Villagers fear losing homes amid Aklan River dredging
BY BOY RYAN ZABAL
KALIBO, Aklan – People living along the Aklan River bank in Sitio Libuton, Barangay Bakhaw Norte in this capital town are...
Ex-village chief shot dead in President Roxas
CAPIZ -- A former barangay captain was shot dead by riding-in-tandem gunmen past 6 a.m. on May 25 in Barangay Santo Niño, President Roxas...
34 cops relieved over Passi City raid
BY RUBY SILUBRICO & RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS
ILOILO City – Personnel of the Passi City Police Station and Provincial Special Operations Group (PSOG) were relieved...
Leptospirosis cases up in Capiz
ROXAS City – Cases of leptospirosis in Capiz went up drastically in the first seven months of the year.
From only three cases in 2017,...
RT-PCR test for Antique-bound travelers mulled anew
ANTIQUE – Gov. Rhodora Cadiao is exploring the possibility of once again requiring Antique-bound travelers – vaccinated or not – to submit negative results...
Black Beauty Boys Ati-atihan big winners anew
KALIBO, Aklan – The Black Beauty Boys of Barangay Linabuan Norte, Kalibo, Aklan emerged as this year’s biggest winner among the contesting tribes in...
Antique brgys must put up VAWC desks
All barangays were enjoined to set up a Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC) Desk.
Nabas man missing after falling into river
NABAS, Aklan – As this was being written, a man who fell into the river in Barangay Laserna here remained missing.According to the Nabas...
Antique board OKs proposed FOI ordinance in 2nd reading
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Provincial Board has approved in second reading the measure that would promote the right of the pubic to access information...
Aklan enforces stricter rules to prevent ASF entry
KALIBO, Aklan – Authorities here
sustained its heighten security and quarantine measures to prevent the entry of
animal diseases in airports and seaports of the province.
Gov. Florencio Miraflores recently convened
government agencies...