DID FEAR OF VIRUS DRIVE BIZMAN TO HANG SELF?

Iloilo
What drove a 36-year-old entrepreneur from Barangay Lambuyao, Oton, Iloilo to hang himself? An elder sister believed the man, who operated a computer shop in La Paz...

Pavia expands enhanced community quarantine

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – While there are already restrictions and prohibitions imposed by the municipal government of Pavia relative to the enhanced community quarantine, Mayor Laurence Anthony Gorriceta...
“On Saturdays and Sundays we will no longer allow anyone to go out of their houses except to buy medicines,” says Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. “We have to keep the city sealed from the virus,” he adds. His goal is to open businesses starting May 1, even if only gradually. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

ILOILO CITY MAY REOPEN ON MAY 1 | Lack of cooperation could derail...

Iloilo
ILOILO City – So this southern city could reopen on May 1 after 40 days of quarantine to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019...
It is “too early” to predict job losses for OFWs, with the virus confirmed in at least 60 countries, says Overseas Workers Welfare Administration chief Hans Leo Cacdac. ABS-CBN

WV to turn away OFWs with coronavirus

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ILOILO City – Only overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who test negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), would be allowed to...

45 suspected, probable cases test negative for COVID-19

Iloilo
ILOILO City – All the 45 specimens taken from suspected and probable cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, announced the...
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT. The Iloilo City Police Office is mobilizing over 400 policemen to enforce the enhanced community quarantine and curfew in the metro in a bid to slow down if not stop the spread of the coronavirus disease. As frontliners in the fight against the pandemic they, too, are risking their lives like healthcare workers in the name of public service. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Pavia curfew violators give police headache

Iloilo
ILOLO – The municipality of Pavia has the most number of quarantine curfew violators in the province – 144 as of April 12, according to Police...

Social distancing a challenge at Barotac Nuevo public market

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ILOILO – Despite social distancing protocols outlined in executive orders he issued relative to the prevention and control of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Mayor Bryant Paul...

Road clearing gives way to ‘war vs virus’

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ILOILO City – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has temporarily suspended road clearing operations. For now, local officials, including those of barangay councils, must...
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

WV quarantine curfew violators rise to over 4K

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Between March 17 to April 11, police units across Western Visayas were able to apprehend 4,448 persons for violating quarantine curfews being imposed by...
Malacañang is urging the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine to ensure accuracy of coronavirus disease 2019 test results before releasing them to concerned parties. This after the RITM clarified that ACT-CIS party-list Representative Eric Go Yap is negative for the viral disease, saying the mistake was due to a “clerical oversight.” GMA NEWS

2 children of Pavia’s ‘COVID couple’ test negative for virus

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ILOILO City – The two children of the couple in Pavia, Iloilo who tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were negative of SARS-CoV-2, the...
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