STATE-OWNED Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) has granted a P180-million loan to the city government of Iloilo as part of ongoing efforts to bolster livestock production to meet the rising demand in the fledgling city, a top official said.
INCREASING. The photo shows the trend of positive Covid-19 cases in Iloilo City from Jan. 1-9, 2022. The local government continues to campaign for vaccination and booster shots for protection and mulled the passage of an ordinance limiting the movement of unvaccinated individuals. (PNA photo screengrab from virtual presscon) ILOILO CITY - The local government here is mulling a regulation ordinance limiting the movement of unvaccinated persons here. "The mayor is yet to endorse a call for the Sangguniang Panlungsod to enact appropriate legislative measure, which is through an ordinance. This is actually spurred by the recent adoption of LGUs (local government units) in Manila regulating the mobility of (the) unvaccinated population," lawyer Fydah Sabando of the City Mayor's Office (CMO) legal team said in a virtual press conference on Monday. Sabando said should the proposal be welcomed by the SP, it will only take effect under the Alert Level 3 status or higher signallin
The confirmation of Iloilo City’s first detected Omicron variant case also prompts the city government to reinstate tighter restrictions on alcohol consumption and mobility
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