4 BPO employees contract COVID-19
ILOILO City – Four employees of a BPO firm in Mandurriao district contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
These four employees included three call center agents...
Barotac Viejo suspends LSI return; quarantine center hits full capacity
ILOILO – The local government unit of Barotac Viejo has stopped accepting locally stranded individuals (LSI) from other provinces and cities. The town’s designated...
W. Visayas COVID-19 deaths now at 18
ILOILO City – There are now 18 Western Visayans who died due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), data from the Department of Health (DOH)...
Ex-LWUA head Larry Jamora passes away
ILOILO City – Former Local Water Utilities Administration (LWUA) head Lorenzo “Larry” Jamora passed away. He was 73.
It was former City Councilor Dave Jamora,...
WANTED: MORE WV COVID TEST LABS
ILOILO City – Local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas were urged to set up test laboratories for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). They would...
COVID-positive LSI spotted with tanods; Dumangas mayor locks down brgy
ILOILO – Barangay Sulangan in Dumangas town was locked down by the municipal government beginning 5 p.m. on July 29.A locally stranded individual (LSI)...
Cabatuan records first case of local COVID-19 transmission
ILOILO – The municipality of Cabatuan has recorded its first case of local coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) transmission.
Asymptomatic, the 53-year-old-female patient was being isolated...
75 Mandurriao households on ‘surgical’ ECQ
ILOILO City – Nine residents of Barangay Pali Benedicto in Mandurriao district tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Mayor Jerry Treñas quickly placed 75...
Boracay stakeholders backs ‘BIDA’ creation
ILOILO City – Stakeholders support the creation of the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) mentioned by President Rodrigo Duterte in his fifth State of the...
IPPO: ‘Pushers’ use cabbies in drug deals
ILOILO City – Drug peddlers have found a new strategy to dodge authorities, the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) revealed Wednesday.
Police Major Gervinson Moyo,...