Santa Barbara logs highest single-day COVID cases
ILOILO – The municipality of Santa Barbara recorded Wednesday its highest single-day cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – 32 new infections and one...
Doctors call for strict observance of health protocols
BACOLOD City – The Philippine College of Physicians (PCP) - Negros Chapter is appealing to citizens of this city and the province of Negros...
Casualty in Santa Barbara shooting COVID-positive; policemen quarantined
ILOILO – Two houses in Barangay Bagumbayan, Santa Barbara were locked down. The mentally-challenged man who was shot dead by the police on Monday...
WV logs 19 COVID deaths in one day
ILOILO City – Western Visayas logged 19 deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) yesterday, June 8, bringing the region’s total death toll to...
264 Iloilo brgys record clustering of COVID cases
ILOILO – Two hundred sixty-four out of 1,721 barangays in this province recorded clustering of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases as of June 5.
Twenty...
Bomb explodes at ex-Antique PIO’s compound
ILOILO City – A bomb exploded in the compound of former Antique provincial government information officer Eric Otayde in Barangay District 1, Sibalom, Antique...
Iloilo City mulls ‘drive-thru’ vaccination
ILOILO City – The city government is eyeing a “drive-thru” vaccination site to speed up the metro’s coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) inoculation program.
“It would...
Localized thunderstorm triggers flooding in Bacolod
BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – A localized thunderstorm late Saturday afternoon inundated several areas here and triggered evacuation.
City disaster cluster head Joemarie Vargas...
5 municipalities keep COVID deaths at bay
ILOILO – Of this province’s 42 towns and one component city, only five municipalities have not recorded deaths due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
‘NOT BEST TIME TO BE SELFISH’; Iloilo City’s 1,781 active cases highest in WV
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas appealed for public understanding and cooperation amid the metro’s modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) status.
The city mayor ordered close...