Dr. Chris Sorongon, deputy for medical data analysis and assessment of EOC-TF

‘Coordinate with capitol, not city gov’t’

BACOLOD City – Residents of Negros Occidental going back to their hometowns should coordinate with the provincial government or their respective local government units...
“Wala man gid sang significant nga irislan,” says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province. He is not tweaking the protocols on the return of returning overseas Filipinos. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo won’t change curbs vs repatriates

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. is keeping the provincial government’s current quarantine protocols for returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) despite the threat of the...
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Red Cross-Bacolod to use saliva-based COVID test

BACOLOD City – Starting next month, the molecular laboratory of the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) here will be using saliva as an alternative specimen...
“I-push gid namon ang P15 nga minimum fare kay mabuhinan ang amon pasahero,” says Raymundo Parcon of Iloilo City Loop Alliance of Jeepney Owners and Drivers Association.

ICLAJODA opposes private inspection centers

ILOILO City – A transport group here is opposing the policy of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) requiring all motor vehicles to be inspected...
Pavia is a second-class municipality in the province of Iloilo.

Pavia municipal hall closed for disinfection

ILOILO – The municipal hall of Pavia is off limits to the public today. The building would be disinfected.An employee of the Department of...
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Bacolod resort sans biz permit shuttered

BACOLOD City – A newly-opened resort in Barangay Pahanocoy was ordered shut for a string of violations. City Administrator Em Ang, executive director of the...
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province says keeping the accord between the University of the Philippines and the Department of National Defense would ensure academic freedom in the university. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

UP alumnus Defensor rues ditching of UP-DND accord

ILOILO – Keeping the security accord between the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Department of National Defense (DND) would have been better...
Antidrug oepratives conduct an inventory of suspected shabu seized from Elmer Niquia in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alalasan, La Paz, Iloilo City Thursday. IPPO

P3.2-M shabu seized

ILOILO City – A top drug trafficking suspect here was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Buray, Oton, Iloilo. Shabu worth P3.2 million was...
According to Dr. Jocelyn Te, medical officer of the Department of Health Region 6, better public awareness on leptospirosis was a factor in the sharp drop in cases from 2019 to 2020. The regional health office and local government units stepped up their information drive. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

WV records 210 ‘leptos’ cases in 2020; Death toll at 22, says DOH

ILOILO City – Last year, Western Visayas recorded 210 cases of leptospirosis, with 22 deaths, according to the Department of Health (DOH). The figures were...
Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. is asking President Rodrigo Duterte to probe the illegal termination of Bacolod City Water District employees. WDJ FILE PHOTO

DU30’s help sought to probe Baciwa retrenchments

BACOLOD City – Councilor Wilson Gamboa Jr. asked President Rodrigo Duterte to look into the alleged illegal termination of 60 Bacolod City Water District...