A lender was hacked to death by his debtor in Tubungan, Iloilo on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 30. TUBUNGAN MUNICIPAL POLICE STATION

Debtor kills lender in Tubungan

BY RYAN DAVE PORAL ILOILO – The 35-year-old Jolibe Saril of Barangay San Jose, Tubungan succumbed to fatal hack wounds to his head on Wednesday,...
Antique provincial election supervisor Salud Milagros Villanueva (right) oversees the filing of certificates of candidacy for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in Tobias Fornier, Antique on Tuesday, Aug. 29. PNA PHOTO/COMELEC ANTIQUE

Over 3.6K BSKE aspirants in Antique file COCs

SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique – Heavy rains these past few days failed to stop over 3,000 aspirants in the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan...
Incessant rains softened the soil, damaging the Barangay Mabini Road in Sibalom Antiqu. NUTRISKWELA RADYO KAABYANAN

Calamity state up in Antique town due to monsoon

ANTIQUE – Hundreds of families were affected by heavy rains and strong winds brought by the enhanced southwest monsoon, or habagat, in the municipality of Sibalom...
Photo courtesy of Phivolcs.

4.6 quake jolts Antique

ANTIQUE – A magnitude 4.6 earthquake of tectonic origin rocked the province on Tuesday, Aug. 29, at around 9:17 p.m. Its epicenter was 26 kilometers...
From under the water in this oyster farm in Roxas City, a man scoops out this circular contraption – a used automotive rubber tire – where oysters are growing.

Oyster Raft Project to benefit Roxas City growers

ROXAS City – Oyster farmers in this city will soon benefit from the Oyster Raft Project of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources...
Photo courtesy of the National Museum of the Philippines

Sugar museum to rise in NegOcc city

BACOLOD City – The city government of Victorias in Negros Occidental has entered into a 50-year usufruct agreement with the National Museum of the...
Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office personnel prepare family food packs for displaced families in Antique. PROVINCE OF ANTIQUE PHOTO

Inclement weather displaces 2,400 Antique residents

ANTIQUE – Ten of the 18 towns in the province reported flooding and landslides due to heavy rains brought by the southwest monsoon enhanced...
Breaking ground for the Palm Concepcion Power Corporation (PCPC) Solar Facility are (from left) PCPC Chief Operating Officer Winifredo Pangilinan, PCPC Board of Director Darlene Marie Berberabe, NEPC Business Manager Liu Yongli, PCPC Business Development Manager Jacinto Ray Ng III, Iloilo’s Gov. Arthur “Toto” Defensor Jr., PCPC President and Chief Executive Officer Nicandro Fucoy, Concepcion’s Mayor Milliard Villanueva, Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region 6’s Environmental Monitoring and Enforcement Division Chief Vic Los Bañes, CENRO Sara Officer-in-Charge Rene Abordo, and PCPC Board of Director Rio Sesinando Venturanza. 

Concepcion plant breaks ground for 5.1MW Solar Facility

CONCEPCION, Iloilo — Taking a big step towards a greener future, Palm Concepcion Power Corporation (PCPC) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 5.1-megawatt (MW)...
Representative Photo. Photo by MChe Lee on Unsplash.

Classes in NegOcc suspended 

BACOLOD City – The opening of classes in Negros Occidental public schools, supposedly yesterday, Aug. 29, did not push through. Heavy rainfall generated by the...

Tigbauan man electrocuted

BY RYAN DAVE PORAL ILOILO – A man was found dead in Barangay Barosong, Tigbauan, Iloilo, around 7 a.m. yesterday. Raymond Tangle, 30, of the said...