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WET START FOR 2021. Police officers assist residents seeking evacuation after flashfloods hit 12 villages in Victorias City, Negros Occidental on New Year’s Eve. Thousands were forced to flee their inundated homes as torrential rain triggered floods in some parts of the province. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

New Year’s Day floods NegOcc incurs P20M crop, livestock losses

BACOLOD City – Several local government units (LGUs) in northern Negros Occidental incurred an estimated P20 million in damage and losses to agro-fishery and livestock...
A Kalibo International Airport security personnel gets ready to be swabbed. His specimen would then be analyzed for the possible presence of the coronavirus disease 2019 virus. PHOTO BY THE KALIBO AIRPORT PNP

Kalibo airport tests seen to restore travel confidence

KALIBO, Aklan – The required coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-29) test for the staff of the Kalibo International Airport will hopefully restore travelers’ confidence, according...
“We might be the least of the national government’s priority when the coronavirus vaccine becomes available,” says Antique’s Gov. Rhodora Cadiao. PNA PHOTO

Antique allots P10 million for COVID jabs

SAN JOSE, Antique – The provincial government of Antique allocated P10 million for the purchase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines. Antique’s provincial planning and...
Boracay Island is open to domestic tourists from general community quarantine (GCQ) and modified GCQ areas. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

Boracay, Palawan included in Condé Nast beach list

BORACAY – White Beach, Boracay and El Nido, Palawan have placed second and ninth, respectively, in the Condé Nast’s Traveler's 25 Best Island Beaches...

‘Cracker-related injuries in Capiz down by 40%

ROXAS City – Firecracker-related injuries during holidays in Capiz province were down by 40 percent, data from the Provincial Health Office showed. Only 15 cases...
Tito Sotto. Photo by Angie de Silva/Rappler

Sotto: Duterte wants party-list system removed

MANILA – President Rodrigo Duterte wants an amendment to the party-list system under the 1987 Constitution following his allies move to revive the charter...
Photo courtesy of Christine Dacera | IG

DOJ: Probe on Dacera case just starting

MANILA – The Department of Justice (DOJ) said investigation on the controversial death of flight attendant Christine Angelica Dacera is not yet closed or...
AP Photo/John Minchillo

4 deaths, 52 arrests made after Trump supporters storm US Capitol

WASHINGTON – Four people died on the US Capitol grounds Wednesday and 52 people have been arrested, Metropolitan Police Department Chief Robert J. Contee...

3 children killed in grenade explosion in Pakistan

PESHAWAR – Three children were killed and two others injured Wednesday when a grenade they found in a field exploded in northwest Pakistan, officials...
Photo from Q8India

Twitter, Facebook muzzle Trump amid Capitol violence

WASHINGTON – In an unprecedented step, Facebook and Twitter suspended President Donald Trump from posting to their platforms Wednesday following the storming of the US Capitol...