Axing DOH-6 director very ill-advised – Treñas
ILOILO City – “Very, very, very, very ill-advised.”
This was how Mayor Jerry Treñas described the
sudden removal of Director Marlyn Convocar of the Department of...
Convocar axed as overseer of WV COVID response
ILOILO City –
Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 director Dr. Marlyn Convocar is no longer
overseeing the Western Visayas response to the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19)...
DOH wary of COVID-19 community spread
ILOILO City – Strict enforcement of
the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) is needed to avert a sustained
community spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), according...
Garins: Why the whole of Guimbal?
ILOILO
– Impractical. This was how the Garins, the political kingpins in the 1st
District, described the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6’s decision to
classify as...
Calinog closes border with Lambunao
ILOILO – The municipality of Calinog
closed its border with Lambunao town.
The Department of Health (DOH)
confirmed the other day that a 70-year-old resident of Lambunao...
625 quarantine-hit businesses seek help
ILOILO City –
Adversely affected by the enhanced community quarantine being observed to keep
the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) 2019 at bay, 625 private establishments in
Western Visayas...
Brgy ‘kagawad’ shot dead in checkpoint shootout
BACOLOD City – A village councilor was
shot dead by two motorcycle-riding gunmen while manning a quarantine checkpoint
in Barangay Minoyan, Murcia, Negros Occidental.
Police identified...
Western Visayas logs 3 new COVID-19 cases, total at 16
ILOILO City – Western Visayas has
recorded three new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases, raising the
region's tally to 16.
Three of the new cases were...
2 Iloilo brgys under heightened community quarantine
ILOILO – The municipality of Barotac
Nuevo, Iloilo placed two of its barangays yesterday under three-day heightened
community quarantine after the town recorded its first case...
Region 6’s COVID-19 cases jump to 13
ILOILO City – Western Visayas has
recorded nine more positive cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19),
bringing the total cases to 13 as of yesterday.
Three...