Malacañang is urging the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine to ensure accuracy of coronavirus disease 2019 test results before releasing them to concerned parties. This after the RITM clarified that ACT-CIS party-list Representative Eric Go Yap is negative for the viral disease, saying the mistake was due to a “clerical oversight.” GMA NEWS

Igbaras traces 200 contacts of COVID councilor

ILOILO – The Contact Tracing Task Force of Igbaras town has identified and located all the 200 contacts of the 55-year-old male municipal councilor...

‘RECOVER AS ONE’: Treñas, governors seek to restart WV economy

ILOILO City – The provinces of Western Visayas and the highly urbanized cities of Iloilo and Bacolod must collaborate if the region is to...
CRIME SCENE. A police officer secures the spot where motorcycle-driving businessman Delfin Britanico was ambushed in Barangay Nabitasan, La Paz, Iloilo City on Jan. 19. 2020. The victim’s family believes the attack is business-related, according to the Iloilo City Police Office. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Cop in twin slays want to be state witness

ILOILO City – According to Police Corporal Joseph Andrew Joven of the Iloilo City Police Office (ICPO), one of the four suspects charged in...
Classified as an international airport, the Iloilo Airport is the first airport in both Western Visayas and the island of Panay to be built to international standards, and it is also considered to be the primary gateway into the region. Located in Cabatuan, Iloilo, it has a 13,700-square-meter main passenger terminal. It is divided into three levels: arrivals and baggage claim on the first floor, check-in on the second floor and departures on the third floor. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

CAAP-Iloilo unsure when flights would resume

ILOILO – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines in Iloilo (CAAP-Iloilo) is unsure when would commercial flights resume at the Iloilo Airport. Commercial flights...

Anti-terrorism bill new tool for peace, security – Army

ILOILO City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) backs the passage of House Bill 6875 or the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020,...

Pandemic forces private college to shut down

ILOILO City – St. Anne College of Iloilo on R. Mapa Street, Barangay Tabucan, Mandurriao district has decided to close indefinitely, citing the coronavirus...

COVID-POSITIVE OFWs RISE TO 46 | Anilao repatriate dies at Sanitarium

ILOILO City – The number of repatriated overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Western Visayas who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rose to...

Cop tagged in Britanico-Muller slays surfaces

ILOILO City – The at-large policeman charged in the killing of a son of former assemblyman Salvador “Buddy” Britanico and a call center agent...

Iloilo’s economic losses estimated at P10 billion

Capitol prepares pandemic economic recovery plan ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. estimated at more than P10 billion the losses which the province incurred from...

Gov’t, rebels clash in Igabras

ILOILO City – The Philippine Army and New People’s Army (NPA) exchanged fire in Barangay Corocuan, Igbaras, Iloilo on June 6. Troops of the 61st Infantry Battalion (61IB)...