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National IATF officials vow support to WV LCEs Philippine Information Agency 25 May 2021, 04:38 GMT+10 ILOILO CITY, May 24 (PIA) - Top officials of the National Inter-Agency Task Force COVID-19 discussed with the members of the Regional IATF COVID and governors as well as city mayors of highly urbanized cities in Western Visayas on managing COVID situation in the region. Secretary Carlito Galvez, Jr., the COVID-19 Chief Implementer and Vaccine Czar, together with Department of Health Sec. Francisco Duque III and Department of the Interior and Local Government Sec. Eduardo Ano, were among the ...

“We have been preparing for a COVID-19 surge since April,” said Iloilo Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. Defensor assured that funding from the 2021 annual budget has been set aside for procurement of equipment or hiring of additional medical personnel. The provincial government of Iloilo manages the Iloilo Provincial Hospital and 12 other smaller hospitals scattered in five districts. “If needed, we will have additional beds in these hospitals,” Defensor said. In case of overflow, the provincial government will utilize the Iloilo Sports Complex, a sports arena it owns in this city. Aside from...

Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. (Tara Yap / MANILA BULLETIN) In a press conference Friday, Defensor clarified that resorts and other tourist destinations under Modified General Community Quarantine (MGCQ) are allowed by the national government. “It is allowed as long as it can only allow 50 percent of its capacity,” Defensor reiterated. Last month, Defensor was seriously considering closing tourist spots in the 42 towns and component city of Passi as gatherings of many people may contribute to surge of COVID-19 cases. But Defensor pointed out that tourist spots have to implement the provincial g...

Published April 22, 2021, 2:32 PM ILOILO CITY – The provincial government of Iloilo is planning to purchase 275,000 doses of  Sputnik V, the Russian-made vaccine against COVID-19. SEAT OF POWER IN ILOILO – The Iloilo Provincial Capitol in Iloilo City is the seat of the Iloilo provincial government. (TARA YAP/MANILA BULLETIN) Iloilo Provincial Administrator Suzette Mamon said Thursday that Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. sent last April 21 a letter of intent addressed to Gamaleya Research Institute, a branch of Russia’s Ministry of Health that manufactures Sputnik V. “We are looking into Spu...

Governor Arthur Defensor Jr. of Iloilo province. (Tara Yap/Manila Bulletin) “We need to put in measures to stop its sudden surge,” Defensor said. While the Iloilo provincial government has not yet decided, Defensor said that temporary closure of tourist spots in the 42 towns and component city of Passi is seriously being considered.  The governor said that the previous Christmas and New Year holidays should be a lesson that COVID-19 cases can surge when government can no longer implement protocols and allow mass gathering of people. “If we do not consider (temporary closure of tourist...