Antique price freeze on basic commodities eyed

SAN JOSE, Antique – Automatic Price Ceiling (APC) will be imposed in the province of Antique following the declaration of a state of calamity...

17 persons nabbed in Roxas for not wearing facemask

ROXAS City – For not wearing facemasks, 17 persons here were apprehended by the police. The Capiz Provincial Police Office (CPPO), upon directive of Gov....
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Towns, barangays warned of flash floods, landslides

ANTIQUE – Intermittent light to moderate southwest monsoon rains prompted the Antique Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO) to warn municipalities and...
Undercover policemen check the items recovered in a buy-bust operation in Bago City, Negros Occidental. Photo by NOCPPO

Cops seize P1.8-M ‘shabu’ in Bago City

BACOLOD City – Bago City policemen in Negros Occidental confiscated 27 grams of suspected shabu worth P1.8 million in a buy-bust operation in Barangay...
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Aklan’s malnourished children treated to supplemental feeding

KALIBO, Aklan – More than 400 child development centers (CDCs) are beneficiaries of ongoing supplementary feeding programs in Aklan. Supplementary feeding supplies amounting to P2.9...

Man killed in Malinao, suspect nabbed

MALINAO, Aklan – A police hot pursuit operation resulted to the arrest of the primary suspect in a shooting here. Jose Ronelio Naig, 59, of...

Another accolade: Boracay, Palawan, Cebu among 25 ‘best islands’ in the world

BORACAY – This island, Palawan and Cebu were among “The 25 Best Islands in the World” by the New York-based travel magazine Travel +...

3 Antique villages pass pilot ‘Seal of Good Barangays’

ANTIQUE – Three barangays here passed the pilot implementation of the 2021 Seal of Good Local Governance for Barangays (SGLGB) of the Department of...
The local government unit of Culasi in Antique is pushing for the declaration of the town “in state of calamity.” Four dengue deaths have placed the town in a critical situation, according to the Integrated Provincial Health Office.

Antique under ‘state of dengue calamity’

ANTIQUE – Citing an outbreak of dengue, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) declared a state of calamity on July 14. It also authorized the use of...
GREAT PLACE TO VISIT. In April 2018, the government imposed a six-month closure of Boracay Island for a massive rehabilitation and redevelopment initiatives. This and the ensuing pandemic-induced lockdown gave the island time to heal. DOT PHOTO

Boracay one of world’s ‘greatest places of 2022’

BORACAY – This island paradise in the northern tip of Aklan province has been named one of the “World’s Greatest Places of 2022” by...