Preemptive evacuation: 217 families move to safer grounds ahead of ‘Odette’
ROXAS City – On Tuesday night 217 families (706 individuals) from 10 coastal barangays here moved to evacuation centers. It was a disaster preemptive...
Antique PDRRMO alerts residents of geohazard areas
ANTIQUE – Typhoon “Odette” could cause storm surges and landslides so the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMO) of Antique alerted residents...
No direct international flights yet to Kalibo airport
KALIBO, Aklan – To reinvigorate the local tourism industry hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Kalibo International Airport has reopened to Boracay Island-bound tourists.
But...
‘Antiqueños should prepare for Odette’
ANTIQUE – Antiqueños should prepare for a tropical cyclone (international name: “Rai”) which intensified into a severe tropical storm ahead of its entry to...
Roxas City posts zero COVID cases for 4 days
ROXAS City – This city has not recorded new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Dec. 10 to 13, data of the City...
Drug pushing suspect falls in Kalibo buy-bust
KALIBO, Aklan – A man who previously surrendered under “Oplan Tokhang” was arrested in a buy-bust operation here.
Lowie Jay Revestir Pastrana, 26, was a...
More Boracay tourists but not enough e-trikes
BORACAY – There appears to be not enough public transportation to accommodate returning tourists here.
Tourist arrivals now average 2,000 daily – 30 percent of...
NTF-ELCAC road project to turn Antique farmers’ dream into reality
SAN JOSE, Antique – The P20-million farm-to-market road (FMR) leading to Barangay Bulan-bulan in San Remigio, Antique funded by the Barangay Development Program (BDP)...
232 Buenavista residents TUPAD beneficiaries
BUENAVISTA, Guimaras – A total of 232 residents here will be able to benefit from the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged / Displaced Workers...
Man, 44, stabbed to death
CAPIZ – A 44-year-old man was stabbed to death in Sitio Matnog, Barangay Cabugcabug, President Roxas, Capiz over the weekend.
Eduardo Berbaño Alonio sustained 31...