95% of Iloilo province PUMs completes 14-day quarantine

ILOILO – Of the 11,799 persons under monitoring (PUMs) for possible coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in this province as of Saturday (April 11), 11,187 or...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol

Iloilo has P270-M war chest vs COVID-19

ILOILO – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has P270,111,458.78 solely for responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. “We’re tapping the savings of PDRRMC....

Antique records 1st COVID-19 case; Semirara Island on lockdown

ILOILO City – A resident of Parañaque City, Metro Manila became the first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the province of Antique. The patient,...
“We deem it to be pangingialam. Parang dinidiktahan tayo kung paano patakbuhin ang justice system natin,” says Cabinet secretary Karlo Nograles. GMA NEWS

IATF slams Lambunao COVID discrimination

MANILA – Acts of discrimination against persons with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), patients under investigation (PUIs), persons under monitoring (PUMs) and healthcare workers would be prosecuted,...
PREVENTIVE MEASURE. Personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection are setting up a disinfection booth at the transport terminal in Barangay Ungka, Jaro, Iloilo City as an added measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

In Iloilo, virus of discrimination spreads, too

ILOILO City – The increasing number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this city and Iloilo province are making people anxious and extremely...

Lambunao 1st COVID case infects 4 family members

ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded five more persons positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) yesterday, four of whom were family members of the first confirmed case...

Axing DOH-6 director very ill-advised – Treñas

ILOILO City – “Very, very, very, very ill-advised.” This was how Mayor Jerry Treñas described the sudden removal of Director Marlyn Convocar of the Department of...
The regional health system is equipped to address any potential threat of the novel coronavirus, says Dr. Marlyn Convocar, director of the Department of Health in Western Visayas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Convocar axed as overseer of WV COVID response

ILOILO City – Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 director Dr. Marlyn Convocar is no longer overseeing the Western Visayas response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...

DOH wary of COVID-19 community spread

ILOILO City – Strict enforcement of the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is needed to avert a sustained community spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according...
Do the Health department guidelines on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic include classifying all residents of a town “persons under monitoring” if local disease transmission has been confirmed? Iloilo’s Vice Gov. Christine Garin wants to know. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Garins: Why the whole of Guimbal?

ILOILO – Impractical. This was how the Garins, the political kingpins in the 1st District, described the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6’s decision to classify as...