Passi City now has a molecular laboratory that can test COVID-19 using Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR). The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) in partnership with the City Government of Passi held the Inauguration and Blessing of the Molecular Laboratory at…Read More »
There are still close to 200 vacancies to be filled up for contract tracers in Iloilo City. Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) – Iloilo City field office announces that they are still hiring contract tracers which will help in…Read More »
A day after announcing that 34 barangays in Iloilo City will be placed in total lockdown due to increasing COVID-19 cases, Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said that he will no longer implement such containment. Treñas explained that the city government could no…Read More »
Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) is reopening its COVID-19 Emergency Loan program after the state of calamity in the Philippines was extended due to ongoing pandemic. GSIS President Rolando Ledesma Macasaet said that they are reopening the loan window from September 28…Read More »
The resiliency of Filipinos in the face of crisis is once again highlighted in this battle against COVID-19. Even without the vaccine yet, hopes are high that we will get through this with the presence of means to survive the fight. BDO…Read More »
Work at Iloilo City Hall continues despite the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the City Treasurer’s Office (CTO). “We still do our jobs, the other offices and departments remain open to the transacting public,” Mayor Jerry P. Treñas said. The City…Read More »
Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC) announced that they will temporarily suspend the admission of new patients in their facilities starting Saturday, August 22. In an ‘important advisory’ posted online, WVMC said that it will conduct a thorough cleaning and disinfecting of various…Read More »
The occupancy rate of wards dedicated for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients in the Department of Health (DOH)-retained hospitals in the Western Visayas have reached critical stage. DOH has four retained hospitals in the region namely the Western Visayas Medical Center (WVMC)…Read More »
Gov. Arthur Defensor Jr. has unrolled a rehabilitation program aimed to bring about economic recovery and heal social life in the Province of Iloilo following the coronavirus pandemic. Dubbed “Plan for the Rehabilitation and Transformation of the Province to Catalyze Recovery (Plan…Read More »
Guimaras has reported nine new cases of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) today, August 17. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in the island-province to 71. In a Facebook post, the Provincial Government of Guimaras detailed that of the new cases,…Read More »