Prov’l gov’t purchases 2 ventilators for WVMC

ILOILO – The provincial government purchased an initial two ventilators for the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Mandurriao, Iloilo City which has been designated as referral...

Ex-Negros Slashers star gunned down

BACOLOD City – Former Negros Slashers star guard and former barangay captain Manuel “Maui” Huelar Jr. was gunned down yesterday afternoon in Barangay Villamonte here. According to Police Colonel...
It is “too early” to predict job losses for OFWs, with the virus confirmed in at least 60 countries, says Overseas Workers Welfare Administration chief Hans Leo Cacdac. ABS-CBN

WV to turn away OFWs with coronavirus

ILOILO City – Only overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who test negative for SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), would be allowed to...

45 suspected, probable cases test negative for COVID-19

ILOILO City – All the 45 specimens taken from suspected and probable cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, announced the...
WORKING DAY AND NIGHT. The Iloilo City Police Office is mobilizing over 400 policemen to enforce the enhanced community quarantine and curfew in the metro in a bid to slow down if not stop the spread of the coronavirus disease. As frontliners in the fight against the pandemic they, too, are risking their lives like healthcare workers in the name of public service. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Pavia curfew violators give police headache

ILOLO – The municipality of Pavia has the most number of quarantine curfew violators in the province – 144 as of April 12, according to Police...
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No new COVID-19 cases in WV for two days

ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded no new positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for two days in a row. The region’s positive cases remained at 40...

WV social amelioration: P5B released to 80 LGUs

ILOILO City – Eighty local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas may start releasing today cash assistance to their constituents economically displaced by the ongoing coronavirus disease...

OWWA denies violating COVID protocols

ILOILO City – The Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) denied violating the protocols set by the national government’s Inter-Agency Task Forcefor the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID)...
Authorities at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1 use thermal imaging cameras to detect travelers with signs of coronavirus. This is part of the tightened medical quarantine protocols to prevent the virus' entry into the country. CNN PH

Return of 100 stranded Ilonggo OFWs aborted

ILOILO – This morning’s scheduled return here of some 100 Ilonggo overseas workers stranded in Metro Manila won’t push through. Their health status – whether positive or not...
Mayor Jerry Treñas of Iloilo City assures the public he is transparent with his health condition. “Prangka ako kag wala gid nagabinutig sa inyo,” he says. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Treñas rips OWWA for breaking COVID protocol

ILOILO City – “I was terribly mad at the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA),” confessed Mayor Jerry Treñas. He accused the agency of violating the protocol on...