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Antique curfew hours shortened; drinking of liquor OK until 10 p.m.

ANTIQUE – With the province now under pandemic Alert Level 2 (until Nov. 30), provincial government shortened the curfew to just four hours from...

Dumarao man hacks, shoots partner to death

CAPIZ – A 28-year-old woman died. She was hacked and shot around 12:45 a.m. yesterday in Sitio Agmanakit, Barangay Dacuton, Dumarao town. The suspect in...

Guimaras’ Oct. inflation moves quicker to 3.6%

GUIMARAS – This province’s inflation rate for October 2021 moved quicker to 3.6 percent, faster by 0.3 percentage points from both periods of October...

AFP demos firepower in Antique, Capiz drills

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is holding today a military exercise dubbed “DAGIT-PA” (dagat/sea, langit/sky, lupa/land) in the...

More flights to Antique this Dec.

ANTIQUE – With quarantine restrictions gradually being eased this holiday season, more Antiqueños based outside their home province are expected to come home. Thus the...
A teenager proudly shows his vaccinated arm. The city government of Roxas started pediatric vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 on Nov. 10, 2021.

Nearly 4K Roxas kids vaxxed

ROXAS City – The city government has vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 3,721 minors between 12 and 1 7 years old since Nov....
A voter places her ballot in a PCOS machine after voting at precinct 169 of San Antonio High School in Makati City. According to Comelec, registered voters who are positive for COVID-19 can vote in the coming 2022 elections. INQUIRER/ARNOLD ALMACEN

2 Capiz poll bets back out

CAPIZ – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Capiz province logged only two candidates who withdrew their certificates of candidacy (COC) for the May...
Plastic barriers are installed in between seats of learners of the Laserna Integrated School in Nabas, Aklan to ensure safe physical distancing. A total of 224 learners from Kindergarten to Grade III are joining limited face-to-face classes that started on Nov. 15, 2021. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO, PNA

‘Learners are safer in schools than in malls’

NABAS, Aklan – Officials in this municipality believe that bringing children to schools is safer than seeing them in malls. Mayor James Solanoy, in a...
Antique Provincial Health Officer Dr. Leoncio Abiera attributes the drop in coronavirus disease cases to vaccinations. PNA FILE PHOTO BY ANNABEL CONSUELO J. PETINGLAY

Only 8 Antique COVID patients hospitalized

ANTIQUE – Of the 63 active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) here (as of Nov. 15), only eight are in hospitals. The rest are...
An aging population tends to have a prevalence of chronic diseases. The proposed Aklan Geriatric Medical Center will promote medical and scientific research and training relative to the care, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of disease of the elderly.

Specialty hospital for Aklan’s senior citizens mulled

KALIBO, Aklan – The House of Representatives approved on third and final reading on Nov. 8 a measure seeking to establish the Aklan Geriatric...