Discrimination Spreads Over Iloilo City, Province Amid COVID-19 Spread ILOILO CITY – Due to a rapid increase of the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), people get more and more anxious to the point that discrimination spreads like wildfire. Local officials caught wind of this and asked the public to be more compassionate, according … Read more
Iloilo City Government To Implement 12-Hour Detention On Violators ILOILO CITY -Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas said that those who violate quarantine curfew would be detained for 12 hours. A report from Panay News states that the quarantine curfew violators will be detained in basketball courts since detention cells are not big enough to commply … Read more
Iloilo City, Province Makes Wearing Of Face Masks Mandatory ILOILO CITY – The city and province governments of Iloilo recently said that wearing of face masks is now mandatory. Mayor Jerry Treñas recently signed Executive Order No. 60 on April 1, which mandates the public to wear face masks as an additional precautionary means to … Read more
Motorists In Iloilo Not Allowed To Have Back Riders ILOILO – The Iloilo Police Provincial Office (IPPO).recently said that they will not allow motorists in the province to have back riders. Only the driver of the motorcycle is allowed to pass through quarantine checkpoints, according to an article from Panay News. Colonel Paul Kenneth Lucas, … Read more
DSWD 6 Prepares Food Packs For Residents Affected By Quarantine DSWD 6 – The Western Visayas division of Department of Social Welfare and Development has prepared about 24,200 food packs for quarantine-affected people. The said packs are prepared should the local government requiire more for the public affected by the quarantine meant to prevent the … Read more
Health Workers, Frontliners In Iloilo City Face Discrimination ILOILO CITY – Frontliners and health workers in Iloilo City are face discrimination as they are being banned from entering eateries and their homes. Dr Felix Ray Villa, chief executive officer of Medical City Iloilo where the first case of coronavirus disease 2019 in the province was … Read more
UPV Students In Iloilo Aid In Making Improvised Face Shields IMPROVISED FACE SHIELDS – UP Visayas (UPV) students who are stranded in Iloilo helped in making improvised face shields. The students, who stayed in their dormitories, made face shields for health workers to use amid the threat of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to … Read more
Panay Island Unified Island-Wide Quarantine Starts April 1 PANAY ISLAND – The entire Panay Island will have their island-wide unified quarantine starting April 1 in an effort to prevent COVID-19 outbreak. According to Panay News, in order to achieve this, the provinces of Iloilo, Antique, Aklan, and Capiz decided to harmonize border restrictions they enacted … Read more
Iloilo, Aklan Provinces Impose Travel Bans To Prevent COVID-19 COVID-19 – The local governments of the provinces of Iloilo and Aklan, as well as Iloilo City, are imposing travel ban in order to prevent the transmission of COVID-19. Iloilo City According to Panay News, Jerry Treñas, mayor of Iloilo City issued Executive Order (EO) No. … Read more
Iloilo City To Ban Single-Use Plastics From City Halls, Public Parks ILOILO CITY – Iloilo City mayor Jerry Treñas recently said that they have banned single-use plastics from the city hall and public parks. In a memorandum order released, Treñas said that single-use plastics pollute waterways, kill marine life and causes the increase of the … Read more
