“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

‘WRONG DECISION’: Treñas re-imposes liquor ban, admits mistake

BY IME SORNITO and RUBY SILUBRICO ILOILO City – Lifting the ban on the sale and consumption of liquor was a mistake, acknowledged Mayor Jerry Treñas, thus...
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

City records 7th COVID case; were protocols breached?

ILOILO City – This city has recorded its seventh confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a 51-year-old woman from La Paz district with a history...
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

Slashing P6K SAP cash aid prohibited – DSWD

ILOILO City – Each beneficiary of the national government’s P6,000 Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash assistance must receive the money in full, stressed the Department of Social...

9 wounded in fishing port shooting

ILOILO City – Nine persons got shot at the fishing port complex in Barangay Tanza Baybay here on Tuesday night. They were taken to the Iloilo...
The town of Toboso in Negros Occidental recently declared members of the Communist Party of the Philippines and its armed wing New People’s Army as persona non-grata. Lieutenant Colonel Emelito Thaddeus Logan, commanding officer of 79th Infantry Battalion, said terrorist group destroy peace and development of the communities in tshe province. PH.VLTRENDS.COM

Phil. Army troops rescue 5 NPA ‘child warriors’

ILOILO – Five “child warriors” of the New People’s Army (CPP-NPA) were among the 11 captured individuals in an encounter between government troops and rebels in...
CURFEW VIOLATORS. A policeman guards these persons “detained” at the Iloilo City Freedom Grandstand for defying the enhanced community quarantine curfew from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. A total of 142 violators were arrested before dawn yesterday. Since the police detention cell is too small for these violators to observe social distancing, the police brought them to the grandstand. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Curfew violators climb to over 5K region-wide

ILOILO City – Violators of the curfew hours being imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas have reached 5,181,...

IPPO kiosks make food accessible to poor families

ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has launched a project making food accessible to poor families and senior citizens – the “Bayanihan Kiosks”. These were launched yesterday...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, PRO-6 spokesperson

PRO-6 raises almost P8M COVID fund

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) has raised P7,926,312 million for the Philippine National Police’s (PNP’s) Bayanihan Fund Challenge, a fund-raising drive that...
SOME SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY. A man buys a bottle of beer at a store in La Paz, Iloilo City. Mayor Jerry Treñas has lifted the ban on the sale and consumption of liquor. However, drinking liquor in public remains prohibited while the city is under an enhanced community quarantine. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

LIQUOR BAN LIFTED BUT… Drinking in public still not allowed – Treñas

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has lifted the prohibition on the sale and consumption of liquor, an initial step toward the gradual easing of enhanced...

Chinese vessels docking at Semirara Island?

ILOILO City – Have Chinese vessels been docking at the port of Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique notwithstanding the enhanced community quarantine? Gov. Rhodora Cadiao...