WANTED: JEEPNEYS | Not enough PUVs to transport people

ILOILO City – Where have all the jeepneys gone? There was not enough public utility vehicles yesterday, the first day of work for most people...

LTO differs with LGUs of Iloilo on ‘backriding’

ILOILO City – Pillion riding or backriding on a motorcycle is prohibited, according to the Land Transportation Office (LTO) Region 6, citing Memorandum Circular...

Wanted: Roadmap for WV economic recovery

ILOILO City – Amid the expected slowdown of the economy due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Western Visayas Regional Development Council...

Another BJMP personnel tests positive for COVID

ILOILO City – A second personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6 tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that  causes...

78 cops undergo COVID-19 testing

ILOILO City – Seventy-eight policemen underwent coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing on May 15 at Camp Delgado, headquarters of the Police Regional Office 6...

MerryMart IPO bookbuild runs until May 22

THE MerryMart Initial Public Offering (IPO) bookbuild will run until May 22, 2020. The Philippine Stock Exchange has approved the IPO offering of MerryMart Consumer...
BRINGING MORE TO LIFE. More Electric and Power Corp. aims to implement a P1.7-billion improvement and rehabilitation of the power distribution system in Iloilo City within five years.

OUTRAGE OVER POWER OUTAGE: MORE Power hit for ‘lack of expertise’

ILOILO City – The long, nearly 13-hour power service interruption scheduled by MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) to carry out maintenance activities...

Substation undergoes preventive maintenance; MORE upgrades broken, old PECO facilities

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) completed its comprehensive preventive maintenance of the Jaro substation yesterday an hour early than...

COVID cases in WV now at 103; Fishing vessel crew tests positive for virus

ILOILO – An Ilonggo crew of a fishing vessel from Navotas City, Metro Manila that recently docked in Iloilo City tested positive for coronavirus...
SOCIAL DISTANCING TEST. Officials of the Iloilo City government’s Public Safety and Transportation Management Office inspect the interior of a modern jeepney. They are shown here trying to observe social distancing. Yes, it’s possible, they say. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Under GCQ social distancing in PUVs is the norm

ILOILO – Public utility vehicles (PUVs) are allowed to resume their operation under a general community quarantine (GCQ). But there are social distancing rules they...