Iloilo Prov’l Hospital eyed as COVID-19 test center
ILOILO – The provincial government is speeding up the establishment of a laboratory at the Iloilo Provincial Hospital (IPH) in Pototan town to conduct...
Fire razes 10 houses in Miag-ao
ILOILO City – Fire completely gutted 10 houses and partially damaged one in Barangay Baybay Norte, Miag-ao, Iloilo yesterday.
The totally damaged houses belonged to Reynaldo...
WVMC LAB VOWS FASTER TESTING
ILOILO City – The Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) sub-national laboratory in Mandurriao district aims to hasten its testing of specimens for the possible...
Treñas revokes PECO business permit
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has revoked the business permit of Panay Electric Co. (PECO).
His Executive Order No. 71 on such was served...
4 more OFWs flunk virus test; WV’s COVID-19 cases rise to 97
ILOILO City – Four more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who recently returned to Western Visayas tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the...
87 more OFWs coming home
ILOILO City – Tonight or early morning tomorrow, 87 more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) are returning to Western Visayas.
Their ship left the Port of...
City gov’t tightens belt as it battles pandemic
ILOILO City – As it battles the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the city government is implementing austerity measures. It hopes to save P166...
Farmers to get free seeds, fertilizers this wet season
ILOILO City – Rice farmers in Western Visayas will receive rice seeds and fertilizer subsidies from the Department of Agriculture (DA) beginning this May...
DOST designs ‘no-contact’ specimen collection booth to boost COVID testing
ILOILO City – To speed up testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has designed no-contact” specimen collection...
KEEP SAFE DISTANCE | Guv: People must be at least 1.5 meters apart at...
ILOILO – In workplaces allowed to operate, how should social distancing be observed under an extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ)?
Managements must assign a full-time...