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In Aklan, 801 senior citizens already completed their second dose of the vaccine against coronavirus disease while 9,645 got their first dose as of June 13. PHOTO MHO MALAY AKLAN

21K Aklanons get first dose of COVID vaccine

KALIBO, Aklan – Nearly 21,000 people in Priority Group A have been vaccinated in Aklan with their first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus...
Gaisano Grand Mall in San Jose, Antique may have become structurally unsound after fire gutted it last week. The Bureau of Fire Protection central office will be investigating the blaze. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Mall fire leaves P833-million initial damage

SAN JOSE, Antique – Initial estimate of the damage left by a fire that gutted Gaisano Grand Mall here Thursday last week reached P833,137,500. This valuation,...
“Sa masunod nga mga inadlaw, magasunod-sunod na ang pag-abot sang bakuna sa Roxas City bangud ini man ang gin promisa sang Department of Health,” says Mayor Ronnie Dadivas.

Over 5K COVID vaccine doses administered to Roxas folks

ROXAS City – A total of 5,585 residents here have been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), data from the City Health Office as...

11 new COVID cases recorded in Libertad

LIBERTAD, Antique – Over the weekend 11 new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections were recorded here. According to Mayor Mary Jean Nicopior-Te, these cases were...
Cardinal Jose Advincula receives his red hat from Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines Most Rev. Charles John Brown at the Immaculate Conception Metropolitan Cathedral in Roxas City on June 18.

‘To serve, listen, renew’: Cardinal Advincula officially receives red hat, ring

ROXAS City – Manila Archbishop-elect Jose Cardinal Advincula Jr. formally received his red hat and ring of office as new cardinal here yesterday afternoon, six...
Displaced employees of the fire-hit Gaisano Grand Mall in San Jose, Antique receive cash aid, sacks of rice and other goods from the provincial government. JERON NIETES/PIO

NEEDED: NEW JOBS, Antique extends P2M aid to fire-hit mall workers; mayor mulls ‘long-term’...

SAN JOSE, Antique – Thursday’s fire left over 300 employees looking past the ashes of the Gaisano Grand Mall here. They lost their jobs. “Mauli...
Figure 1. Guimaras Registered Deaths by Sex: 2021 Q1 Source: Decentralized Vital Statistics System (DVSS), PSA Guimaras Provincial Statistical Office

More men than women die in Guimaras

JORDAN, Guimaras – More males than females died in Guimaras in the first quarter of 2021 with a sex ratio of 140 male per...

Boracay drug suspect falls in buy-bust

BORACAY – The illicit drug trade in this island is still thriving even while there’s a pandemic. A buy-bust operation netted a drug pushing...

Antique posts all-time high new COVID cases in one day

SAN JOSE, Antique – One hundred new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were recorded in Antique this June 16. This is so far...
Cardinal Jose Advincula, the outgoing archbishop of Roxas City, received his second dose of the coronavirus vaccine on May 10, 2021. Advincula will be installed as the 33rd Archbishop of Manila on June 24. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CAPIZ

Manila-bound Cardinal Advincula to receive red hat, ring today

ROXAS City – Before transferring to the Archdiocese of Manila, Cardinal Jose Advincula of the Archdiocese of Roxas will formally receive his red hat...