Roxas City Council OKs SOGIE ordinance
ROXAS City – The city council on May 31 approved an ordinance against gender discrimination.
Authored by Councilor Cesar Yap, chairman of the Committee on...
Region 6 inflation up 4.9 percent in April
ILOILO City – The inflation rate in Western Visayas increased to 4.9 percent in April 2022, from 4.6 percent in March 2022. This marks...
Aklan gets new schools chief
KALIBO, Aklan – Dr. Feliciano Candolesas Buenafe Jr. is the new officer-in-charge of the Office of Aklan schools division superintendent this June.
Buenafe, the Roxas...
Vaccination drive in Aklan on track
KALIBO, Aklan – Vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is Aklan is in full swing.
Already, 81.03 percent of people aged 18 to 59 have...
NEW ORDINANCE; Boracay resorts, tourists required to plant trees
MALAY, Aklan – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan has approved the “Isang-Daang Turista, Isang-Daang Puno” ordinance of Malay, Aklan.
The measure requires hotels and resorts...
Antique mulls hosting 2024 Palaro
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Antique provincial government is interested to host Palarong Pambansa 2024 after its successful hosting in 2017.
“I have initial discussions...
PDEA surprises jail with inspection, drug test
ROXAS City – The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) – Capiz conducted an unannounced greyhound operation (“Oplan-Galugad”) and surprise drug testing among persons deprived...
Antique remains free from bird flu
SAN JOSE, Antique – The province of Antique is still negative for the bird flu virus as of Monday, based on the result of...
HFMD in Capiz: Zero cases in 1st half of 2021, 214 cases so far...
CAPIZ – From Jan. 1 to May 21 of this year, 214 cases of Hand Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) were recorded in Capiz,...
86 Aklan schools expand F2F classes
KALIBO, Aklan – Eighty-six schools in the province of Aklan, including five in Boracay Island, have joined the progressive expansion of limited face-to-face classes.
The...