Japan Hospitality Learning Center Association chief executive officer Kazutaka Nakao (left) pays a courtesy visit to Capiz governor Fredenil Castro (right)on Monday, Oct. 17. CAPIZ PROV’L GOV’T COMMUNICATIONS GROUP/FB PHOTO

120 CAPSU students gird for Japan internship

CAPIZ – A total of 120 students of Capiz State University (CAPSU) will fly to Japan for their internship. Just recently, a memorandum of understanding...

Antique town to open 2 more integrated schools

ANTIQUE – The town of San Remigio will soon have two more integrated schools for the children’s better access to education. Mayor Margarito Mission Jr.,...
Photo courtesy of GRIG C. MONTEGRANDE

Bacolodnons encouraged to eat fish following ASF cases in Iloilo

BACOLOD City – Task Force Botagoy (TFB) is encouraging residents of this city to eat fish instead of meat following the confirmed cases of...
Junie Sabusap (4th from right) turns over membership data forms to the Antique Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office. Registered persons with disabilities are automatically registered as Philippine Health Insurance Corporation members and the national government pays their contributions. ANTIQUE PIO PHOTO

Antiqueño PWDs urged to register to avail of benefits

ANTIQUE – The Persons with Disabilities Affairs Office (PDAO) here has called on persons with disabilities (PWDs) to register with their respective Municipal Social...
Bacolod City Health Officer Ma. Carmela Gensoli advises everyone to practice good hygiene to prevent cholera. Photo shows students demonstrating the proper washing of hands. ABS-CBN NEWS PHOTO

Bacolod CHO: ‘Practice WASH’

BACOLOD City – While this city is still on alert following nine documented cholera cases, the City Health Office (CHO) is encouraging everyone to...

DTI-Antique urges consumers to look for ICC, PS marks

ANTIQUE – The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Antique is calling on consumers to look for Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) stickers and Philippine...

STL bet collector faces ‘illegal gambling,’ drug charges

BACOLOD City – A man was arrested for alleged illegal gambling and for possessing suspected shabu around 1:15 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 16, in...
The tourism sector in Boracay Island has been dramatically impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The disruption to tourism had more than two years of no revenue for local establishments.

Boracay’s tourist arrivals reach 65% of 2019 levels

BORACAY – Tourist arrivals in Boracay Island continue to bounce back in January to September 2022, taking 65 percent of the numbers of pre-pandemic...

Guimaras headline inflation persistently drops in 2nd sem

GUIMARAS – The headline inflation rate in Guimaras continually dropped since the second semester of 2022 started based on the generated data of the...

Army overruns NPA hideout

BY DOMINIQUE GABRIEL G. BAÑAGA BACOLOD City – A gun battle between the elements of the 94th Infantry Battalion (94IB) and New People's Army (NPA)...