Fast-track Antique airport project, contractor told
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of
Transportation (DOTr) has instructed Verzontal Construction to expedite the
development project of the Antique airport to enhance its operations.
DOTr...
PESO institutionalization pushed in Antique towns
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) is pushing to institutionalize the Public Employment Service Office (PESO) in all 18 towns...
Antique cops to Reds: Stop recruiting minors
SAN JOSE, Antique – Policemen here will intensify their school
visits to covert recruitment activities of leftist groups.
Municipal police station
chief Lieutenant Colonel Mark Anthony Darroca on...
‘Guilty’ robber returns stolen money in Boracay
BORACAY – A robbery
suspect in this world-famous island took a surprising turn for the better after
returning the money he stole from a money changer shop...
LTFRB starts probe on Ceres trips suspension
BACOLOD City –
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) started investigating
the Wednesday’s suspension of south-bound bus trips of Vallacar Transit Inc.
(VTI) – operator of...
Drug surrenderer falls in Kalibo buy-bust
KALIBO, Aklan – A 41-year-old drug surrenderer was
arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Estancia in this town.
Police identified him as Efren Villanueva....
New town hall to serve ‘Tapaznons’ next year
ROXAS CITY, Capiz – A four-storey Tapaz Municipal Government
Center with two elevator units will serve Tapaznons early next year, according
to Tapaz mayor Roberto Palomar.
He...
Antique town pushes for single-use plastics tax
SAN JOSE, Antique – San Jose de Buenavista mayor Elmer Untaran
urges the municipal council to legislate a tax for single-use plastics to
encourage residents in...
DENR chief eyes ‘Panay Island’ as country’s bamboo capital
ILOILO City – Seeing the potential of Panay Island to grow healthy
bamboos, Department of Environment and Natural Resources secretary Roy Cimatu
proposed the possibility of...
Boracay a ‘tough sell’ to European tourist
BORACAY – The former consul of the Department of Foreign
Affairs in Prague considered promoting this world-famous island to European countries
as a “big challenge.”
Jed...