Fresh lettuce grows in Aklan State University’s greenhouse facility with hydroponics. PHOTO BY JVDEGUZMAN, DA-6

Aklan university seeks to grow plants sans soil

BANGA, AKlan – To further increase Aklan province’s food sufficiency efforts, the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Western Visayas recently turned over a P1-million...
Photo courtesy of Anini-y DOH

Anini-y gets P13-M polyclinic

ANINI-Y, Antique – The Department of Health (DOH) in Region 6 turned over a P13-million polyclinic to the local government unit here on Nov....

Villages with 90% COVID-19 vaxx rate to get incentives

ROXAS City – The city government announced it would give incentives to barangays that have at least 90 percent of their population vaccinated against...

Inmate undergoing quarantine escapes

CAPIZ –A 33-year-old person deprived of liberty (PDL) undergoing quarantine escaped from the quarantine facility of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP)...

No more active COVID cases in 4 Antique towns

ANTIQUE – Four towns have no more active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of Nov. 8, according to the Antique Provincial Health...
Police Brigadier General Rolando Miranda, Western Visayas police director, leads the oath-taking of 100 police recruits at Camp Delgado in Iloilo City on Nov. 8. PRO-6 PHOTO

100 WV police recruits take oath

ILOILO City – The Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) got a much-needed boost. One hundred police recruits took their oath as members of the Philippine...
The provincial government of Aklan targets to vaccinate 70 percent of its eligible population by the end of December this year. AKLAN PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICE PHOTO

145K Aklanons fully vaxxed

KALIBO, Aklan – Among the eligible population in the province of Aklan, 144,791 have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of...
No paralytic shellfish poison beyond the regulatory limit have been found in shellfish harvested in the coastal waters of Aklan and Capiz, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

No red tide alert in Western Visayas

KALIBO, Aklan – No red tide toxins were detected in the coastal waters of Western Visayas, according to the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic...
The Provincial Health Office of Capiz targets to vaccinate 90,000 youngsters against coronavirus disease 2019. CAPIZ CAPITOL PHOTO

Pediatric vaccination kicks off in Capiz

ROXAS City –A ceremonial inoculation of Capiz’s youngsters 12 to 17 years old with comorbidity at the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) on Nov....

80 Antique youngsters vaxxed vs COVID-19

ANTIQUE – Eighty youngsters from 12 to 17 years old in this province were vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) at the launching of...