Personnel of the Iloilo City Hall Health Office conduct rapid diagnostic test for coronavirus to city government employees on Monday, July 27. Mayor Jerry Treñas says the testing will ensure the safety of individuals coming in contact with government employees who, in turn, talk and engage with a lot of people while on duty. ARNOLD ALMACEN/CMO

Iloilo city hall employees undergo COVID rapid tests

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ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas ordered a rapid diagnostic test on all city hall officials and employees as part of the local government’s...

WV’s COVID-19 cases breach 1K; 446 LSIs return to Region 6 tomorrow

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ILOILO City – The number of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Western Visayas zoomed to 1,036 on Saturday. It is expected to further...

‘Surgical’ ECQ in Bo. Obrero extended for 3 more days

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ILOILO City – The 72-hour “surgical extreme” enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) on a neighborhood in Zone 2, Barangay Bo. Obrero in Lapuz district which...
A husband and his wife in Lapuz, Iloilo City get ready to travel using their motorcycle with a plastic barrier separating them. The barrier aims to ensure physic al distancing between the driver and back-rider to prevent the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

On motorcycle barrier policy: No arrests yet, says Dampal

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ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) has so far not made any arrests or fined violators of the policy requiring dividers...

Iloilo City gov’t mulls 50-bed hospital

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ILOILO City – The city government plans to build a 50-bed, three-storey hospital in Barangay San Pedro, Molo district adjacent to the coronavirus disease...
A member of a religious group holds a placard expressing support for press freedom during a protest caravan in Iloilo City on July 24. Police authorities are urging protesters to air their grievances for President Rodrigo Duterte’s fifth State of the Nation Address trough social media. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

PRO-6 to SONA rallyists: Avoid mass gathering, do your protests online

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ILOILO City – Instead of gathering to hold protest actions, the Police Regional Office (PRO) 6 urged protesters to air their grievances for President...
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

‘BAYANIHAN’ SPIRIT KEEPS COVID AT BAY: Treñas applauds Ilonggos’ unity in SOCA

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ILOILO City – For Mayor Jerry Treñas, it was the Ilonggos’ unwavering brand of bayanihan spirit that kept the city intact and resilient despite...

COVID infects WVSUMC health worker; OPD temporarily closed

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ILOILO City – West Visayas State University Medical Center (WVSUMC) in La Paz district temporarily closed its outpatient department (OPD) yesterday. One of the...

20 Iloilo towns record indigenous COVID cases

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ILOILO City – Twenty municipalities in this province have recorded indigenous or local cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), data from the Department of Health (DOH) Region...

‘SURGICAL QUARANTINE’: Bo. Obrero neighborhood on lockdown

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ILOILO City – Forty-four households in a neighborhood at Zone 2, Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district are on a three-day “surgical extreme enhanced community...
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