Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City checks dengue patients at the Hydration Unit of the La Paz Maternity and Reproductive Health Center. In response to rising dengue cases in the metro, the city government opened on Aug. 8, 2019 its Hydration Unit at the second floor of the La Paz Maternity and Reproductive Health Center. The Hydration Unit will primarily cater to patients referred by the City Health Office’s (CHO) district health centers in order for them to be unloaded of the many patients being assessed, diagnosed and managed as dengue cases. Its objective is to hydrate and monitor diagnosed dengue positive patients without warning signs based on Department of Health’s (DOH) issued guidelines.

City gov’t opens dengue hydration unit for health center patient referrals

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ILOILO City – In response to rising dengue cases in the metro, the city government opened on Aug. 8 its Hydration Unit at the second floor...

WV’s Jan. to July dengue cases highest in 10 years

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ILOILO – Dengue cases in Western Visayas this year (as of July 17) reached 27,630 with 126 deaths – the highest in 10 years, according to...

2 arrested in Sara buy-bust

Iloilo
ILOILO – A suspected member of a drug group and a companion were arrested in a joint buy-bust operation of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA)...
Police Colonel Roland Vilela

Davao native is new Iloilo police director

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BY RUBY P. SILUBRICO and IME SORNITO ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) has a new director. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. chose Police Colonel...

Taxi, tricycle drivers warned: Do not overcharge passengers

Iloilo
ILOILO City – Taxi and tricycle drivers have been warned against arbitrarily imposing exorbitant fares. The city government’s Public Safety and Transportation Management Office (PSTMO) received reports...
“We have 11 island barangays. All this islands have about 20,000 individuals or 4,500 families affected by the bad weather. They cannot buy food,” says Mayor Raul Banias of Concepcion, Iloilo. CONTIBUTED PHOTO

More beds for dengue patients in Iloilo City

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ILOILO City – Two military trucks of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) delivered on Friday to the city hall 38 folding beds and 10 squad...
RELIEF OPERATION. Personnel of the Department of Social Welfare and Development distribute relief goods to residents of Barangay Lantangan in Isla Gigantes, Carles, Iloilo on Aug. 10. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

RELIEF DRIVE: 1,054 families in Gigantes receive aid

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BY IME SORNITO AND IAN PAUL CORDERO ILOILO – A total of 3,500 food packs on Saturday were distributed to nearly 1,054 families in four island-villages...
“We have 11 island barangays. All this islands have about 20,000 individuals or 4,500 families affected by the bad weather. They cannot buy food,” says Mayor Raul Banias of Concepcion, Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Estancia, Concepcion face food shortage, too

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ILOILO – The northern coastal towns of Estancia and Concepcion also face food shortage due to the suspension of sea travel in the past few days. Concepcion...
Iloilo Gov. Arthur R. Defensor Jr. pays his respects to former Gov. Simplicio C. Griño at the St. Joseph the Worker Mortuary in Barangay Sambag, Jaro. BALITA HALIN SA KAPITOLYO

Iloilo mourns passing of ex-governor Griño

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ILOILO – Former governor Simplicio “Sim” Griño has died. He was 85. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. ordered local government units to fly their Philippine national flags at...
HUNGER IN PARADISE. This is one of several small islands in the Islas de Gigantes, an island chain in the municipality of Carles, Iloilo. Almost a week of inclement weather has prevented some 200 tourists from leaving the island chain, a fledgling tourist attraction that boasts of white sand beaches and pristine waters. IAN JOHN PAMPLONA/PN

FOOD SHORTAGE: Inclement weather cuts off Carles islands’ food supply

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ILOILO – A week of inclement weather has cut off 18 island barangays from the mainland of the northern coastal municipality of Carles. Fishermen are not...
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