Antique PHO promotes healthy lifestyle vs kidney diseases

ANTIQUE – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) continues to advocate for a healthy lifestyle to avoid diseases, especially of the kidneys, as the country...

US Peace Corps to assist Roxas City on disaster response, climate adaptation

ROXAS City – This city will get technical and training assistance from the United States (US) Peace Corps International Response Volunteers to enhance its...
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Guimaras’ employment stats surpass pre-pandemic levels

GUIMARAS – The province's employment rate in 2022 continued to pick up, surpassing its pre-pandemic levels, based on the preliminary results of the Annual...
A pickup truck driver left with only minor injuries after he overshot the road and crashed into a laundry shop in Mandurriao, Iloilo City on Thursday, June 22. RADYO BANDERA ILOILO PHOTO

Pickup overshoots, crashes into a laundry shop

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS  ILOILO City – The driver of the Navarra pickup truck sustained injuries after crashing into a laundry shop in Barangay Oñate...

P340K ‘shabu’ seized in Mandurriao

BY RHENJIE MARIE CALANTAS ILOILO City – About P340,000 worth of suspected shabu was recovered from a high-value suspect in Barangay Bolilao, Mandurriao district. Earl Fritz...
Border checkpoints are prepositioned in Sibalom, Antique to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever. An executive order was issued on June 21 to intensify measures after neighboring Hamtic town logged cases of the hog disease. ALBERT ESTOYA PHOTO

Sibalom tightens measures vs ASF

ANTIQUE – The municipality of Sibalom tightened its implementation of quarantine measures to prevent the entry of African Swine Fever (ASF). This came after the...
Dengue is caused by Aedis eegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes – these are day-biting mosquitoes that live and breed in clean, stagnant water.

Bacolod preps vs Japanese encephalitis

BACOLOD City – This city is preparing for possible cases of Japanese encephalitis. Sangguniang Panlungaod (SP) Committee on Health chair Councilor Claudio Jesus Puentevella said...
Capiz’s Gov. Fredenil Castrol vows to sustain the provincial government’s financial assistance to Capiznons in crisis situations such as those needing hospitalization and medical aid, burial assistance and even educational scholarship. PHOTO FROM RONNIE DADIVAS’ FB

Electronic logistics mgt info system pilots in Capiz

ROXAS City – Capiz is the first province in the country chosen to test the Electronic Logistics Management Information System (eLMIS) of the Department...
The Police Regional Office 6 said “facts indicate categorically” that the New People’s Army was behind the killing of four family members in Himamaylan City, Negros Occidental. Photo shows the Fausto family funeral on June 18. REYMOND TITONG PHOTO

PRO-6: ‘NPA behind Himamaylan massacre’

BACOLOD City – The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Western Visayas dismissed the “baseless and malicious accusations” against its objectivity in the conduct of...

5 rebels surrender to police

ILOILO City – Five New People’s Army (NPA) rebels voluntarily surrendered to the 606th Company, Regional Mobile Force Battalion (RMFB-6). The five, all residents of...