WV nearing milestone 100 COVID-19 cases

ILOILO City – There are now 99 patients of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas. Two more positive cases were confirmed yesterday by the...
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

Jeepneys, taxis back on roads May 18; Follow transport health safety rules – PSTMO

ILOILO City – Monday next week, May 18, public utility jeepneys and taxis would be allowed to resume their operation, announced the city government’s...

Time to celebrate? Not just yet – Treñas

ILOILO City – “Very happy.” This was what he felt, according to Mayor Jerry Treñas, upon knowing the impending lifting of the community quarantine...

Bacolod City ready to embrace ‘new normal’

BACOLOD City – This city will no longer be under general community quarantine from May 16. Mayor Evelio Leonardia said the city government will comply...
Panay Electric Co., the sole power distributor in Iloilo City for the past 95 years, has vowed exhaust all legal remedies to protect its assets. Though its franchise expired in January this year, it has been allowed to operate by the Energy Regulatory Commission via a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. PECO’s office is on General Luna Street, Iloilo City. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Treñas revokes PECO business permit

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas has revoked the business permit of Panay Electric Co. (PECO). His Executive Order No. 71 on such was served...

4 more OFWs flunk virus test; WV’s COVID-19 cases rise to 97

ILOILO City – Four more overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who recently returned to Western Visayas tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the...
The Philippine government is looking to start mass testing persons suspected of having COVID-19 on April 14. REUTERS

Another Arevalo resident positive for COVID-19

ILOILO City – From seven, the number of Arevalo district residents who tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rose to eight. Another case in...

Ilonggos from high-risk areas may now come home but…

ILOILO – The provincial government is opening its borders not only to Ilonggos stranded in areas under general community quarantine (GCQ) but also to...

MerryMart receives IPO Notice of Approval from PSE

THE PHILIPPINE Stock Exchange on May 6, 2020 released the Notice of Approval for the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of MerryMart Consumer Corp. The pricing...

Brgy. Sto. Niño Sur lockdown lifted

ILOILO City – The 72-hour “extreme enhanced community quarantine” imposed on Barangay Sto. Niño Sur, Arevalo district beginning May 6 ended at 11:59 p.m....