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Roxas City gets new police chief

ROXAS City – This city has a new chief of police – Police Lieutenant Colonel Aron Palomo. He replaced Police Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Jomuad Jr....

Guimaras’ corn yield improves

JORDAN, Guimaras – Notwithstanding the coronavirus pandemic, the province of Guimaras yielded 311 metric tons of corn in the 4th Quarter (Q4) of 2020,...
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Pandan records 4th COVID-19 related death

PANDAN, Antique – This municipality recorded its fourth casualty due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – a 96-year-old female resident of Barangay Patria. According to...
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Forgo non-essential travel to Iloilo, Antiqueños told

SAN JOSE, Antique – Citing border restrictions to be imposed by the city and province of Iloilo due to rising infections of coronavirus disease...
Uniformed personnel prepare to man checkpoints as Roxas City shifts to modified enhanced community quarantine. PHOTO FROM UPOD KITA RONNIE DADIVAS FB PAGE

Roxas City implements border control

ROXAS City – Following this city’s shift to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) yesterday, border control was also implemented. Border checkpoints were set up in...

Aklan listed as COVID low-risk area

KALIBO, Aklan – The province of Aklan was classified a low-risk area based on two weeks (May 17 to May 30) of infection growth...

Banking hours shortened as Roxas shifts to MECQ

ROXAS City – Banking hours here are being shortened as the city shifts to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ). The Capiz Bankers Association issued an...
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7 San Jose villages locked down

SAN JOSE, Antique – Seven barangays here are on lockdown for 14 days due to their rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). It started...

More measures vs pandemic in San Lorenzo

SAN LORENZO, Guimaras – “There is a need to impose appropriate measures to further thwart and arrest the spread of the virus.” Mayor Ninfa Gajo stressed...
A health worker (R) puts a swab into a tube after collecting a sample for COVID-19 coronavirus testing in Gombak on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on April 22, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

Vietnam starts mass testing as new variant emerges

HANOI – Vietnam hopes to tackle a new coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak by mass testing risk groups in Ho Chi Minh City and introducing...