ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. Ilonggo nurse Ramon Francisco Sonico participates in a clinical trial in the United Arab Emirates for a potential coronavirus disease vaccine. Photo also shows the thermometer to regularly monitor fluctuations in his body temperature; the vials of inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine; and brochures about the potential vaccine. PHOTO COURTESY OF RAMON FRANCISCO SONICO

‘It’s worth the risk’: Ilonggo nurse joins clinical trial for potential COVID-19 vaccine

ILOILO – “I want to help so I volunteered.” So said an Ilonggo nurse based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who volunteered to be...
People walk past the front of Western Visayas Medical Center’s emergency room in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.

WVMC lab shuts down; medtechs contract virus

ILOILO City – The Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Mandurriao district has temporarily shut down its integrated laboratory and sub-national laboratory for coronavirus...

WV breaks record for single-day biggest COVID cases

ILOILO City – Western Visayas logged 178 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) yesterday, breaking its previous biggest single-day record of 130. These brought...

5 NIA-6 personnel have COVID

ILOILO City – Five personnel of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Region 6 in Barangay Tacas, Jaro district tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019...
“Ang aton subong situation tama gid ka worrisome,” says Mayor Raul Banias of Concepcion, Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘SURGICAL LOCKDOWN’: 92 Concepcion houses on strict virus quarantine

ILOILO – Ninety-two houses in a neighborhood in sitios SEA-K and Core Shelter in Barangay Loong, Concepcion, Iloilo are on a three day “surgical...

BJMP personnel who just gave birth catches COVID-19

ILOILO City – An officer of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) 6 who recently gave birth was found infected with coronavirus...
Barricades block the entrance of Barangay Pala-Pala 1 in Iloilo City on Monday. The village has four cases of coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO

Selective lockdown eyed for 12 more city brgys

ILOILO City – Twelve more barangays in the city with cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) would be placed under selective lockdown should cases...
“We will never stop running after those who seek to destroy our people. Illegal drugs are a menace to society. They rob victims of a better tomorrow,” says Police Colonel Paul Kenneth Lucas, director of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office.

Iloilo police nets 459 most wanted persons

ILOILO City – Sustained police manhunt operations amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis in Iloilo province yielded a total of 459 wanted persons...

Another capitol worker positive for COVID-19

ILOILO – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-10) has infected another worker of the General Service Office at the Iloilo provincial capitol. The job hire employee –...

Army general likens communists to viruses

ILOILO – Communist rebels are like viruses that weaken and destroy society, according to Brigadier General Marion Sison, commander of the Philippine Army’s 301st...