Mar donates COVID vaccines to Roxas
ROXAS City – Former Interior Secretary Mar Roxas and the Gerry Roxas Foundation donated 2,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-9)...
Boracay task force vows rehab completion by 2022
BORACAY – Environment chief Roy Cimatu vowed to make Boracay Island a better place as the inter-agency task force pursues more projects under the...
Genome sequencing COVID-19 virus in Visayas soon possible
MIAG-AO, Iloilo – The Philippine Genome Center (PGC) Visayas based here is expecting the arrival of a series of Next Generation Sequencers within the...
Roxas City gov’t taps local artists to beautify bridges
ROXAS City – The city government has launched the project “Kulay Tulay” to beautify bridges across the city.
“We will be painting bridges starting with...
‘Visit before Oct. 29 or after Nov. 2’
ANTIQUE – From Oct. 29 to Nov. 2, all cemeteries and columbaria in this province are closed.
Those wanting to visit the tombs of their...
‘No subversive books in Antique university’
SAN JOSE, Antique – The University of Antique (UA) has no subversive books in its library, according to its president, Dr. Pablo Crespo Jr.
He...
COVID hospitalizations down, daily cases drop in Aklan
KALIBO, Aklan – The healthcare utilization rate in the province of Aklan significantly dropped to 0.93 percent, the lowest among the provinces and highly-urbanized...
Mambusao man dies in accidental electrocution
CAPIZ – A 63-year-old man got accidentally electrocuted in Mambusao town past 8 a.m. on Tuesday.
Danilo Bautista Berganio of Barangay Burias, Mambusao died.
His 12-year-old...
Nuisance candidate? Disqualification of Loren Legarda’s brother sought
ANTIQUE – A resident of this province wants Antonio Agapito Legarda Jr., a candidate for congressman and brother of incumbent Rep. Loren Legarda, declared...
Guimaras races vs time to vaccinate residents
GUIMARAS – Aside from the different vaccination sites put up in the province, the provincial government here deployed teams of health workers to barangays...