Calinog closes border with Lambunao
ILOILO – The municipality of Calinog
closed its border with Lambunao town.
The Department of Health (DOH)
confirmed the other day that a 70-year-old resident of Lambunao...
625 quarantine-hit businesses seek help
ILOILO City –
Adversely affected by the enhanced community quarantine being observed to keep
the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) 2019 at bay, 625 private establishments in
Western Visayas...
Brgy ‘kagawad’ shot dead in checkpoint shootout
BACOLOD City – A village councilor was
shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen while manning a quarantine checkpoint
in Barangay Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental.
Police identified...
Western Visayas logs 3 new COVID-19 cases, total at 16
ILOILO City – Western Visayas has
recorded three new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, raising the
region's tally to 16.
Three of the new cases were...
2 Iloilo brgys under heightened community quarantine
ILOILO – The municipality of Barotac
Nuevo, Iloilo placed two of its barangays yesterday under three-day heightened
community quarantine after the town recorded its first case...
Region 6’s COVID-19 cases jump to 13
ILOILO City – Western Visayas has
recorded nine more positive cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
bringing the total cases to 13 as of yesterday.
Three...
Treñas subject of false social media post on COVID-19 test
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas
denied having taken a test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
A social media post claimed Treñas
took the test after having...
Ceres buses halt Panay Island operation
ILOILO City – Vallacar Transit, Inc.
temporarily stopped the operation of its Ceres buses throughout Panay Island
beginning March 24 in line with the enhanced community...
WVMC dedicated hospital for COVID-19
ILOILO City –
Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Mandurriao district has been
designated as dedicated facility for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Region...
Docs warn of shortage in healthcare frontliners; Hospital devoted to COVID-19 cases pushed
ILOILO City – As local government
units across Region 6 scramble to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), various societies of doctors in...