Newlyweds prove love powerful than COVID

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ILOILO City – The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has not deterred a couple from getting married. A member of the Armed Forces of the...
Residents of Iloilo City’s Jaro district gather at Jaro Plaza to receive P6,000 cash assistance each from the national government’s Social Amelioration Program. Are they observing social distancing to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease? A door-to-door payout is safer, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

DSWD-6 to LGUs: Door-to-door SAP payout is safer

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ILOILO City – Door-to-door delivery of the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash assistance is still most preferred, stressed the Department of Social Welfare and...
“I am only human. I make wrong decisions. But I will try to make less of these wrong decisions,” says Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City, referring to his lifting of the liquor ban. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

President given wrong info – Treñas

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ILOILO City – The President was likely fed with the wrong information, according to Mayor Jerry Treñas. He denied having prevented Manila-stranded overseas workers...

Girl, 3, WV’s youngest COVID-19 patient; Region 6 records 8 new cases

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ILOILO City – So far, Western Visayas’ youngest confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a three-year-old girl from Pandan, Antique. “This is a...

Tubungan LGU facilitates return of stranded family

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ILOILO – The local government unit (LGU) of Tubungan facilitated the return of a family stuck in the town for more than a month...

Igbaras quarantine violators chided but not penalized

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ILOILO – Mayor Jaime Esmeralda of Igbaras summoned to his office 17 violators of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in his town and discovered...

WHOSE JOB IS IT? | On stranded OFWs, Treñas tells Baronda: ‘Leave it...

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ILOILO City – Is Cong. Julienne Baronda making it more complicated for the regional inter-agency task force on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to...
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

Iloilo opens borders to stranded residents

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ILOILO – Ilonggos stranded in parts of Western Visayas classified as “low risk” for transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease...
The provincial government of Guimaras has imposed a temporary ban of Chinese guests as a precautionary measure against the 2019 novel coronavirus through an executive order signed by Gov. Samuel Gumarin. PNA

DOH blinks, says Guimaras free from COVID

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ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) backpedaled from its earlier decision to list as Guimaras’ first case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Onlookers make this rescued Brahminy kite or dapay in Bingawan, Iloilo uncomfortable. The dapay was turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Rescued Brahminy kite turned over to DENR

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ILOILO City – A rescued Brahminy kite, locally known as dapay, was turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources’ (DENR) Community...
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