SB member sorry for quarantine breach

ILOILO – Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member Jeff Albania of San Dionisio town publicly apologized for breaking quarantine protocols designed to curb the spread of...

CIDG-6 to probe village chief over SAP ‘anomaly’

ILOILO City – The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) Region 6 will be investigating a village chief in Iloilo province over an alleged...

‘TRACE AND TEST’: Hunt on for close contacts of Brgy. Sto. Niño’s COVID cases

ILOILO City – In a bid to avert a community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Arevalo district’s Barangay...

Asymptomatic Pavia OFW positive for virus; 3 more WV COVID-19 patients recover

ILOILO – Another overseas Filipino worker (OFW) tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – a 32-year-old male resident of Pavia town who returned...

People traveling sans quarantine pass face arrest

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas ordered the arrest of people leaving their houses without quarantine passes. The city remains under an extended enhanced community...
REGULAR CLEANUP. It is important to always keep the surroundings clean so that disease vectors such as mosquitoes that cause dengue fever could not thrive, according to the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office of Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Clean homes vs dengue while on quarantine

ILOILO – While under an enhanced community quarantine, Ilonggos should continue the “Limpyo Iloilo” (Clean Iloilo) program in their homes, according to the Provincial...

AREVALO BRGY ON LOCKDOWN: Treñas orders ‘extreme ECQ’ in Sto. Niño Sur

ILOILO City – With five confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Barangay Sto. Niño Sur in Arevalo district was placed on a 72-hour...
The Philippine government is looking to start mass testing persons suspected of having COVID-19 on April 14. REUTERS

WV COVID-19 cases nearing 100 mark; 9 OFWs test positive for coronavirus

ILOILO City – Nine more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who returned to Western Visayas last week tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
MODIFIED QUARANTINE. The enhanced community quarantine is an effective measure against a pandemic like the coronavirus disease 2019, says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo. However, it should be observed not longer than is necessary or the economy will suffer, he stresses. The provincial government will thus tweak quarantine measures to sustain the economy, says Defensor. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Guv lists extended ECQ travel restrictions

ILOILO – While allowing the reopening of establishments and industries related to agriculture, among others, under an extended enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the provincial...
Beneficiaries of the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash assistance gather at the covered gym of La Paz district in Iloilo City to get their money. Observing social distancing in this setting is very difficult. Today, May 7, 2020, is the last day of the one-week extension given to local government units to finish distributing the cash assistance. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Another extension for SAP cash distribution sought

ILOILO City – Today is the last day of the one-week extension given to local government units (LGUs) to finish distributing the Social Amelioration...