Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo

No need for ECQ yet in Visayas – Palace

MANILA – Unlike in Luzon, there is no need yet to place Visayas and Mindanao under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) caused by the coronavirus disease 2019...

Capiz cops nab 58 curfew violators

ROXAS City – Police personnel in this province nabbed at least 58 Capizeños violating curfew hours, which was imposed due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Satellite markets in Miagao, Iloilo province are created to help their farmers sell their products amid the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak. Residents can buy products in satellite markets rather than going to Miag-ao’s public market. OMA Miagao

‘Satellite markets’ in Miag-ao connect farmers to consumers

ILOILO City – To support the livelihood of their farmers affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the local government unit of Miag-ao town in Iloilo...
Roxas City’s sanitation tents are one of the ways to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 here. Each tent has misting, hand wash and footbath areas to sanitize individuals who pass through it. ROXAS CITY COMMUNICATIONS GROUP

Roxas City puts up ‘sanitation tents’ to fight coronavirus

Roxas City – The city government here, in partnership with the United Architects Association-Capiz, set up six sanitation tents to boost safety protocols against the spread...
Despite the enhanced community quarantine brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 in Antique, farmers should be allowed to go to work, according to Office of the Provincial Agriculture chief Nicolasito Calawag. Food production in this province will be hampered if farmers will not be allowed to operate their products. PNA

Antique farmers still allowed to work amid quarantine

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Office of the Provincial Agriculture (OPA) in Antique has reiterated that farmers in this province should be allowed to work on...
Miagao town in Iloilo province sets up satellite markets in its villages as a way of helping its farmers sell their produce. Since the enhanced community quarantine was enforced due to the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, the farmers found it hard transporting their goods to the market. MIAGAO LGU

Iloilo allots P6M for veggies distribution amid COVID-19

ILOILO City – An amount of P6 million has been allotted by the Iloilo provincial government in order to provide Ilonggos with vegetables while under enhanced...
Beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program wait outside a bank in this province before withdrawing their cash grant. PNA

P95-M cash grant now ready for Antique’s 4Ps beneficiaries

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Social Welfare and Development has downloaded P95.1 million in cash grants for the beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino...
Health personnel of the Dr. Rafael S. Tumbokon Memorial Hospital in Kalibo, Aklan wear personal protective equipment to fight the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 in the hospital’s COVID Ward. AKLAN PROVINCE

Aklan logs new COVID-19 case, total now at 6

KALIBO, Aklan – This capital town recorded its third confirmed case of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which brings the total cases of the virus to...
Drug suspects Wilfredo Agudo and Jomer Durana sit handcuffed while antidrug officers inspect items seized from them in Barangay Banica, Roxas City on April 2. GLENN BEUP/PN

2 suspects fall in Roxas City drug bust

ROXAS City – Police arrested two drug suspects in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Banica. Six sachets of suspected shabu were seized from residents Wilfredo Agudo, 29...
Member-agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARB) of the Nazareth Farmworkers Association in Barangay Purisima, Manapla, Negros Occidental prepare essential goods and financial aid to be distributed to its members and other ARBs in their area on March 26. They are one of the ARB organizations in this province to do so amid the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. DAR NEGROS OCCIDENTAL I-NORTH

NegOcc ARB groups share resources amid coronavirus

BACOLOD City – Amid the coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak, agrarian reform beneficiary organizations (ARBOs) in the northern parts of Negros Occidental shared their resources to their...