All schools should consider opening classes late in September, according to the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases. UNTV NEWS

ENROLLMENT DOWN: WV private schools take a beating

ILOILO City – Enrollees for school year 2020-2021 in Western Visayas reached 1,679,038, data from the Department of Education (DepEd) showed – down from...
GUTTED BY FIRE. This is what remains of the public market of Leon, Iloilo that was struck by fire late afternoon on July 18, 2020. An estimated 100 stalls were reduced to ashes. The Bureau of Fire Protection has launched an investigation. It is not discounting the possibility that electrical short circuit may have caused the destructive blaze. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

P10M lost in Leon public market fire

ILOILO – Fire struck the public market of Leon, Iloilo late Saturday afternoon, gutting an estimated P10-million worth of merchandizes and properties. The fire started...

No shield, no motorcycle pillion riding

ILOILO City – Today the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO) will start checking motorcycles with pillion riders or back-riders. Those without shields separating the driver...

Outspoken priest victim of fake Facebook account

ILOILO City – Monsignor Meliton Oso, director of the Archdiocese of Jaro’s Archdiocesan Social Action Center, is a victim of a fake Facebook account. One...

WV health workers, frontliners with COVID-19 now at 92 – DOH

ILOILO City – Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has already infected 92 healthcare workers and frontliners (non-medical) in Western Visayas, latest data from the Department...
“Sulod na kita sa warning zone pero ara kita sa early part,” says Dr. Marie Jocelyn Te of the Department of Health Region 6. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

WV LGUs urged: PUT UP MORE COVID FACILITIES | DOH: Quarantine centers running...

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) in Western Visayas urged local government units to establish more temporary treatment and monitoring facilities (TTMFs)...
Police officers will just “help and assist” local authorities in searching for coronavirus disease 2019 patients, clarified Police Colonel Gilbert Gorero, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 6. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

LGUs, not police, to lead house search for COVID-19 patients

ILOILO City – It will be up to local government units to direct house-to-house searches for individuals afflicted with coronavirus disease 2019. “We will not...

NegOcc guv warns of possible GCQ return

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Gov. Eugenio Jose “Bong” Lacson of Negros Occidental warned of a possible return to a province-wide general community...

Region 6 posts highest single-day spike in COVID recovery cases

ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded a single-day high of recovered coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients, according to the Department of Health (DOH). There were...

More cops sent to Alimodian, Bingawan for ECQ duties

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) deployed additional policemen to the municipalities of Alimodian and Bingawan to help in the strict enforcement...