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ILOILO CITY—The provincial government of Iloilo is allowing the resumption of cockfighting, but will not allow any audience as a precautionary measure against coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

ILOILO CITY—The local government here will share its best practices at a national colloquium on disaster risk reduction on Friday, October 30.

CEBU CITY -- The Department of Transportation (DOTr) remains optimistic that the Cebu Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) could be partially operational by December, 2021, Assistant Secretary for Road Transport and Infrastructure Mark Steven Pastor said on Thursday.

CEBU CITY—The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) in Central Visayas and a private hospital here were involved in the padding of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) claims.

BACOLOD CITY - The city government of Bacolod has reported a 91.47 percent recovery rate among the 4,761 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases here.

BACOLOD CITY - The onslaught of Typhoon "Quinta" left almost P2.4-million damage to agricultural crops in the town of Moises Padilla in Negros Occidental.

TACLOBAN City - Two female minors who were members of the New People's Army (NPA) have filed rape charges against CPP-NPA leader Paterno Opo alias "Yoyo Dodong" before the office of the Leyte Provincial Prosecutor on Thursday.

ILOILO CITY—Without cases of the African Swine Fever (ASF) disease, Western Visayas is one of the leading suppliers of pork products in Luzon.

CEBU CITY – The top health official in Central Visayas on Wednesday said the number of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Cebu and Bohol have gone on a downward trend after three weeks of surveillance.

ILOILO CITY—The Third Infantry Division (3rd ID) has confirmed that 15 soldiers were infected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Iloilo province.

BACOLOD CITY - Theprovincial government of Negros Oriental, the Energy Development Corporation (EDC), and the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital (NOPH) inaugurated the province’s first coronavirus disease (COVID-19) molecular testing center in Dumaguete City on Wednesday, October 28.

CEBU CITY—Starting Thursday, private and public cemeteries here will be closed to public.

TACLOBAN City - An army camp in Kananga, Leyte has been placed on lockdown after 20 soldiers contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

ILOILO CITY—Those who tested positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in this city must undergo repeat swabs tests prior to being declared as recoveries.

The loss of billions of tonnes of ice from Earth's frozen spaces is likely to increase global temperatures by an additional 0.4 degrees Celsius, according to research Tuesday highlighting the danger of a "vicious circle" of warming.

CEBU CITY (PNA) – A total of 1,355 traditional jeepneys will be allowed to operate here anew despite the existing modified general community quarantine (MGCQ), Mayor Edgardo Labella on Tuesday said.

ILOILO CITY—The Third Infantry Division (3rd ID) denied that Major General Eric Vinoya, its commanding officer, named a former congressman of Bayan Muna party-list as a high-ranking officer of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) and its armed wing New People’s Army (NPA).

BACOLOD CITY - Mayor Evelio Leonardia has issued an appeal to de-escalate the quarantine status in Bacolod City from general community quarantine (GCQ) to modified general community quarantine (MGCQ) in November.