Free ‘pandesal’ for city residents

Iloilo
ILOILO City – For 15 days beginning Monday, April 6, residents here will be treated to free pandesal. Three companies are joining forces to produce the popular...
Panay Electric Co. (PECO) Corporate Communications Officer Jon Mikel Afzelius delivers personal protective equipment to the Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo City as part of PECO’s effort to help in the fight of the Ilonggos against the lingering COVID-19 crisis.

PECO HELPS FRONTLINERS

Iloilo Panay News -
ILOILO City – To help avert a larger public health crisis here, Panay Electric Co. (PECO) responded to calls for more safety and health protection for...

Lambunao 1st COVID case infects 4 family members

Iloilo Glenda Sologastoa -
ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded five more persons positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) yesterday, four of whom were family members of the first confirmed case...

Axing DOH-6 director very ill-advised – Treñas

Iloilo
ILOILO City – “Very, very, very, very ill-advised.” This was how Mayor Jerry Treñas described the sudden removal of Director Marlyn Convocar of the Department of...
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 to rebels: Help fight COVID, stay at home

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) of the Philippine Army is calling on the New People’s Army (NPA) to help fight the spread of...
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

Soldiers man city quarantine control points

Iloilo
ILOILO City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) has deployed 50 soldiers to this city. They will help the Iloilo City Police Office enforce the...
A makeshift barricade with no entry sign blocks the entrance to Barangay Tabucan, Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo. The said village was placed under heightened community quarantine after authorities recorded the first coronavirus disease 2019 case of the town. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Travel to and from Guimbal, Lambunao restricted due to local COVID-19 transmission

Iloilo Ime Sornito -
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has restricted the travel to and from areas under enhanced community quarantine with confirmed local transmission of the coronavirus disease...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, spokesperson of the PRO-6.

Cop positive for COVID-19 fake news – PRO-6

Iloilo
ILOILO City – There is no truth to social media claims that a policeman tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according to the Police...
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

12-HOUR DETENTION: Iloilo City gov’t to go tough on curfew violators

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Citing the guidelines issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Mayor Jerry Treñas said violators of the curfew in line with the ongoing...
The regional health system is equipped to address any potential threat of the novel coronavirus, says Dr. Marlyn Convocar, director of the Department of Health in Western Visayas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Convocar axed as overseer of WV COVID response

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 director Dr. Marlyn Convocar is no longer overseeing the Western Visayas response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
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