Capiz cops build houses for ‘poorest of the poor’
CAPIZ – With the help of private individuals, the Capiz Provincial Police Office (CPPO) managed to build 67 houses for select “poorest of the...
August prices down 3.4% in Guimaras
GUIMARAS – The inflation rate in this island province for August slackened to 3.4 percent, slower by 0.3 percentage points from the August 2020...
4.7 earthquake jolts Antique
VALDERRAMA, Antique – A 4.7 magnitude earthquake jolted parts of Antique early morning yesterday.
The epicenter was in the town of Valderrama where the shaking...
Comelec in San Jose closed for disinfection
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) office in this capital town is temporarily closed for disinfection until Wednesday, Sept. 22. Atty....
Goal: Finish Boracay rehabilitation by 2022
BORACAY – The Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) targets to complete all rehabilitation projects in this island before President Rodrigo Duterte steps down from...
Drug suspect nabbed again
ROXAS City – A woman previously convicted for drug trafficking was again arrested and charged with a similar violation.
Antipolo Diaz, 47, of Barangay Jumaguicjic...
Sibunag mayor contracts COVID; municipal hall shuts down
SIBUNAG, Guimaras – Mayor Annabelle Samaniego is under home quarantine. She tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
She decided to take a reverse transcription...
Victorias City fugitive arrested
VICTORIAS City – The No. 4 most wanted person here was arrested in Hacienda Binanlutan, Barangay 20.
Mike John Balladares, a 35-year-old resident of Barangay...
Culasi mayor catches COVID
CULASI, Antique – Mayor Jose Jeffrey Lomugdang announced on Friday afternoon he contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
He underwent reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test...
31 families in Hamtic flee rising floodwaters
HAMTIC, Antique – Thirty-one families (130 individuals) here left their homes due to rising floodwaters on Thursday afternoon.
The evacuees were from the following barangays:
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