Malandog Bridge, located in the boundary of the towns of San Jose and Hamtic in Antique will be temporarily close to the public due to rehabilitation works. According to Department of Public Works and Highways project engineer Ricardo Gayatin, the closure will start on July 26 to Aug. 4. DENR

Malandog Bridge to be closed for rehab – DPWH

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) here will temporarily close the Malandog Bridge due to rehabilitation works. According to DPWH...
Malandog Bridge, located in the boundary of the towns of San Jose and Hamtic in Antique will be temporarily close to the public due to rehabilitation works. According to Department of Public Works and Highways project engineer Ricardo Gayatin, the closure will start on July 26 to Aug. 4. DENR

Negros Occ. cops urged to be cautious after Ayungon ambush

BACOLOD City – Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office director Colonel Romeo Baleros is urging his policemen to exercise more caution when responding to calls for assistance in risky...

Dao local shot dead

ROXAS City – He was trying to pacify a commotion in Barangay Quinayuya, Dao, Capiz when he was shot dead, police said. The 38-year-old resident Florencio Facto...
Crowd of tourists enjoy the world-famous white sand beach of Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan. The Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation Management Group last week started the demolition of establishments violating the island’s easement rules. BOY RYAN ZABAL/AKEANFORUM

Firms violating Boracay’s easement rules demolished

Iloilo City – The Boracay Inter-Agency Rehabilitation Management Group (BIARMG) began the demolition of establishments violating the 25+5 coastal easement at Bulabog Beach in Barangay Balabag,...

NegOcc animal raisers incur P846-T losses due to ‘Falcon’

BACOLOD City – Livestock and poultry raisers in Negros Occidental already lost P846,818 in three days due to heavy rains and flooding brought by Tropical...
Researcher of the Philippine Statistics Authority inspects handwashing facility of one of the sample households during the conduct of survey in Barangay Singay, Madalag, Aklan. PSA AKLAN

PSA-Aklan conducts surveys on water, sanitation access

KALIBO, Aklan – The Philippine Statistics Authority in Aklan is currently conducting survey to selected households concerning access on safe water, sanitation and hygiene...

Malay transport office urged to strictly enforce traffic laws

KALIBO, Aklan – Sangguniang Bayan member Ralf Tolosa urged the Malay Municipal Transportation Office (MTRO) to strictly enforce traffic code against erring drivers in the world-famous...
Councilor Albert Gregory Potato of Roxas City, Capiz confers with city police chief Dante Tayco before the deliberation and declaration of the five city villages as drug-cleared areas by the Regional Oversight Committee in Iloilo City on July 4, 2019. ROXAS CITY PNP

5 Roxas City villages now ‘drug-cleared’

ROXAS City – Five villages in this city have already been declared “drug-cleared.” This came after the deliberation of the Regional Oversight Committee composed of the Philippine...
Negrense organic farmer Jesus Antonio Orbida (left) with his wife Checcs – founders of the PeacePond in Binalbagan, Negros Occidental – receive a certificate of accreditation issued by the Department of Tourism-Western Visayas. PNA

Negrense farmer shortlisted for national achievers’ award

BACOLOD City – Multi-awarded Negrense farmer Jesus Antonio Orbida has been chosen as one of the finalists in this year’s National Organic Agriculture Achievers’ Awards (NOAAA) of the...

2 wanted persons in Capiz arrested

ROXAS City – Two of the most wanted persons in the province of Capiz were arrested in separate police operations in Barangay Dulangan, Pilar, Capiz.  On...