Coconut dispute ends in shooting
CAPIZ – A dispute over a coconut tree was believed to have triggered the fatal shooting of an uncle in Sitio Naasug, Barangay Majanlud,...
PDEA operatives to wear body cameras during ops
ILOILO City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Western Visayas has distributed body-worn cameras to its provincial offices for operatives to wear...
Valderrama bags COVID Safety Seal
VALDERRAMA, Antique – The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO) of this town is the first such office in Antique to bag a...
No jab, no job at Guimaras capitol
GUIMARAS – The provincial government is looking for job hires but applicants must have been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
Also, current job hires...
DILG rehires 84 contact tracers in Antique
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will redeploy 84 contact tracers to this province’s 18 municipalities starting Aug....
Roxas to reward villages with high COVID vax rates
ROXAS City – Barangays here with high numbers of residents vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) would receive incentives from the city government.
The goal...
‘No movement Sunday’ will further hurt Kalibo’s economy, says mayor
KALIBO, Aklan – To stop the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) called for a “no movement Sunday” policy –...
Loan collectors banned from Nueva Valencia
NUEVA VALENCIA, Guimaras – Due to surges in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections here, collection activities of microfinance companies and money lending institutions are...
Guimaras’ July inflation 4.2%
JORDAN, Guimaras – Inflation in the island province of Guimaras escalated to 4.2 percent in July, from a declined 3.4 inflation rate in June,...
Classrooms turn into quarantine facilities
KALIBO, Aklan – Twelve classrooms at Kalibo Elementary School and 13 at the Kalibo Integrated Special Education Center in Barangay Poblacion were converted into...