Mayor Jerry Treñas (left) decries the provincial government of Capiz for imposing border restrictions. The move, however, is a precautionary measure, says Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras II of Capiz. ARNOLD ALMACEN/CMO

TREÑAS BLASTS CAPIZ BORDER RESTRICTION

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas threatened to sue the provincial government of Capiz for imposing border restrictions to curtail the spread of coronavirus...

Activist gunned down in Bacolod

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BY GLENDA TAYONA AND ADRIAN STEWART CO ILOILO City — Negros-based activist and former political prisoner Zara Alvarez was gunned down last night in Barangay...

Iloilo City COVID rates in children ‘increasing’

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection among children and teenagers here is steadily increasing, making minors a small but growing share of...

Defensor won’t impose travel ban

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – With the province retaining its modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) status, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. does not intend to impose a travel...

Newborn of infected mother negative for COVID

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Much to the relief of health authorities, the newborn baby of a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infected mother tested negative for...

Subject police force to COVID test, LGUs urged

Iloilo
ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director, Police Colonel Paul Kenneth Lucas, urged all local government units (LGUs) to have their police...
Iloilo City Hall. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Portions of city hall closed for disinfection

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The second floor of city hall and the Office of the Local Civil Registrar are off limits to the public today....
If minimum health standards are not observed, nothing good will happen whatever the level of community quarantine is. There must be consistent implementation, says Dr. Jessie Glen Alonsabe, epidemiologist of the Department of Health in Region 6. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘CONSIDER YOURSELF INFECTIOUS’: DOH-6 seeks change in people’s mindset

Iloilo
ILOILO City – With this city regressing to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) due to rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of...
STATE OF THE CITY “As long as I am here as your father; as long as you have your trust in me; as long as you continue to do your own little share, Iloilo City will be safe,” says Iloilo City’s Mayor Jerry Treñas. ARNOLD ALMACEN/CMO

Treñas bares GCQ dos and don’ts

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas issued an executive order containing general guidelines as the city reverts to General Community Quarantine (GCQ) due to...
SO THE PUBLIC MAY KNOW, call center employee Louise Mae Zamora of Iloilo City makes a tarpaulin announcing her coronavirus disease status – negative. There is an outbreak of COVID-19 in the call center where Zamora works. This has made her neighbors anxious. FROM LOUISE MAE ZAMORA’S FACEBOOK PAGE

Call center agents fight ‘chismis virus’

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO City – Being “negative” is not such a bad thing after all, especially in this time of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. To allay...
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