Comelec-Aklan records 4 withdrawals, one substitution for 2022 local polls

AKLAN – Four election aspirants personally appeared at the Commission in Elections (Comelec) in Aklan to withdraw their certificates of candidacy (COC) for Sangguniang...
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Face shield optional in Roxas City

ROXAS City – The use of face shield in public places here is now voluntary effective Nov. 18. City COVID-19 Command Center Coordinator Ronald Amigo...
Around 797 personnel from the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy and Philippine Air Force joined a military exercise in Patnongon, Antique aimed at strengthening their interoperability. PHILIPPINE NAVY PHOTOS

AFP exercises bring confidence to troops

SAN JOSE, Antique – Government troops are now more confident in terms of securing the countrys, according to the Armed Forces of the Philippines...

Antique curfew hours shortened; drinking of liquor OK until 10 p.m.

ANTIQUE – With the province now under pandemic Alert Level 2 (until Nov. 30), provincial government shortened the curfew to just four hours from...

Dumarao man hacks, shoots partner to death

CAPIZ – A 28-year-old woman died. She was hacked and shot around 12:45 a.m. yesterday in Sitio Agmanakit, Barangay Dacuton, Dumarao town. The suspect in...

Guimaras’ Oct. inflation moves quicker to 3.6%

GUIMARAS – This province’s inflation rate for October 2021 moved quicker to 3.6 percent, faster by 0.3 percentage points from both periods of October...

AFP demos firepower in Antique, Capiz drills

SAN JOSE, Antique – The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is holding today a military exercise dubbed “DAGIT-PA” (dagat/sea, langit/sky, lupa/land) in the...

More flights to Antique this Dec.

ANTIQUE – With quarantine restrictions gradually being eased this holiday season, more Antiqueños based outside their home province are expected to come home. Thus the...
A teenager proudly shows his vaccinated arm. The city government of Roxas started pediatric vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 on Nov. 10, 2021.

Nearly 4K Roxas kids vaxxed

ROXAS City – The city government has vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 3,721 minors between 12 and 1 7 years old since Nov....
A voter places her ballot in a PCOS machine after voting at precinct 169 of San Antonio High School in Makati City. According to Comelec, registered voters who are positive for COVID-19 can vote in the coming 2022 elections. INQUIRER/ARNOLD ALMACEN

2 Capiz poll bets back out

CAPIZ – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Capiz province logged only two candidates who withdrew their certificates of candidacy (COC) for the May...