COVID-19 Local Newspaper Index

 

This is a collection of news articles pertaining to COVID-19 specifically sourced from the local newspaper published in Western Visayas particularly Panay News and Daily Guardian. The included articles are accessible within the archives of Central Philippine University.

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  • DOH-6 keeps eye for OFWs from virus-hit countries 

    Santiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian, 2020-03-04)
    All patients under investigation (PUI) for the coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19) have been cleared of the dreaded infection, the Department of Health-Center for Health Development (OH-CHD) in Western Visayas confirmed ...

  • Bacolod monitoring 20 people for COVID-19 

    Singuay, Mae (Panay News, 2020-03-03)
    BACOLOD City – Health officials are keeping a close watch on 20 individuals due to their recent travel history from countries with alarming spike in cases of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The persons under ...

  • Senate may set aside tax bills over COVID-19 

    GMA News (Daily Guardian, 2020-03-03)
    The Senate might put aside the remaining packages of the comprehensive tax reform program (CTRP) should the economic woes arising from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak worsen, Senate President Vicente Sotto III ...

  • Covid-19 bracing for uncertainty and impact! 

    Soriano, Enrique (Daily Guardian, 2020-03-02)
    The coronavirus now officially tagged as COVID-19 has so far infected close to 87,000 people worldwide and claimed the lives of over 3,000—surpassing the toll from the SARS outbreak of 2002-03. Last month, the World Health ...

  • Koreans leave Iloilo City amid COVID-19 concerns 

    Santiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-28)
    Nineteen Korean nationals who were supposed to attend a religious event in Iloilo City voluntarily left the metro amid threats of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The Koreans were here to attend the RUN (Revival Unity ...

  • Himud-os Festival to push through: Alonsabe says precautions vs COVID-19 will be taken 

    Sornito, Ime (Panay News, 2020-03-01)
    ILOILO – The local government unit of Alimodian will proceed with the holding of its annual Himud-os Festival amid concerns about the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mayor Geefre “Kalay” Alonsabe said they are ...

  • Business as usual despite COVID-19 scare 

    Tayona, Glenda (Panay News, 2020-02-29)
    ILOILO City – Fear on the possible spread of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has not affected hotels, resorts and restaurants here. It is business as usual, according to Happy Abenir, spokesperson of the ...

  • Capitol takes preventive measures vs COVID-19 

    Sornito, Ime (Panay News, 2020-02-29)
    ILOILO – Attention, all employees and clients at the Iloilo provincial capitol: the provincial government has issued entry rules and regulations as a defensive measure against the possible spread of the coronavirus disease ...

  • Virus halts "Run for Jesus": Religious event in city cancelled over COVID-19 concerns 

    Santiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-26)
    The Iloilo City government in coordination with the provincial government has decide to cancel the international "Run for Jesus" event on Thursday amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. Authorities are also ...

  • Covid-19 crunch: *City hall calls off major events until March *Hotels, restos likely to feel economic impact 

    Santiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-18)
    All big events from February to March 2020 in Iloilo City will be canceled, Mayor Jerry Treñas announced Monday. Treñas said the move is part of the city's precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus ...

  • PHL banana growers say coronavirus dampening exports to China 

    Reuters (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-19)
    Work stoppages and market closures in China stemming from a coronavirus epidemic are hurting small- and medium-sized banana growers in the Philippines, the world's second largest exporter of the fruit, an industry group ...

  • Coronavirus puts 'fragile' global recovery at risk: IMF to G20 

    Agence France-Presse (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-25)
    RIYADH -- The deadly coronavirus epidemic could put and already fragile global economic recovery at risk, the IMF warned Sunday, as G20 financial chiefs voiced "real concern" over its economic ripple effects. Global ...

  • Coronavirus prevention in school: A global concern (conclusion) 

    Casiple, Rex (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-20)
    The Department of Education (DepEd) regarded the coronavirus as a serious concern that needs to be closely monitored and prevented to enter the school premises. Coronavirus prevention in schools and in the community is ...

  • Malay ends COVID-19 border checkpoints 

    Rendon, Jennifer P. (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-17)
    The Malay Local Government unit (LGU) in Aklan announced on Feb 15, 202 that it will terminate all border checkpoints effective Feb. 16. Acting Municipal Mayor Frolibar Bautista issued Executive Order No. 5, series of ...

  • Remaining PUIs discharged after testing negative for Covid-19 

    Yasa, Dolly (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-13)
    BACOLOD City – Provincial government officials of Negros Occidental heaved a sigh of relief after the remaining Persons Under Investigation (PUIs) for the coronavirus disease or Covid-19 tested negative. Negros Occidental ...

  • W. Visayas still Covid-19-free: 9 PUIs test negative, discharged from hospital, DOH says 

    Santiagudo, Emme Rose; Celino, Felipe V. (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-15)
    The 29 patients under investigation (PUI) in Western Visayas all tested negative for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COViD-2019), the Department of Health-Center for Health Development in Western Visayas (DOH CHD 6) reported ...

  • Covid-19 alert: Sick on valentine's day? Avoid crowded places 

    Santiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-14)
    The Department of Health Center for Health Development in Western Visayas (DOH-CHD)-6 appealed to the public to practice precautionary measures this valentine's day as the coronavirus disease-2019 (Covid-19) continues to ...

  • Coronavirus prevention in school: A global concern 

    Casiple, Rex (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-11)
    To fight against the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Acute Respiratory Disease (2019-nCoV ARD) is a global concern and our responsibility. Preventing the entrance of the disease in our schools, colleges and universities and our ...

  • Lockdown: 13 tourist barred from Boracay amid coronavirus outbreak 

    Rendon, Jennifer P.; Santiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-10)
    Thirteen tourist were refused entry to Boracay Island after they were found to have recently traveled to China and its administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau, the epicenter of the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak.

  • Mayor seeks flight halt to and from nCov-hit areas 

    Santiagudo, Emme Rose (Daily Guardian, 2020-02-08)
    Iloilo City Mayor Jerry Treñas requested the three major airlines in the country to voluntarily suspend their remaining flights to and from countries with confirmed cases of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) acute respiratory ...