Party guest stabbed dead by fellow visitor in Mambusao

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ROXAS City – A birthday party turned fatal after one of the visitors was stabbed dead by another guest in Barangay Bunga, Mambusao, Capiz. The victim,...
This sidewalk in downtown Kalibo is being used as tiangge, parking area, sari-sari store, and house extension. A municipal transportation task force was recently created to clear all erring structures illegally erected in public roads in the capital town. BOY RYAN ZABAL/PN

Kalibo forms road clearing task force

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KALIBO, Aklan – A municipal transportation task force was recently created to clear all erring structures illegally erected in public roads in this capital town. The...
An antidrug operative inspects sachets of suspected shabu seized in Purok Sibucao, Barangay Banago, Bacolod City on Aug. 3. PDEA REGION 6

6 suspects fall in drug sting

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BACOLOD City – Four persons were arrested in a drug sting operation in Purok Sibucao, Barangay Banago. They were identified as Jennifer Magbanua, Nerra Acibug, Franklin...
World-famous MassKara Festival dancers of Bacolod City perform at the Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, USA over the weekend. BACOLOD CITY PIO

MassKara Festival dancers invade Disneyland

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BACOLOD City – The world-famous MassKara Festival dancers have conquered the “happiest place on earth,” with a performance at the Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California, over the weekend. It...
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease characterized by a high fever (40°C/104°F) accompanied by two of these symptoms: severe headache, pain behind the eyes, muscle and joint pains, nausea, vomiting, and swollen glands or rash. Symptoms usually last for two to seven days, after an incubation period of four to 10 days after the bite from an infected mosquito. FILE

27 Capiz villages are ‘dengue hotspots’

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ROXAS City – Amid surge in reported cases of the mosquito-borne viral disease, the Capiz Epidemiological Surveillance and Response Unit (CESRU) is closely monitoring villages here and in the province...
A woman loom-weaves piña fiber in Kalibo, Aklan. “Piña” fiber is extracted from the leaves of a pineapple plant. The fibers are ivory-white in color and naturally glossy. The cloth is translucent, soft and fine with high luster. PHILIPPINE FOLKLIFE MUSEUM FOUNDATION

Piña weaving training center in Aklan pushed

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KALIBO, Aklan – A proposed bill was passed in 18th Congress which seeks to establish a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) training center in...

12-year-old boy dies of electrocution

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ROXAS City – A 12-year-old boy died of electrocution in Barangay Sibaguan in this city. Police identified him as Mike Buhe, a Grade 7 student of...
“Habal-habal” driver Jovanie Toquero was caught in an entrapment operation. He sold a sachet of suspected marijuana to a poseur-buyer around 5 a.m. on Aug. 2. BOY RYAN ZABAL/AKEANFORUM

Boracay ‘habal-habal’ driver yields ‘marijuana’

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BORACAY – Five sachets of suspected marijuana were seized in a buy-bust operation at Sitio Bantud, Barangay Manoc-Manoc in this world-famous island. The 37-year old “habal-habal” driver Jovanie...
Kabankalan City Mayor Pedro Zayco says an action plan to halt the dengue outbreak will be implemented starting next week. Based on the latest report of the Negros Occidental Provincial Health Office, Kabankalan has the highest cases of the mosquito-borne disease in the province. BOMBO RADYO BACOLOD

Kabankalan City declares dengue outbreak

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BACOLOD City – The city of Kabankalan in Negros Occidental declared an outbreak due to the continue rise of dengue cases. Provincial Health Office’s latest...
NEW PROVINCIAL TOURISM OFFICE. (From left) Antique Gov. Rhodora Cadiao and Acting Provincial Tourism Officer Cheryl Lynn Quanico join Rev. Fr. Fortunato Abiera during the blessing and inauguration of the new Antique Provincial Tourism Office in San Jose de Buenavista on Thursday (August 1, 2019). The tourism office is worth PHP10 million, which came from Buhay Partylist. PNA

Antique inaugurates P10-M tourism office

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SAN JOSE, Antique – The tourism potential here is expected to get a boost with the provincial tourism getting its own office worth P10 million. The new building,...
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