Iloilo City meets minimum standards for COVID-19 preparedness – Treñas

ILOILO City – Like other areas in Western Visayas that are under modified general community quarantine since June 1, this city has also met...
Uniformed officers help move boxes of food packs and relief goods from a private aircraft of AC Energy Philippines at the Iloilo Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo. After this, the boxes are carefully disinfected to make sure they are free from the coronavirus. These goods are for families affected by the recent oil spill. RELIEF GOODS

AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC: ‘HELP WON’T CEASE’; AC Energy to expand aid to oil spill...

ILOILO City – Citing the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, AC Energy Philippines remains committed to sustain its assistance to families affected by...

Treñas exposed to COVID-infected persons

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas is self-quarantining for 14 days. “I was exposed to two or three coronavirus-positive cases,” he posted tersely in his...

Balasan bans people from towns with COVID

ILOILO – The municipality of Balasan has closed its borders to travelers from towns with local transmissions of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This is...

6 Bingawan healthcare workers now COVID-free

ILOILO – Bingawan town’s six healthcare workers who recently tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have all recovered. Their second test showed them not...

Police offices cited for ‘community relations’

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) was adjudged “City Police Office of the Year for Police Community Relations” (PCR) during the 25th...
Malacañang is urging the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine to ensure accuracy of coronavirus disease 2019 test results before releasing them to concerned parties. This after the RITM clarified that ACT-CIS party-list Representative Eric Go Yap is negative for the viral disease, saying the mistake was due to a “clerical oversight.” GMA NEWS

Faster release of COVID test results pushed

ILOILO – The provincial government is seeking a faster release of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test results of locally stranded individuals (LSIs). It has...

WVMC patient tests positive for COVID

ILOILO City – A 42-year old woman who gave birth at the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Mandurriao district on July 31 tested...

Passi City records first local case of coronavirus disease

ILOILO – The component city of Passi has recorded its first case of local coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission – a 44-year-old asymptomatic female. Its...
BUYING FRENZY A store personnel loads boxes of alcoholic beverages into this man’s pedicab on Ortiz Street, Iloilo City on Monday, a day before the city government reinstated a two-week prohibition on the sale and consumption of liquor. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

LIQUOR BAN BACK IN ILOILO CITY

ILOILO City – Starting today, the sale and consumption of liquor in this southern city will be prohibited once again.  Mayor Jerry Treñas does not...