THE BUCK STOPS HERE. “Allegations made on social media platforms about exempting others in the protocol are completely false in every respect. However, this incident has taught us to be more vigilant, as some of our personnel carrying essential goods and equipment may be infected by the virus,” says Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Another bad call, another apology from Treñas

ILOILO City – “We made a decision. Sometimes we make a good call, sometimes we make a wrong call.” This was how Mayor Jerry Treñas summed up...

Treñas now wants to fetch stranded OFWs

ILOILO City – After his initial reluctance to the unimpeded return of Ilonggo overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Metro Manila, Cebu and elsewhere, Mayor Jerry Treñas...
Food packs from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Region 6 are now ready to be distributed to the targeted beneficiaries in Antique affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Each food pack is expected to last for two days for a family of five. PIO ANTIQUE

22,040 family food packs distributed in Region 6

ILOILO City – As of April 22, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had distributed 22,040 food packs to families economically displaced by the...
A biologist works on samples from test tubes to check if any of them tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the laboratory of Medicana International Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, Apr. 14, 2020. REUTERS

City records 7th COVID case; were protocols breached?

ILOILO City – This city has recorded its seventh confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a 51-year-old woman from La Paz district with a history...
Residents of Barangay Punong, Lapuz, Iloilo City receive their cash grants of P6,000 under the government’s Social Amelioration Program for economically displaced individuals due to the coronavirus disease pandemic. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Slashing P6K SAP cash aid prohibited – DSWD

ILOILO City – Each beneficiary of the national government’s P6,000 Social Amelioration Program (SAP) cash assistance must receive the money in full, stressed the Department of Social...

Bacolod rolls out P160-M extra fund to fight COVID-19

BACOLOD City – The local government unit here is allotting a supplemental fund worth P160 million to bolster the city’s battle against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The allocation...

Chinese vessels docking at Semirara Island?

ILOILO City – Have Chinese vessels been docking at the port of Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique notwithstanding the enhanced community quarantine? Gov. Rhodora Cadiao...
Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr.

Defensor mulls post-ECQ virus containment measures

ILOILO – The enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in this province is scheduled to end on April 30. Will there be an extension? Today, Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr....

Negros Occ. records 2nd COVID-19 case

BACOLOD City – A 43-year-old resident of La Castellana town is the latest confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Negros Occidental. Gov. Eugenio Jose...

Pandan, Antique records 3 new COVID-19 cases; WV virus cases breach 50 mark

ILOILO City – Three more persons from Pandan, Antique tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). In COVID-19 Case Bulletin No....