The police gather these persons at the Iloilo City Freedom Grandstand for violating the ongoing enhanced community quarantine and curfew on Tuesday night (March 24, 2020). Since it is impossible for them to observe social distancing in a small and cramped police detention cell, the next best thing to do is “ground” these violatos at the grandstand. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

249 nabbed for defying quarantine, curfew

ILOILO City – From March 22 to 24 the police arrested 249 persons for violating the curfew and house quarantine being imposed by various local government...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Defensor, mayors agree on unified ‘enhanced community quarantine pass’

ILOILO – Beginning tomorrow, local government units through their barangay councils would be issuing uniform “enhanced community quarantine passes.” Mayors agreed to have a unified quarantine pass during...
MORE Electric and Power Corp. president Roel Castro turns over to Iloilo City Police Office director Director Eric Dampal assistance in the effort to keep the metro free from the coronavirus disease 2019. The assistance includes facemasks, alcohol and hand sanitizers, among others.

MORE Power donates P1-M aid to Iloilo City COVID frontliners

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has started giving out aid to various frontliners against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this...
Commuters mostly wearing face masks cross at a busy street in Mandaluyong on February 5, 2020. ABS-CBN News

DOH: 2 MORE IN WV POSITIVE FOR COVID

ILOILO City – Two more residents of Western Visayas tested positive for the virus that causes the pneumonia-like disease COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019). These brought to four...
The Department of Health has designated Western Visayas Medical Center in Iloilo City as the health facility dedicated to coronavirus disease cases. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

WVMC dedicated hospital for COVID-19

ILOILO City – Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Mandurriao district has been designated as dedicated facility for confirmed coronavirus disease  2019 (COVID-19) cases in Region...

DOLE readies financial help for quarantine-displaced workers

ILOILO City – Workers in Western Visayas’ private sector adversely affected by the community quarantine due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may avail themselves of...
Police Lieutenant Colonel Joem Malong, spokesperson of the PRO-6.

PRO-6 wary of surge in rob cases due to lockdown

ILOILO City – The community quarantine being observed in various parts of Western Visayas could drive the economically displaced to break the law such as committing...
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4 PUIs die clueless of COVID status

ILOILO City – Four persons under investigation (PUI) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) died without knowing if they had the virus. Confined in various hospitals in Western Visayas,...
Boxes of coronavirus testing kits for use by medical field personnel at a New York State emergency operations incident command center during the Coronavirus outbreak in New Rochelle, New York, U.S., Mar. 17, 2020. REUTERS

Iloilo City gov’t to procure over 5K COVID-19 test kits

ILOILO City – The city government is procuring 3,800 test kits for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using cash donations from the private sector. According to Mayor...

‘ILLEGAL & CRIMINAL’

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp.’s (MORE Power) disconnection of Panay Electric Co.’s (PECO) main office and the threat to cut power in the...