Treñas told media via Viber that he had recommended this to Ganzon, as COVID-19 cases have been rising once again in Iloilo City. Inquirer Inquirer Regions Inquirer Visayas

The city government's own data indicated that COVID-19 cases have risen sharply this month, logging 283 between May 1 to 21, more than the 137 cases logged in the whole month of April. 📸 via Iloilo City government Inquirer Inquirer Visayas Inquirer Regions

LOOK: Progressive groups and students hold a rally along the foot of the controversial Ungka Flyover in Pavia, Iloilo on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, urging an investigation into its structural defects. Inquirer Inquirer Regions Inquirer Visayas 📸Panay Today

Protesters joining the rally state that the ₱680-million budget for the flyover, which connects Pavia and Iloilo City, could have been used for raising the education sector's budget, including teachers' salaries. Inquirer Inquirer Regions Inquirer Visayas

LOOK: Iloilo City’s distribution utility, MORE Power, broke ground on the undergrounding of utility cables on Tuesday, May 30, at Sunburst Park in the city’s downtown, together with Iloilo City government officials. 📸MORE Power Inquirer Inquirer Regions Inquirer Visayas

MORE Power will be heading up works and shoulder the ₱96.4-million project for 240 days, across J.M. Basa Street in the city’s downtown heritage zone up to Plaza Libertad. It will also cover cable television and telephone wires. Inquirer Inquirer Regions Inquirer Visayas

Permits for the project remain pending but official works are expected to start on June 19. Inquirer Inquirer Regions Inquirer Visayas

LOOK: Fishing boats are being used to ferry people and cargo at the Paliwan River between Laua-an and Bugasong towns in Antique after the temporary road became inaccessible on Wednesday, May 31, due to floods from #BettyPH. 📸 Province of Antique/Facebook Inquirer

LOOK: Filipino German community in #Langenhagen, #Germany play #sungka, a Filipino traditional boardgame. Walk-in residents of Langenhagen took part and enjoyed sungka organized by Filipinos with the help of the City Hall of Langenhagen. Held at Haus der Jugend. Inquirer Regions

A strong earthquake was felt here in Zambales at 10:30 a.m on Thursday Inquirer Inquirer Regions

#PhilNavy opens Exercise Pagsisikap 2023 with almost a thousand pax (officers, enlisted personnel, and reservists) utilizing around 2 doz of sea and air vessels. RAdm Donn Anthony Miraflor, cmdr of #Navforwem leads the opening ceremony. inqmindanao Inquirer

LOOK. Singer-composer Jose Mari Chan joins Anna Balcells at the 16th anniversary celebration of Kalipay Negrense Foundation at the Kalipay Children’s Village in Bago City today, June 28.* Inquirer Inquirer Visayas

LOOK: All systems go here at PMMA complex in San Narciso, Zambales for the 200th Commencement Exercises of PMMA “Madasiklan” class 2023. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to grace the event Inquirer Inquirer Regions

#SONA2023: Protesters in front of the Fountain of Justice in Bacolod City call President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. a failure ahead of his State of the Nation Address this afternoon. | Carla P. Gomez /PDI

WATCH: Ilocos Norte now experiencing heavy rains. The province is currently under Signal 2. #EgayPH | @jmichaelmgsINQ /PDI

WATCH: Tamdagan bridge in Vintar, Ilocos Norte has been closed to motorists on Wednesday morning as a temporary backfill is collapsing due to the raging floodwaters caused by #EgayPH, according to village officials. | 📷: Brgy. Tamdagan FB via @jmichaelmgsINQ /PDI

JUST IN: Ilocos Sur province has been placed under a state of calamity in the aftermath of #EgayPH, according to the provincial government. | @jmichaelmgsINQ /PDI

LOOK: Residents wade through waist-deep flood waters in Barangay San Miguel in San Antonio, Zambales on Sunday morning.| 📷: Lex Mar Agasa via Joanna Aglibot /PDI