ICER stops emergency response operation; personnel tests positive for virus

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ILOILO City – A personnel of the city government’s Iloilo City Emergency Responders (ICER) tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019...

Sebaste mayor’s brother surrenders .45 pistol

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A younger brother of Mayor Gaseva Recopuerto of Sebaste, Antique surrendered his .45 pistol to the town’s police. According to Sebaste police chief Major Anthony...
The Philippine government is looking to start mass testing persons suspected of having COVID-19 on April 14. REUTERS

Red Cross asked to test for COVID-19 stranded Ilonggo OFWs in Manila

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ILOILO City – The Philippine Red Cross in Metro Manila has been asked to test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) the estimated 150 Ilonggo overseas Filipino...

IPPO holds poster-making tilt as tribute to COVID frontliners

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has launched a poster-making contest to honor all frontline workers in the current effort to curb the spread...
“Our legal battle continues but let us show compassion and stand together in these trying times,” says Panay Electric Co. Head of Public Engagement and Government Affairs Marcelo Cacho, pointing out that with the enhanced community quarantine being extended until May 15 due to the raging coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, people and businesses adversely affected are having difficulty paying their electricity bills. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

PECO calls on MORE Power: ‘LET’S NOT COLLECT FROM CONSUMERS’

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Cacho: Better wait until COVID-19 crisis eases ILOILO City – To help power consumers during this time of economic uncertainty, Panay Electric Co. (PECO) announced it won’t...

BJMP personnel tests positive for COVID-19; Inmates’ visitation privilege suspended

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A personnel of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Region 6 based here tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes...
A biologist works on samples from test tubes to check if any of them tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the laboratory of Medicana International Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 14, 2020. REUTERS

10 more in WV recover from COVID-19

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ILOILO City – Ten more persons diagnosed with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) recovered from the illness, the Department of Health (DOH) reported over the weekend –...
Residents of Barangay Punong, Lapuz, Iloilo City receive their cash grants of P6,000 under the government’s Social Amelioration Program for economically displaced individuals due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Exclusion of brgy execs from SAP questioned

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ILOILO – Why were barangay officials excluded from the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) for people economically displaced by the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) health...

Distribution of cash aid in Iloilo City slow

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ILOILO City – The distribution of cash assistance to beneficiaries of the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP) here is slow. Of the 79,215 identified family-beneficiaries in this...
ESSENTIAL DRINK? An operative of the Philippine National Police’s Criminal Investigation and Detective Group discovers boxes of liquor inside this truck in Santa Barbara, Iloilo on April 24, 2020. Despite the liquor ban in Iloilo city and province, this truck from the city managed to pass through quarantine control points unhampered; its driver told the police he was transporting “essential goods.” IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

500 boxes of liquor seized; 4 arrested

Iloilo
ILOILO City – A village councilman and three others were arrested by the Criminal Investigation and Detective Group (CIDG) Region 6 in Barangay Agutayan, Santa Barbara, Iloilo for transporting...
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