Why ILOILO is now tagged a country within a country, the Wakanda of the Philippines:

Instead of waiting in agony for the COVID testing kits from the government, Iloilo procured their own through donations from Ilonggo businessmen and wealthy families.

Iloilo has its own RITM accredited testing facility. This means, getting the results ASAP as it skips the process of sending specimens to RITM.

Iloilo has established 240 community kitchens in baranggays with day care facilities to make sure no one dies from hunger.

Iloilo has deployed kitchen patrol to make sure frontliners like city healthworkers, sanitation team, emergency responders etc are able to have their free lunch and dinner.

Iloilo provided dormitories for the frontliners taking care of PUIs, PUMs, and confirmed patients to make sure they have a decent place to stay while they fight to end this crisis.

Iloilo provided food assistance to the most vulnerable sectors like jeepney and pedicab drivers while their operations are on hold.

Ilongo nurses and local designers working hand in hand to produce PPEs for the frontliners all across the province. If they can’t buy them, the hell, they make them!

Buses were deployed to make sure frontline health workers are able to report to work, hindi aangkas sa motorsiklo, huhulihin at pgmumultahin!!!!! Cheee!

Above all, Ilonggos do not need coercion to understand and follow what community quarantine means.

....and the list goes on! ILOILO is indeed worthy to be called The City of LOVE.

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Congratulations to the indefatigable Doc Marvs Celis and her posse. You've made a seemingly impossible task possible.

People in Manila are taking cognizance of your efforts in Iloilo City and UP Miag-ao.