Malandog Bridge, located in the boundary of the towns of San Jose and Hamtic in Antique will be temporarily close to the public due to rehabilitation works. According to Department of Public Works and Highways project engineer Ricardo Gayatin, the closure will start on July 26 to Aug. 4. DENR

Over 800 violators of Negros quarantine fall

BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) has arrested 879 individuals violating the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) since its implementation on March 30. Of...

Panay’s 1st COVID-19 case beats ‘corona’

BY IME SORNITO and GLENDA TAYONA ILOILO – Panay Island’s and this province’s first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a 65-year-old man, was discharged from...

Bye PUI, PUM; DOH adopts new classifications

ILOILO City – The Department of Health (DOH) is adopting new “surveillance definitions” or nomenclatures in the reporting of cases that for several weeks it had...
Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office director Colonel Romeo Baleros. PNA

NegOcc cops beef up security amid cash aid distribution

BACOLOD City – The Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office (NOCPPO) is tightening its security in various banks in the province during the distribution of cash aid...

95% of Iloilo province PUMs completes 14-day quarantine

ILOILO – Of the 11,799 persons under monitoring (PUMs) for possible coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection in this province as of Saturday (April 11), 11,187 or...
Iloilo Provincial Capitol

Iloilo has P270-M war chest vs COVID-19

ILOILO – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) has P270,111,458.78 solely for responses to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. “We’re tapping the savings of PDRRMC....

Antique records 1st COVID-19 case; Semirara Island on lockdown

ILOILO City – A resident of Parañaque City, Metro Manila became the first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the province of Antique. The patient,...
“We deem it to be pangingialam. Parang dinidiktahan tayo kung paano patakbuhin ang justice system natin,” says Cabinet secretary Karlo Nograles. GMA NEWS

IATF slams Lambunao COVID discrimination

MANILA – Acts of discrimination against persons with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), patients under investigation (PUIs), persons under monitoring (PUMs) and healthcare workers would be prosecuted,...
PREVENTIVE MEASURE. Personnel of the Bureau of Fire Protection are setting up a disinfection booth at the transport terminal in Barangay Ungka, Jaro, Iloilo City as an added measure against the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

In Iloilo, virus of discrimination spreads, too

ILOILO City – The increasing number of confirmed cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this city and Iloilo province are making people anxious and extremely...

Lambunao 1st COVID case infects 4 family members

ILOILO City – Western Visayas recorded five more persons positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) yesterday, four of whom were family members of the first confirmed case...