Tears of joy as Pavia couple negative in repeat virus test

ILOILO – The couple who became Pavia town’s first confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) broke down in tears after hearing the news about their...
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

‘Social amelioration cash not for illegal gambling’

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) vowed to run after persons using the financial assistance from the national government’s Social Amelioration Program (SAP)...

Gov’t troops overrun NPA training camp; 1 rebel killed, 11 others captured

ILOILO – Troops of the Philippine Army 3rd Infantry Division’s (3ID) 61st Infantry Battalion (61IB) overran a New People’s Army (NPA) recruitment and training camp in...

3 soldiers killed, 4 others wounded in Negros clash

BACOLOD City – Three soldiers were killed and four others were wounded in an encounter with suspected News People’s Army (NPA) rebels yesterday morning in Barangay...
A resident of Zone 2B, Barangay Balabago, Jaro, Iloilo City points to the chimney of a crematorium. She and other village residents say the smell of the smoke from the crematorium has become unbearable. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Crematory’s ‘foul smell’ upsets brgy residents

ILOILO City – Over a hundred families in Zone 2B, Barangay Balabago, Jaro district complained they could not stand the foul smell of the smoke emitted...

23 more WV LGUs receive social amelioration fund

ILOILO City – Twenty-three more local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas received Social Amelioration Program (SAP) funds from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...

Prov’l gov’t purchases 2 ventilators for WVMC

ILOILO – The provincial government purchased an initial two ventilators for the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Mandurriao, Iloilo City which has been designated as referral...

Ex-Negros Slashers star gunned down

BACOLOD City – Former Negros Slashers star guard and former barangay captain Manuel “Maui” Huelar Jr. was gunned down yesterday afternoon in Barangay Villamonte here. According to Police Colonel...
It is “too early” to predict job losses for OFWs, with the virus confirmed in at least 60 countries, says Overseas Workers Welfare Administration chief Hans Leo Cacdac. ABS-CBN

WV to turn away OFWs with coronavirus

ILOILO City – Only overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who test negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), would be allowed to...

45 suspected, probable cases test negative for COVID-19

ILOILO City – All the 45 specimens taken from suspected and probable cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, announced the...