A student enrolled in a private school in Iloilo City participates in an online homeroom orientation on Friday. The opening of classes in public schools was moved to Oct. 5. However, private schools that have already started classes may be allowed to proceed. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

LGUs urged to regulate ‘noise’ disrupting blended learning

ILOILO – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan urged local governments (LGUs) to enforce ordinances regulating noisy activities that may distract students from their blended learning. The legislative...
Stranded sacadas or migrant sugar workers in Negros Occidental wait to board a vessel at the Bredco port in Bacolod City to travel back home to Panay Island, in this photo taken in May this year. Travel and health protocols have been set for their return to Negros Occidental in time for the start of the milling season. ADRIAN BOBE VIA PNA MIGRANT SUGAR WORKERS.

4 ‘sacadas’ positive for COVID-19

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – Four sacadas or sugar migrant workers got infected with coronavirus disease 2019. These infected sacadas were part of the...

Army’s 3ID vows to hit hard remaining NPAs in Region 6

ILOILO City – The Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID) vowed to work double-time to neutralize the remaining New People’s Army (NPA) rebels still...
An urban poor family lives in a shanty in Barangay Nabitasan, La Paz, Iloilo City. The Philippine Statistics Authority is eyeing to pre-register household heads of poor families in the Philippine Identification System. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

1M W. Visayans target for national ID rollout

ILOILO City – The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) is eyeing to pre-register one million residents of Western Visayas for the Philippine Identification System (PhilSys). Director...
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Iloilo combats COVID-19 with 11 ‘new normal’ ordinances

ILOILO – This province is combating coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with 11 “new normal” ordinances which the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) passed. These “new normal” ordinances...
Vice Mayor El Cid Familiaran. PIO

Bacolod dad urges businesses to follow COVID workplace rules

BACOLOD City – Vice Mayor Familiaran called on business establishments allowed to operate under general community quarantine to strictly follow health protocols. Familiaran, who chairs...
LEONARDIA. PNA

‘Surveillance testing’ for Bacolod vendors starts

BACOLOD City – The free coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) testing for vendors of three major markets here begins today. Mayor Evelio Leonardia made mandatory the...

Garin on losing House post: ‘I was politicized’

ILOILO City – “I was politicized.” AAMBIS-OWA Party-list’s Rep. Sharon Garin lamented how other lawmakers were dragged into the House of Representatives’ speakership fight...

Bacolod offers free COVID test for persons with mild symptoms

BACOLOD City – The city government is offering free reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test to individuals with mild symptoms similar to those of coronavirus...
Authorities seized these improvised firearms and equipment for the repair and manufacture of guns from the house of construction worker Joemarie Arro in Barangay Aguiauan, Miag-ao, Iloilo on Oct. 8. MIAG-AO POLICE STATION

Cops arrest Miag-ao ‘gunsmith’

ILOILO City – A construction worker in Barangay Aguiauan, Miag-ao, Iloilo faces a charge for violation of the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act.According...