Marcos rally in Antique called off after residents protested

Nestor Burgos Jr. 02/23/2022

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — A scheduled rally of presidential aspirant Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in Antique province has been called off after several residents, including the son of the slain Evelio Javier, protested on social media. Marcos…

Iloilo, Aklan scrap Dinagyang, Ati-atihan parades

Nestor Burgos Jr. 01/15/2022

ILOILO CITY—More activities of the popular festivals in this city and Aklan province have been scrapped due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in the two localities. Organizers of Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City and the Ati-atihan…

7 Iloilo City hospitals cut ties with PhilHealth due to unpaid claims

Nestor Burgos Jr. 12/12/2021

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — Seven major private hospitals in Iloilo City will be cutting ties with Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) starting next month over unpaid claims amounting to more than P545 million. While they will…

Iloilo town puts up nipa huts as quarantine rooms

Nestor Burgos Jr. 09/06/2021

ILOILO CITY, Iloilo, Philippines — While other local governments are building modern COVID-19 quarantine facilities, a town in Iloilo province has built the quintessential “bahay kubo” for its residents afflicted with the coronavirus disease. At least 18…

Lambda variant emergence puzzles Visayas execs

Carla Gomez, Nestor Burgos Jr. 08/18/2021

BACOLOD CITY, Negros Occidental, Philippines — A 35-year-old woman from Valladolid town in Negros Occidental province is the Philippines first case of the Lambda variant of COVID-19 but more questions on how she contracted the highly contagious…

Negros Occidental health office probes how woman got Lambda variant

Carla Gomez, Nestor Burgos Jr. 08/17/2021

BACOLOD CITY – The Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office (PHO) is looking into how a 35-year-old pregnant woman from Valladolid town got infected with the highly-contagious COVID-19 Lambda variant. According to Provincial Administrator Rayfrando Diaz, a lot…

Iloilo power plant site locked down; 19 workers get COVID-19

Nestor Burgos Jr. 06/29/2021

ILOILO CITY—The plant site of a 135-megawatt coal-fired power plant in a town in Iloilo has been locked down after 19 workers, 18 of them Chinese nationals, tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The compound of Palm…

Patients overwhelm Davao, Capiz hospitals

Carmelito Francisco, Nestor Burgos Jr. 06/01/2021

DAVAO CITY—Government hospitals in the cities of Davao and Roxas are scrambling for additional beds as COVID-19 infections continue to rise in the Davao Region and in Capiz province. In Davao City, Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC),…

DOT eyes more ‘bubbles’ to boost domestic tourism

Nestor Burgos Jr. 04/24/2021

The setting up of more tourism “bubbles” is being considered as among the key strategies to revive the country’s tourism industry amid the continuing threat of the COVID-19 pandemic. Benito Bengzon Jr., undersecretary of the Department of…

Western Visayas restricts cross-border travel

Nestor Burgos Jr. 04/05/2021

ILOILO CITY—Local governments in Western Visayas are closing their borders again amid the surge in cases in Metro Manila and neighboring provinces and rising COVID-19 cases in the region. Boracay Island also continues to see an increase…

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