Guimaras’ 2022 budget balloons to P1 billion
GUIMARAS – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) unanimously approved this province’s budget for 2022 amounting to P1,053,228,261.
This is the General Fund covering various expenditures for...
DOH flags Aklan for 2-week ‘positive’ COVID-19 growth
AKLAN – This province has been flagged by the Department of Health (DOH) for a positive two-week growth in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases.
With...
Christmas Eve road crash kills 1, injures 3 others
CAPIZ – Two motorcycles collided a few minutes before Christmas in Barangay Vizcaya, President Roxas town. A 23-year old back-rider died while three others...
Capiz drinking spree on Christmas Day turns bloody
CAPIZ – A drinking session on Christmas Day proved fatal for a man in Barangay Bayuyan, President Roxas town.
The victim, Rodolfo Pastrana, was 28...
Boracay illegal structures: No relocation, no demolition
BORACAY – Residents affected by demolition activities here have been appealing to the government to find a permanent relocation site for them.
At least 34...
Roxas City ‘most competitive’ in economic dynamism, infras
ROXAS City – The city government has been hailed as the “most competitive” local government unit (LGU) in the component city category (field of economic...
Over 1,500 Antique barangay volunteers get cash incentive
ANTIQUE – On the eve of Christmas, over 1,500 Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) and Barangay Health Workers (BHWs) in this province each received P12,000...
Akelco helps restore power in Guimaras and Antique
AKLAN – Aklan Electric Cooperative (Akelco) is helping restore power in typhoon-hit Guimaras and Antique provinces.
Super typhoon “Odette” toppled 114 electric poles in Guimaras,...
CONTRERAS GAME CHANGER: ‘People’s Guv’, ‘People’s Project’ get Duterte nod
CAPIZ – The “People’s Governor” Esteban Evan “Nonoy” Contreras is all set to deliver what would become the biggest convention center in Western Visayas...
Libertad ‘most improved’ municipality in Region 6
LIBERTAD, Antique – This town was feted as the “most improved” in Region 6 during the 5th Western Visayas Competitive LGUs (local government units)...