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DENGUE CASES. A map showing barangays with dengue cases in Iloilo City. The city government has urged the public to sustain cleanup activities as dengue cases are on the rise. (PNA graphics from Iloilo City Health Office-City Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit) ILOILO CITY - The city government here has called on the eligible population to get vaccinated or submit to booster shots and rallied the public to sustain cleanup activities as cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and dengue ...

BOOSTER. Iloilo City continues to roll out its vaccination program. The city government has urged more eligible residents to avail of booster shots. (PNA file photo by Arnold Almacen/City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY - The city government here is calling on its fully vaccinated population to get booster shots as thousands doses of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines have expired or are about to expire due to few takers. In a press conference on Monday, Mayor Jerry Trenas said while t...

Former Senator Joseph Victor “JV” Ejercito said he believes that the recent support he received from different political camps can be credited to his clean track record. In an interview with DZRH, Ejercito said key personalities from both sides of the aisle recognized his important contributions

FREE SWAB TEST. Iloilo City will offer free swab tests for students when required for their face-to-face classes. Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Trenas on Monday (April 18, 2022) said schools only need to send their letter request to the office of the city mayor to avail of the free swab test. (PNA file photo courtesy of Arnold Almacen/City Mayor's Office) ILOILO CITY - The city government here is offering free reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests to students who will be r...

LOW DENGUE CASES. The Sangguniang Panlungsod convenes to declare Iloilo City under a state of calamity due to the dengue outbreak in this July 2019 photo. City Health Office officer-in-charge Dr. Annabelle Tang on Wednesday (April 6, 2022) said from January to March 19, the city has only 13 cases, which they hoped will no longer increase to break the three-year cycle.(PNA file photo) ILOILO CITY - The Iloilo city government is looking forward to keeping its lowest number of dengue fever cases an...

(PNA file photo) MANILA-With less than 40 days before election day, presidential candidate Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao barnstormed areas in the Visayas, bringing his message of poverty alleviation, and will forego the usual political gimmick of tapping artists and entertainers to bring in the crowd. "Iba naman to, di naman ito concert. Iba kasi ang concert, syempre matagal na nakatiwangwang ang mga tao sa bahay dahil sa pandemya at dahil hindi nakalabas kaya excited sila magkaroon n...

READY FOR ON-SITE WORK. Iloilo Federation for Information Technology (IFIT) executive director Joeven Tansi says huge business process outsourcing firms in Iloilo are ready to go back to on-site work. In an interview on Monday (March 21, 2022), Tansi said two to three weeks ago, some firms have already started to pull out logistics for those in work-from-home (WFH) arrangements and return them tentatively on-site. (PNA photo courtesy of Joeven Tansi) ILOILO CITY - Big information technology-busi...

Jeson Patrombon took the first Open crown in tennis restart after a two-year hiatus, repulsing a game Jed Olivarez with a clutch break in the decider to capture the PPS-PEPP Olivarez Cup crown via a 6-7(4), 6-2, 6-4 decision at the Olivarez Sports Center in Sucat over the weekend. Patrombon, 28, wor

5-11 age group vaccination in Capiz province (Photo courtesy of DOH-WV) ILOILO CITY - Iloilo City is eyeing a shift to Alert Level 0 but the Department of Health regional office in Western Visayas is still waiting for the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to issue guidelines on how to go about with the declaration. Based on the growth in cases, average daily attack rate (ADAR), health care utilization rate (HCUR) and vaccination st...

5-11 age group vaccination in Capiz province (Photo courtesy of DOH-WV) ILOILO CITY - Iloilo City is eyeing a shift to Alert Level 0 but the Department of Health regional office in Western Visayas is still waiting for the national Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging and Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) to issue guidelines on how to go about with the declaration. Based on the growth in cases, average daily attack rate (ADAR), health care utilization rate (HCUR), and vaccination s...