Is this final? Palace says WV under GCQ

MANILA – The national government’s Inter-agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases has changed its mind yet again. Western Visayas will be under general community...
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Ceres buses resume Negros trips May 18; VTI mulls stricter bus protocols

BACOLOD City – The Ceres buses of Vallacar Transit, Inc. (VTI) will resume operation on May 18. While this city and Negros Occidental would begin...

No more border restrictions beginning May 16

ILOILO City – There will be no more border restrictions in this city beginning tomorrow. Also, people will not be required to present quarantine passes...

Slow cash aid release: 11 WV mayors to be issued show cause orders

MANILA – Eleven mayors from Western Visayas will be issued show cause orders by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for their...

Nat’l gov’t blinks: WV still on quarantine but ‘modified’

MANILA – The national government reversed its decision to lift the community quarantine in Western Visayas and other “low-risk” areas following the appeal of...

Bacolod’s new normal: Facemasks in public; Violators face fine, community labor

BACOLOD City – In this city’s “new normal”, all people would be wearing facemasks in public, and observe social distancing. There is no way for...

WV nearing milestone 100 COVID-19 cases

ILOILO City – There are now 99 patients of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas. Two more positive cases were confirmed yesterday by the...
SOCIAL DISTANCING TEST. Officials of the Iloilo City government’s Public Safety and Transportation Management Office inspect the interior of a modern jeepney. They are shown here trying to observe social distancing. Yes, it’s possible, they say. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Jeepneys, taxis back on roads May 18; Follow transport health safety rules – PSTMO

ILOILO City – Monday next week, May 18, public utility jeepneys and taxis would be allowed to resume their operation, announced the city government’s...

Time to celebrate? Not just yet – Treñas

ILOILO City – “Very happy.” This was what he felt, according to Mayor Jerry Treñas, upon knowing the impending lifting of the community quarantine...

Bacolod City ready to embrace ‘new normal’

BACOLOD City – This city will no longer be under general community quarantine from May 16. Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the city government will comply...