Will once-a-week ‘lockdown’ work?
ILOILO
– Eleven towns in northern Iloilo agreed to observe a “lockdown” every Sunday
to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Will
this once-a-week move...
Why wearing facemask in public makes sense
ILOILO City – Wearing a facemask in public is the most
sensible thing to do at this time when nobody can be certain if they...
Social amelioration program for ‘poorest of the poor’ only
ILOILO City – The national government’s P6,000 Social
Amelioration Package (SAP) in this time of public health emergency due to the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic...
‘Extending quarantine without mass testing means nothing’
ILOILO City – Extending the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in this city, Iloilo province and elsewhere would amount to nothing without mass testing for...
Pavia LGU confirms town’s first 2 COVID-19 cases
ILOILO – The Municipality of Pavia has its first two confirmed
cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Mayor Laurence Anthony
Gorriceta announced around noon today.
“I...
Region’s COVID cases now 36; 391 PUIs negative for virus
ILOILO City – A total of 391 patients
under investigation (PUIs) in Western Visayas tested negative for the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of April 7.
Western...
Reds attack gov’t troops in Lambunao
ILOILO City – New People’s Army (NPA)
rebels attacked Philippine Army troops in the mountainous Sitio Aguilan,
Barangay Panuran, Lambunao, Iloilo early morning on April 7.
The...
TREÑAS EXTENDS QUARANTINE: Defensor seen to make similar move
BY IME SORNITO and GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO City – Two more weeks. The
enhanced community quarantine in this city would be extended, announced Mayor
Jerry Treñas on...
Antique records 1st COVID-19 case; Semirara Island on lockdown
ILOILO City – A resident of Parañaque City,
Metro Manila became the first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) in the province of Antique.
The patient,...
‘Aclara I-210 meters not defective’
By WALDO A. DARVIN and JASON I. SUBIRANA
THE
RECENT Panay News article
(‘Defective’ MORE meters could swell bills 10x, subject of multimillion-dollar
lawsuit”) which implicates the GE...