Mayor Geefre “Kalay” Alonsabe of Alimodian, Iloilo says there will be measures in place in order to ensure that the participants of the Himud-os Festival, as well as the spectators, will not be at risk for the coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Alimodian ECQ extended

ILOILO – The whole province is under a modified general community quarantine (MGCQ, medium risk) except for the town of Alimodian has which extended...

SPILL CLEANUP ON THE RIGHT TRACK: AC Energy doing a good job –...

ILOILO City – AC Energy Philippines, owner of the power barge which spilled bunker fuel into the coast of Iloilo City and Guimaras following...

Bulk of Iloilo COVID cases not indigenous; further delay in return of LSIs sought

ILOILO – Most of the cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this province are not indigenous or locally transmitted, according to Gov. Arthur...

COVID curve has not flattened; WV cases zoom to 699

ILOILO – Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are rising and the acceleration rate is high, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. He shrugged off...

Guimaras vulnerable to disasters – OCD

ILOILO City – The island province of Guimaras is vulnerable to disasters because it is surrounded by waters, according to Director Jose Roberto Nuñez...
“This plan is like locating a criminal,” says Philippine National Police chief General Archie Gamboa. PNA/FILE PHOTO

PRO-6 campaign vs illegal drugs wows PNP chief

ILOILO City – Philippine National Police (PNP) chief, Police General Archie Francisco Gamboa lauded the Police Regional Office 6’s (PRO-6) campaign against illegal drugs. “As...

Lapuz man, 80, WV’s 12th COVID-19 death

BACOLOD City – An 80-year-old man from Barangay Bo. Obrero, Lapuz district became the 12th person in Western Visayas  succumbed to coronavirus disease 2019...
“This plan is like locating a criminal,” says Philippine National Police chief General Archie Gamboa. PNA/FILE PHOTO

HOUSE-TO-HOUSE COVID SEARCH | PNP chief: It’s like hunting criminals

ILOILO City – The government’s plan to send police officers and local government personnel to households to search for individuals afflicted with coronavirus disease...
People walk past the front of Western Visayas Medical Center’s emergency room in Mandurriao, Iloilo City.

3 WVMC workers contract COVID-19: 4 hospital areas on lock down

ILOILO – Two healthcare workers and an employee of the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Mandurriao district tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Four...

WV’s modified GCQ extended anew

MANILA – The cities of Iloilo and Bacolod remain under “medium risk” modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) at least until the end of the month...