Man Arrested In Anini-y Town, Antique For Bringing Liquor Amid Ban ANINI-Y TOWN – A 43-year-old driver was arrested by police in a border in Anini-y Town, Antique province for bringing boxes of liquor. According to ABS-CBN News, the man, identified as Arlie David from Janiuay town, Iloilo, was arrested by the local municipal police … Read more
Western Visayas Recorded No New COVID-19 Cases For Two Days WESTERN VISAYAS – DOH6 recorded no new positive cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in the Western Visayas region for two days in a row. The COVID-19 Case Bulletin of the Department of Health (DOH) Region 6 shows that the number of cases in the region … Read more
Five Individuals In Culasi Town, Antique, Nabbed For Violating ECQ CULASI TOWN – Five individuals, including a barangay chief in Culasi town were arrested in the said town in Antique for violating ECQ. According to Panay News, they were arrested at a warehouse owned by the town mayor Jeffrey Lomugdang which is located in Barangay … Read more
Three Persons Caught In San Jose, Antique For Illegal Cockfighting SAN JOSE – Three individuals were arrested in a barangay in San Jose de Buenavista, Antique, for engaging in an illegal cockfighting. According to Panay News, the three individuals engaged in a cockfighting in Barangay Magcalon in the said town in the province of Antique. … Read more
Discrimination Against COVID-19 Patients, Frontliners, Will Be Prosecuted COVID-19 PATIENTS – The Inter-Agency Task Force for Emerging Infectious Diseases warned the public against descriminating COVID-19 patients, PUIs, PUMs, and frontliners. Those who will do so would be prosecuted, said Karlo Nograles, IATF spokesperson, who noted an instance of discrimination in Lambunao town in Iloilo Province … Read more
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, 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