![“I call upon our faithful in the Archdiocese to offer prayers for his [Pope Francis] eternal repose. What remains now is to continue to pursue the dream he cultivated — that God is near and journeys with us," says Jaro Archbishop Midyphil Billones. JARO METROPOLITAN CATHEDRAL PHOTO](https://www.panaynews.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/archbishop_1_resized-324x160.jpg "Jaro archbishop calls for prayers following death of Pope Francis")
COVID-19 cases in Region 6 now at 45
ILOILO City – There are now 45
confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Western Visayas.
The Western Visayas Medical Center
sub-national laboratory has released...
Coastguard personnel, ship crew positive in rapid COVID test but…
ILOILO City – The rapid tests done on two
persons who helped facilitate the return here on April 11 of 40 overseas
Filipino workers (OFW) stranded...
WHERE IS YOUR QUARANTINE PASS?
ILOILO City – Residents of this city must
bring with them their quarantine pass and present this to authorities every
time they go out of their...
Crematory’s ‘foul smell’ upsets brgy residents
ILOILO City – Over a hundred families
in Zone 2B, Barangay Balabago, Jaro district complained they could not stand
the foul smell of the smoke emitted...
17 Iloilo towns begin weekend lockdown
ILOILO –
Seventeen towns begin observing a weekend lockdown in a further effort to curb
the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes the coronavirus disease...
IPPO gives food packs to 5,000 poor families
ILOILO
– Five thousand families in 43 municipalities economically displaced by the
enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) here received food packs from the Iloilo
Police Provincial Office (IPPO). ...
Quarantine drives WV crimes down by 72.5%
ILOILO
City – From April 5 to April 11, police units across Western Visayas recorded
22 crimes – a 72.5 percent drop from the 80 crimes...
DOH-6 HIT FOR ‘LATE’ COVID INFO | Miag-ao mayor on 3rd case: We must...
ILOILO
– Mayor Macario Napulan of Miag-ao town slammed the Department of Health (DOH)
Region 6 for informing him late about the third confirmed case of...
23 more WV LGUs receive social amelioration fund
ILOILO City – Twenty-three more
local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas received Social Amelioration
Program (SAP) funds from the Department of Social Welfare and Development
(DSWD)...
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...