Former Cong. Suplico no plans for 2022 polls

ILOILO – Will former 5th District congressman and former vice governor Rolex Suplico return to politics? “My battle versus COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is...

PRO-6: There’s still police presence under ECQ

ILOILO City – While there are no border restrictions in the city and province of Iloilo despite being under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ), the...

Bacolod forms Safety Seal committee

BACOLOD City â€“ To ensure that health and safety protocols are implemented as businesses adapt to the new normal, Mayor Evelio Leonardia ordered the creation...
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Negros told to prepare vs Delta variant

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson urged Negros Occidental residents to prepare for the possible entry of the more transmissible...

PRO-6: Quashing of Tumandok search warrants doesn’t affect anything

ILOILO City – The motion to quash the seven search warrants against members of the indigenous people’s (IP) group Tumandok in Tapaz, Capiz does...
Pedestrians cross the Diversion Road in Iloilo City. From moderate risk last week, the city has been reclassified by the Department of Health as high risk area for coronavirus disease 2019. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Appeals up for review; IATF to finalize WV’s quarantine status today

MANILA – The Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-MEID) is set to finalize today the quarantine restrictions for Western...
The AstraZeneca coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine is made from a weakened version of a common cold virus (known as an adenovirus) from chimpanzees. It has been modified to look more like coronavirus – although it can’t cause illness.

Negros vax orders arriving tomorrow

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The 3,500 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that the provincial government of Negros Occidental...
A test tube labeled with the vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken on Sept. 9, 2020. DADO RUVIC/REUTERS

Bacolod’s AstraZeneca orders arriving this week

BY MAE SINGUAY AND DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The city government is expecting the arrival on July 16 of the first batch of 650,000...
These medical frontliners are stationed at the arrival area of the Iloilo International Airport in Cabatuan, Iloilo to test the arriving residents. President Rodrigo Duterte says he will not ease the quarantine protocols for the returning overseas Filipino workers due to presence of foreign variants of coronavirus disease 2019 in the country. JERRY TREÑAS/FACEBOOK

Special risk allowance for over 1,000 Iloilo health frontliners

ILOILO – Over 1,000 frontline health workers in provincial government-run hospitals here are set to receive special risk allowance (SRA). “On process na sia…gina-comply naton ang accounting and auditing...
Filipino kids play a common street game in the country. The Regional Sub-Committee for the Welfare of Children in Western Visayas recently recognized the outstanding performance of local government units in the region in the implementation of child-friendly programs and services in year 2018. PINTEREST.COM

Bacolod, NegOcc execs: Still no kids outdoors

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The National Inter-Agency Task Force (NIATF) is allowing outdoor activities for children as young as five years old...