Arnel Mandal. PHOTO FROM INSTAGRAM, NELZKIE1995

Ilonggo SEAG champ urges youngsters to try wushu

ILOILO City – Ilonggo Arnel Mandal, the wushu gold medalist in the recent 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games held in Vietnam, dreams of competing...
Pawnshop security guard Mark Archie Torrefiel faces a robbery with homicide charge for the death of his pawnshop manager in Kalibo, Aklan. PHOTO JURIS BAUTISTA SUCRO

Guard in pawnshop mgr’s slay blames ‘pusoy’ debt

KALIBO, Aklan – The security guard who killed a pawnshop manager here claimed he lost heavily in the card game pusoy and needed money. Desperate to...

Libertad finalist in National Kaunlaran Pantao Awards

ANTIQUE – The municipality of Libertad is a finalist in the 2022 National Kaunlaran Pantao Awards of the Commission on Population (POPCOM). It is an...
Capiz’s Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras, together with Acting Capiz Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office chief Atty. Emilyn Arboleda-Depon and Environment Management Services unit head Engr. Apple Grace Lata receive an award for outstanding innovations in solid waste management from the Environmental Management Bureau. CaPENRO FB

Capiz cited for outstanding practices, innovations in solid waste management

CAPIZ – The Environmental Management Bureau (EMB), an attached agency of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), recognized this province for its...
Security guard Mark Archie Torrefiel is the prime suspect in the killing of a pawnshop manager in Kalibo, Aklan. He is on the run.

Hot pursuit launched vs guard in pawnshop slay

KALIBO, Aklan – The suspect in the killing of the RD Pawnshop Kalibo manager-reliever is now being hunted down. Pawnshop security guard Mark Archie Torrefiel,...
A resident of Sibalom, Antique is being vaccinated against coronavirus disease. Photos from Nutriskwela Radyo Kaabyanan Facebook page

55.76% of Sibalom’s target population vaxxed vs COVID-19

ANTIQUE – As of May 24, 29,030 individuals or 55.76 percent of the 52,058 target population in Sibalom town were deemed fully vaccinated against...
Photo Steve Kret/ Wikimedia Commons

Roxas City local gov’t cited for good financial housekeeping

ROXAS City – This city is one of the 39 local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas cited for good financial housekeeping for the...
Among the pediatric population in Kalibo, Aklan around 1,550 individuals between five to 11 years old have been vaccinated against coronavirus disease while 4,086 individuals aged 12 to 17 received their doses, according to the Municipal Health Office.

‘Get boosted, be protected:’ Kalibo MHO laments low COVID booster numbers

KALIBO, Aklan – With the numbers remaining low, the Municipal Health Office (MHO) is urging vaccinated residents to get booster against coronavirus disease 2019...
This portion of the shore in Barangay San Ramon, Pilar, Capiz is part of the municipality’s beach forest area. Pilar aims to grow more mangroves in the area. PHOTO FROM BANGON PILAR FB

Pilar beach forest the first in Capiz province

CAPIZ – Pilar town mayor Arnold Perez issued an executive order officially declaring 6.9 hectares of the shore in Barangay San Ramon as a...
Photo from Culasi Municipal Police Station Facebook Page. VENTURA

Culasi’s most wanted person falls

ANTIQUE – The most wanted person in Culasi, Antique has been arrested. Rape suspect Jonathan Ventura, 49, of Barangay Buenavista, Culasi was served with an...