RESTRICTIONS. Lawyer Fydah Sabando of the Iloilo City Legal Office (CLO) in a virtual press conference on Wednesday (Jan. 5, 2022) presents the travel restrictions that will be imposed by the city government especially with the confirmed case of the Omicron variant in the city. She said the mandatory swab upon arrival for all travelers will take effect starting Jan. 7, 2022.(Screenshot during the virtual press conference) ILOILO CITY - The city and province of Iloilo have tightened travel requirements for inbound travelers from outside of Western Visayas amid the looming rise in cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) due to the highly-contagious Omicron variant. Iloilo Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. on Wednesday issued his first Executive Order (EO) for this year extending the Alert Level 2 status of the province, which included a provision requiring a negative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test taken within 72 hours before travel for returning residents