Bacolod forms taskforce on animal welfare

BACOLOD City – Following a series of discussions among officials of the city government and animal welfare advocates, this city created the Bacolod City...
Quality checks are performed in the packaging facility of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech in Beijing in September of last year. REUTERS

More COVID-19 vaccines deliveries for WV today

ILOILO City – More vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will be delivered to Western Visayas today via the Iloilo International Airport.   This second...

Bacolod court voids warrants vs 6 activists

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 42 here quashed the search warrants issued against six activists arrested here...

Vaccine advocates launch ‘Bakuna Iloilo’

ILOILO City – To promote vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a group of advocates launched the “Bakuna Iloilo” information campaign at the University...

PDEA dismantles Bacolod ‘drug den’

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) Special Enforcement Team dismantled a suspected drug den in Barangay 12 yesterday...
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First In Iloilo: Calinog launches community disaster monitoring system

ILOILO – The town of Calinog launched its Community Disaster Monitoring System (CCDMS), the very first in this province. Mayor Francisco Calvo said the CCDMS was...
Mayor Evelio Leonardia holds a vial of Sinovac coronavirus vaccine during the ceremonial vaccination at the Bacolod City Government Center on March 5. PHOTO BY EM ANG

‘Sinovac vaccine not for city execs’

BACOLOD City – Mayor Evelio Leonardia responded to speculations why city officials were not among those who got vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 during...

CHR-6 to probe attack on Iloilo lawyer

ILOILO City – The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Region 6 will conduct a motu proprio probe into the case of Atty. Angelo Karlo...

Tatak Kalamay enjoins stakeholders to support COVID vaccination

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGABACOLOD City – Tatak Kalamay, a local group of sugar industry stakeholders, is urging all stakeholders to support initiatives on vaccination...
The Philippine government is now in advanced stages of negotiations with six vaccine developers as it eyes to close deals for 148 million doses of coronavirus disease 2019 vaccines. YAHOO PHOTO

Labor group slams proposed mandatory inoculation of workers

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – A labor group here slammed reports on the possible enforcement of a “no vaccination, no work policy”. “This gives...