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More cops posted in 15 Iloilo towns

ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) deployed Special Action Forces (SAF) personnel to 15 towns assessed to have a higher risk of being attacked by...
Western Visayas police director Brigadier General Rene Pamuspusan (left) gives boxes of face masks and fruits to Dumarao chief of police Larnel Frial, which are to be used by personnel who conduct checkpoint at the border of Iloilo and Capiz provinces in Barangay Aglalana, Dumarao, Capiz on March 23. PIA

PRO-6 calls out arbitrariness of brgy checkpoints

ILOILO City – All quarantine control points or checkpoints, including those manned by barangay officials, must be coordinated with the police, according to the Police Regional...
PANIC BUYING. On the eve of a month-long lockdown of Iloilo City that starts today, people troop to grocery stores such as this one to buy provisions. The lockdown aims to limit or even stop the transmission of the corovirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

WV has sufficient food, prices within SRP – DTI

ILOILO City – Basic food necessities in major trading areas abide by the suggested retail prices (SRP) following the price freeze imposed by the government based...

‘DISCRIMINATION’ | DOH: Healthcare workers don’t deserve it

ILOILO City – Do not discriminate healthcare workers fighting the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Department of Health (DOH) appealed to the Ilonggos. Undersecretary Ma. Rosario Vergeire...
Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City assures the public he is transparent with his health condition. “Prangka ako kag wala gid nagabinutig sa inyo,” he says. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Treñas subject of false social media post on COVID-19 test

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas denied having taken a test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). A social media post claimed Treñas took the test after having...
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Iloilo LGUs to receive P1-M assistance each from capitol

ILOILO – Each of the 43 local government units (LGUs) in this province will be receiving P1 million financial assistance from the provincial government to strengthen...
Philippine Coast Guard personnel get ready to transport these boxes of family food packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development to Negros Occidental from the seaport of Iloilo City via a ship of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources. DSWD Region 6 has prepositioned 24,200 family food packs should local government units need more for their constituents adversely affected by the ongoing enhanced community quarantine aimed at containing the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

DSWD readies 24,200 food packs for quarantine-affected people

ILOILO City – The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region 6 has prepositioned 24,200 family food packs should local government units need...

2 schools to house suspected COVID-19 cases

ILOILO City – The city government has designated Iloilo Central Elementary School and Mabini Elementary School in the City Proper as isolation facilities for persons under...

‘CONTACT TRACING’ | Search launched for close contacts of Iloilo City’s 1st COVID-19 case

ILOILO City – Health authorities are bent on tracking all persons who have close contact with the 61-year-old woman from Mandurriao district who tested positive for...
SEIZED ALCOHOL. Police officers check these plastic containers of alcohol seized from a group in an entrapment operation in Iloilo City. The group is suspected of selling alcohol at an overprice at a time when the city is battling to stop the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

6 persons suspected of overpricing alcohol

ILOILO City – Six persons were arrested in Barangay Tanza Bonifacio here in an entrapment operation. They were hoarding and selling overpriced alcohol, according to Police...