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CLEANING TOMBS. This early, family members such as this man at the Pavia Catholic Cemetery in Pavia, Iloilo start cleaning the tombs of their departed loved ones in preparation for the observance of “Piesta Minatay”. AJ PALCULLO/PN

‘NO VAX, NO ENTRY’ IN CEMETERIES; Iloilo City gov’t also sets areas for flower...

ILOILO City – Only individuals fully or partially vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will be allowed to enter cemeteries here on All Saints’...
BORDER CONTROLS. Personnel of the Iloilo City Government’s African Swine Fever (ASF) taskforce disinfect a delivery truck transporting animal, pork and pork by-products. The city government has banned the entry of live hogs, pork and pork by-products from Oton, Iloilo – ground zero of ASF infection – and is strengthening its border control in five different locations – Sto. Niño Sur/Alegre, Mohon/Oton, Pakiad/Sooc, Hibao-an/San Miguel, and Calahunan. ILOILO CITY GOVERNMENT FB PAGE PHOTO

Oton hog farms suffer P4-M losses from ASF

ILOILO – The estimated losses of hog farms in Oton town due to African Swine Fever (ASF) have so far reached P4 million, according...

Village chief faces gun raps

ILOILO City – The village chief of Barangay Cahaguichican, Pototan, Iloilo was arrested around 3:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 17. The 43-year-old Rolando Panizales, now...
BARONDA

Baronda secures P1B for Iloilo City’s flood mitigation project

ILOILO City – Rep. Julienne Baronda said she was able to secure almost P1 billion to fund a flood mitigation project here. The Iloilo City...

Cops still clueless on whereabouts of Smallville shooting suspects

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – The suspects in the fatal shooting of a young man at Smallville Complex in Mandurriao district on August...
Mayor Jerry Treñas and Vice Mayor Jeffrey Ganzon (5th and 4th from right, respectively) lead the inauguration of the Iloilo City Uswag Molecular Laboratory on Oct. 14. ILOILO CITY PIO PHOTO

‘Molecular lab levels up Iloilo City healthcare system’

ILOILO City – The Iloilo City Uswag Molecular Laboratory’s inauguration and blessing was held on Oct. 14. “This new facility will be of great help...

La Paz buy-bust yields 23K ‘shabu’

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – A resident of Barangay San Juan, Molo district was arrested in a drug buy-bust operation in Barangay Lopez...
ASF COLOR-CODED ZONES. Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. presents the map of Iloilo where all towns and the component city of Passi, plus Iloilo City, were placed under corresponding African Swine Fever (ASF) color-coded zones after Oton town was declared a “red (infected) zone” because of confirmed ASF cases. The color-coding scheme, provided under the governor's latest executive order, was based on Department of Agriculture Administrative Order 02-2020. AJ PALCULLO/PN

OTON ‘RED ZONE’ FOR ASF Iloilo scrambles to contain hog disease

ILOILO – The town of Oton where the province’s and Western Visayas’ first confirmed African Swine Fever (ASF) cases were logged has been declared...
FORTUNA

305 city residents get vaccine vs cholera

ILOILO City – The City Health Office (CHO) was able to administer the first dose of oral vaccine against cholera to 305 residents. The vaccines...
DOH reported 8,615 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday and 82,228 individuals remain ill due to the virus.

COVID-19 cases increase in Iloilo City this October

ILOILO City – Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this southern city has increased. From 11 in September, the daily average increased to 29...