COVID-19 case sparks discrimination; healthcare workers ostracized
ILOILO City – Healthcare workers of The
Medical City in Molo district were being ostracized from their boardinghouses
and barangays following the confirmation that Western Visayas’...
VIRUS NOW IN ILOILO: Contact tracing of first COVID-19 patient underway
ILOILO – A 65-year-old resident of
Guimbal town is the first patient confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this province, the Department...
‘Prov’l hospitals must brace for COVID-19’
MANILA – As the country grapples to halt
the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), provincial hospitals must be
prepared and equipped for possible patients of...
Defensor assures Ilonggos: Preps in place vs COVID-19
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr.
assured Ilonggos that preparations are now in place as the province wages war
on an enemy that wouldn’t need...
Bacolod man positive for COVID-19; 1st case in WV
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Western Visayas has its
first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – a male resident
of...
Iloilo City starts nearly month-long ‘lockdown’
ILOILO City – This southern city begins today a 26-day “enhanced
community quarantine” as local authorities vigorously try to keep the metro
free from the corovirus...
Treñas mulls Iloilo City lockdown; WV provinces may follow, too
ILOILO City – Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures,
according to Mayor Jerry Treñas.
Citing the number of persons under monitoring (980) and persons
under investigation (27)...
Will MORE Power charge higher rates? P1-billion ‘careless’ procurement hit
ILOILO City – Ports magnate Enrique Razon’s
MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has to significantly increase
monthly rates if it plans to follow through...
Panay-wide quarantine starts April1; Prov’l gov’ts to harmonize border restriction rules
BY IME SORNITO and GLENDA TAYONA
ILOILO City – Beginning April 1
Panay Island will be under an island-wide quarantine in an effort to shield it
from...
Flights in and out of Iloilo Airport suspended
ILOILO – The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP)
has ordered the suspension of flights in and out of the Iloilo Airport from
March 18...