SOCIAL DISTANCING TEST. Officials of the Iloilo City government’s Public Safety and Transportation Management Office inspect the interior of a modern jeepney. They are shown here trying to observe social distancing. Yes, it’s possible, they say. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Under GCQ social distancing in PUVs is the norm

ILOILO – Public utility vehicles (PUVs) are allowed to resume their operation under a general community quarantine (GCQ). But there are social distancing rules they...
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GCQ in Iloilo Province: What businesses are allowed to operate?

ILOILO – This province starts being under a general community quarantine (GCQ) today until May 31 unless extended or lifted earlier. The list of businesses and...
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Resumption of sea trips moved to June 1

BACOLOD City – Sea trips from this capital city bound for Iloilo and vice versa slated to resume on Monday, May 18, will not...

21 OFWs negative for COVID-19 virus

ILOILO – Twenty-one overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who returned to this province on May 9 tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus...

Is this final? Palace says WV under GCQ

MANILA – The national government’s Inter-agency Task Force on Emerging Infectious Diseases has changed its mind yet again. Western Visayas will be under general community...
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Ceres buses resume Negros trips May 18; VTI mulls stricter bus protocols

BACOLOD City – The Ceres buses of Vallacar Transit, Inc. (VTI) will resume operation on May 18. While this city and Negros Occidental would begin...

No more border restrictions beginning May 16

ILOILO City – There will be no more border restrictions in this city beginning tomorrow. Also, people will not be required to present quarantine passes...

Slow cash aid release: 11 WV mayors to be issued show cause orders

MANILA – Eleven mayors from Western Visayas will be issued show cause orders by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for their...

Nat’l gov’t blinks: WV still on quarantine but ‘modified’

MANILA – The national government reversed its decision to lift the community quarantine in Western Visayas and other “low-risk” areas following the appeal of...

Bacolod’s new normal: Facemasks in public; Violators face fine, community labor

BACOLOD City – In this city’s “new normal”, all people would be wearing facemasks in public, and observe social distancing. There is no way for...