Treñas subject of false social media post on COVID-19 test
ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas
denied having taken a test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
A social media post claimed Treñas
took the test after having...
Ceres buses halt Panay Island operation
ILOILO City – Vallacar Transit, Inc.
temporarily stopped the operation of its Ceres buses throughout Panay Island
beginning March 24 in line with the enhanced community...
WVMC dedicated hospital for COVID-19
ILOILO City –
Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) in Mandurriao district has been
designated as dedicated facility for confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in Region...
Docs warn of shortage in healthcare frontliners; Hospital devoted to COVID-19 cases pushed
ILOILO City – As local government
units across Region 6 scramble to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), various societies of doctors in...
COVID-19 case sparks discrimination; healthcare workers ostracized
ILOILO City – Healthcare workers of The
Medical City in Molo district were being ostracized from their boardinghouses
and barangays following the confirmation that Western Visayas’...
VIRUS NOW IN ILOILO: Contact tracing of first COVID-19 patient underway
ILOILO – A 65-year-old resident of
Guimbal town is the first patient confirmed to have contracted the coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this province, the Department...
‘Prov’l hospitals must brace for COVID-19’
MANILA – As the country grapples to halt
the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), provincial hospitals must be
prepared and equipped for possible patients of...
Defensor assures Ilonggos: Preps in place vs COVID-19
ILOILO – Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr.
assured Ilonggos that preparations are now in place as the province wages war
on an enemy that wouldn’t need...
Bacolod man positive for COVID-19; 1st case in WV
BY ADRIAN STEWART CO and MAE SINGUAY
BACOLOD City – Western Visayas has its
first confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – a male resident
of...
Iloilo City starts nearly month-long ‘lockdown’
ILOILO City – This southern city begins today a 26-day “enhanced
community quarantine” as local authorities vigorously try to keep the metro
free from the corovirus...