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Quarantine slows down illegal drug trade

ILOILO City – The enhanced community quarantine being observed in all provinces of Western Visayas to contain the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has...

Recovery of city’s first COVID-19 patient hailed

ILOILO City – In Western Visayas, two persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have so far recovered. The latest to recuperate was a 61-year old female...

More COVID testing machines, accredited med techs needed

ILOILO City – There are now eight testing centers nationwide that can screen individuals suspected of being infected with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Malacañang announced. One...
Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Treñas: No to red tape in the time of ‘corona’

ILOILO City – Mayor Jerry Treñas expressed frustration at the “so many” paper requirements that the Department of Education (DepEd) and Department of Interior and Local...
On behalf of the Iloilo City government, Mayor Jerry Treñas (left) receives from MORE Electric and Power Corp. president Roel Castro rapid test kits for COVID-19 and personal protective equipment for healthcare frontliners.

‘POWER OF GIVING’ | MORE donates rapid COVID-19 test kits to Iloilo

ILOILO City – MORE Electric and Power Corp. (MORE Power) has donated 500 rapid test kits on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to the Iloilo City...
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...

Iloilo businesses must start planning for post-COVID-19 bounce back now

BY KEN LERONA WHILE Iloilo sets the bar high in terms of addressing the impact of COVID-19 in terms of medical and social response due to the...

Teen mom leaves newborn at hospital toilet ceiling to die

ILOILO – A teenaged lass secretly gave birth in a toilet at the Dr. Ricardo S. Provido Memorial District Hospital in Calinog town, concealed the baby...

Wanted: More PPEs for healthcare workers

ILOILO City – There is a “global shortage” in surgical facemasks and personal protective equipment due to the high demand spurred by the coronavirus disease 2019...
Do the Health department guidelines on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic include classifying all residents of a town “persons under monitoring” if local disease transmission has been confirmed? Iloilo’s Vice Gov. Christine Garin wants to know. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘Brave’ DOH-6 hailed for correcting Guimbal gaffe

ILOILO – For having the courage to right away rectify its blunder in summarily classifying the people of Guimbal town as persons under monitoring (PUMs) for...