Casualty in Santa Barbara shooting COVID-positive; policemen quarantined
ILOILO – Two houses in Barangay Bagumbayan, Santa Barbara were locked down. The mentally-challenged man who was shot dead by the police on Monday...
WV logs 19 COVID deaths in one day
ILOILO City – Western Visayas logged 19 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) yesterday, June 8, bringing the region’s total death toll to...
264 Iloilo brgys record clustering of COVID cases
ILOILO – Two hundred sixty-four out of 1,721 barangays in this province recorded clustering of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of June 5.
Twenty...
Bomb explodes at ex-Antique PIO’s compound
ILOILO City – A bomb exploded in the compound of former Antique provincial government information officer Eric Otayde in Barangay District 1, Sibalom, Antique...
Iloilo City mulls ‘drive-thru’ vaccination
ILOILO City – The city government is eyeing a “drive-thru” vaccination site to speed up the metro’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) inoculation program.
“It would...
Localized thunderstorm triggers flooding in Bacolod
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – A localized thunderstorm late Saturday afternoon inundated several areas here and triggered evacuation.
City disaster cluster head Joemarie Vargas...
5 municipalities keep COVID deaths at bay
ILOILO – Of this province’s 42 towns and one component city, only five municipalities have not recorded deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
‘NOT BEST TIME TO BE SELFISH’; Iloilo City’s 1,781 active cases highest in WV
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas appealed for public understanding and cooperation amid the metro’s modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status.
The city mayor ordered close...
BCPO nets 19,321 COVID health protocol violators
BACOLOD City – Between Jan. 1 to May 31 this year, the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) apprehended 19,321 violators of minimum health protocols...
Bacolod needs more nurses, ‘COVID beds’
BACOLOD City – This city is currently facing a dearth of nurses and hospital beds to accommodate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.
According to Dr....