NegOcc rejects return of 88 stranded OFWs
BACOLOD City – The
provincial government of Negros Occidental has refused to accept the return of
some 88 Negrense seafarers stranded in Manila.
Their health status...
Palace: ECQ in Panay Island for re-checking’
MANILA – The four provinces in Panay Island
will continue to be under an enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) until May 15,
according to Malacañang, but this...
Lambunao family battling virus logs 7th COVID case
ILOILO – Another family member of Lambunao’s
first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tested positive for
the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
This family member, a 33-year-old female,...
2 NegOcc OFWs test positive for COVID-19
BACOLOD City – Two overseas Filipino workers
(OFWs), who were recently repatriated in Negros Occidental, tested positive for
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the coronavirus disease...
Another bad call, another apology from Treñas
ILOILO City – “We made a decision.
Sometimes we make a good call, sometimes we make a wrong call.”
This was how Mayor Jerry Treñas summed
up...
Treñas now wants to fetch stranded OFWs
ILOILO City –
After his initial reluctance to the unimpeded return of Ilonggo overseas
Filipino workers (OFWs) stranded in Metro Manila, Cebu and elsewhere, Mayor
Jerry Treñas...
22,040 family food packs distributed in Region 6
ILOILO City – As of April 22, the Department
of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) had distributed 22,040 food packs to
families economically displaced by the...
City records 7th COVID case; were protocols breached?
ILOILO City – This city has recorded
its seventh confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a
51-year-old woman from La Paz district with a history...
Slashing P6K SAP cash aid prohibited – DSWD
ILOILO City –
Each beneficiary of the national government’s P6,000 Social Amelioration
Program (SAP) cash assistance must receive the money in full, stressed the
Department of Social...
Bacolod rolls out P160-M extra fund to fight COVID-19
BACOLOD City – The local government unit here is allotting a supplemental
fund worth P160 million to bolster the city’s battle against coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19).
The allocation...