WV rural doctors decry Cebu mission

ILOILO City – Exploitative. Haphazard. Abrupt. This was how Western Visayas’ rural doctors under the Department of Health’s (DOH) Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) program...
The Department of Social Welfare and Development is set to release six months' worth of senior citizen’s pension in advance to help them sustain their needs during the enhanced community quarantine. ABS-CBN NEWS

Senior citizens can now go malling in Iloilo City

ILOILO City – The city government is now allowing senior citizens – those 60 years old and older – to go to malls and...

PDEA-6 has new director

ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 6 has a new regional director. Edgar Apalla, 55, is expected to arrive today...
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

Close to 200K learners enroll in Iloilo province

ILOILO – From June 1 to 25, 186,355 learners in this province enrolled online for school year 2020-2021, according to Dr. Roel Bermejo, superintendent...

NO INBOUND FLIGHTS FOR NOW | But OFW ‘sweeper flights’ remain – Defensor

ILOILO City – The Iloilo Airport in Cabatuan town will stop inbound commercial flights transporting locally stranded individuals (LSs) from Metro Manila, according to...

Vendors appeal closure of Molo PUV terminal

ILOILO City – Vendors at the public utility vehicle (PUV) Terminal in Barangay San Pedro, Molo district are appealing to Mayor Jerry Treñas to...

Activist tagged by Army as terrorist fears for life

ILOILO City – During the meeting of the Regional Peace and Order Council at Casa Real de Iloilo City on June 19, the Philippine...
The Philippine government is looking to start mass testing persons suspected of having COVID-19 on April 14. REUTERS

Number of WV repatriates with COVID-19 rises to 163

ILOILO City – There are now 163 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 among repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and locally stranded individuals (LSIs) in...

WV coco farmers get COVID-19 aid

ILOILO City â€“ The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has rolled out its incentivized projects to help economically displaced coconut farmers in Western Visayas due to...

LSIs not allowed to enter Iloilo for now

ILOILO – Locally stranded individuals (LSIs) from other provinces and cities are temporarily banned from entering this province, according to Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr.  “Thereturn...