor of Jamindan, Capiz announced he contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Exposure to the virus could not be avoided, according to...
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Dumangas scrambles to stop spread of virus; vice mayor, 2 SB members contract COVID-19

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ILOILO – The municipal government of Dumangas has ordered a wider contract tracing. Vice Mayor Almar Marfito and two Sanggguniang Bayan (SB) members contracted SARS-CoV-2,...

Region 6 coronavirus death toll rises to 66

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Sixty-six Western Visayans have now died from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 recorded six new deaths...
To hasten laboratory testing for coronavirus disease 2019, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo turns over RNA extraction machine to Dr. Stephanie Abello, chief pathologist of the Western Visayas Medical Center sub-national laboratory. Capitol Photo

Iloilo prov’l gov’t lends RNA extraction machine to WVMC

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ILOILO – To help make the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) sub-national laboratory more efficient in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing, the provincial government...
Employees of the local ABS-CBN station lit candles outside the company’s compound in La Paz, Iloilo City on Friday. The local “TV Patrol” program – airing its final newscast yesterday – was the latest unfortunate consequence of the denial of the network's bid for a 25-year franchise. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN FINAL EPISODE

‘DEMOCRACY UNDER SIEGE’: 12 ABS-CBN reg’l stations go off air

Iloilo
IlOILO City – Twelve regional ‘TV Patrol’ programs of ABS-CBN – the erstwhile giant in the broadcast industry – aired their final newscasts yesterday. This...
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