The almost empty street of Iloilo City amid the enhanced community quarantine implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

City gov’t to put up offsite centers for biz renewals

ILOILO City – Business owners here can expect a more convenient renewal of business permits next year. Aside from walk-in and online permit application and renewal processing, the...
Local officials inspect this newly-constructed 32-room isolation facility for coronavirus disease 2019 patients in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City. According to the City Emergency Operations Center Task, the occupancy rate of various isolation facilities in the metro significantly dropped. BACOLOD CITY PIO

Bacolod isolation facilities’ occupancy rate decreasing

BACOLOD City – More beds at the city government’s isolation facilities are available for coronavirus disease 2019 patients showing mild symptoms. Two isolation facilities, including...
“Gusto naton nga mangin opisina ina sia nga buhi,” says Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Guv names 3 heads of Iloilo disaster operations center

ILOILO – Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. appointed three executive assistants to lead the provincial government’s 24/7 Civil Defense Operations Center (CDOC). Defensor recently converted the...

P157-M cash aid up for displaced WV workers

BACOLOD City – Around P157 million has been allotted for workers in Western Visayas displaced by job retrenchments and closure of businesses due to...
A farmer plants rice crops in Barangay Jibao-an, Pavia, Iloilo on Nov. 4. The Provincial Agriculture Office remains hopeful that local farmers would be able to harvest one million metric tons of rice by the end of the year. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

21 Iloilo towns report crop damage due to ‘Quinta’

ILOILO – Typhoon “Quinta” left the province with P37.6 million in damage to palay production, according to the Provincial Agriculture Office (PAO). Elias Sandig, assistant...
This vendor of plastic and rubber slippers on the sidewalk of Iznart Street, Iloilo City has to relocate elsewhere. The city government’s Public Safety and Transportation Management Office is again clearing the roads of obstruction starting Nov. 17. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Iloilo City to resume ‘Oplan Hawan Kalsada’

ILOILO City – Road clearing in this southern city is set to resume seven months after this was suspended due to the coronavirus disease...
Councilor Ursecio Inodeo took his oath as the new vice mayor of Binalbagan, Negros Occidental before Municipal Trial Court Judge Leticia Ban-Trigue at the Binalbagan Convention Hall in the presence of his family and other town officials.

Top councilor new Binalbagan vice mayor

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Councilor Ursecio Inodeo, with the most votes in the last elections, took over as vice mayor of Binalbagan,...
Businessman Frank Carbon, chief executive officer of the Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Photo by Julius D Mariveles/DNX News

MBCCI head to bizmen: ‘Hang on, we’re almost there’

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Metro Bacolod Chamber of Commerce and Industry head Frank Carbon told fellow businessmen to “hang on” as Western Visayas...
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Gambling banned at wakes, Iloilo top cop reiterates

ILOILO City – Gambling during wakes in the province are prohibited, Police Colonel Gilbert Gorero, Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO) director, reiterated yesterday. “Gambling during...
The city of Sipalay in Negros Occidental is dubbed as “The Jewel of Sugar Island” for its white-sand beaches and crystal-clear waters. Tourism-related and non-essential travels in the city have been prohibited for 15 more days. (WANDERING WONDERER)

Sipalay tourism to reopen by Nov. 6

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – The city of Sipalay in Negros Occidental is reopening its doors to tourists beginning Nov. 6. Under Executive Order...