More family-beneficiaries to occupy Kalibo housing units

KALIBO, Aklan – Super typhoon “Yolanda” survivors will finally occupy the remaining relocation housing units here on Oct. 29s nearly eight years after the...
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Roxas City priority area for COVID-19 vaccines

ROXAS City – More vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from the national government will be delivered here. Roxas City has been identified a priority...
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116,335 Aklanons fully vaccinated vs COVID

KALIBO, Aklan – As of Oct. 23, the province of Aklan had fully vaccinated 116,335 individuals, accounting for 24.86 percent of its eligible population,...
A frontliner at Roxas City’s Temporary Treatment and Management Facility wheels out a six-year-old girl – cradled by a woman on a wheelchair -- who battled and overcame coronavirus disease in the facility.

Roxas City girl, 6, recovers from COVID

ROXAS City – A six-year-old girl confined at the Temporary Treatment and Management Facility (TTMF) of the city government here has recovered from the...

Jordan to shut down cemeteries Oct. 30 to Nov. 2

JORDAN, Guimaras – The municipal government is shutting down public and private cemeteries here from Oct. 30 to Nov. 2. Those who want to visit...
Aklans’ capital town of Kalibo is showing signs of renewed activities. Coronavirus disease 2019 infections are going down.

Requirements for Aklan’s inbound travelers simplified

KALIBO, Aklan – Fully vaccinated returning Aklanons are no longer required to submit negative saliva or swab test results. Instead, they only have to present...
The world-renowned Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan opens to more tourists. PHOTO FROM MALAY BORACAY TOURISM OFFICE

BORACAY SOON ‘FULLY VAXXED’

AKLAN – Soon, tourists fully vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) would be allowed entry to the world-renowned Boracay Island sans their reverse transcription-polymerase...
Another quarantine facility would make Capiz more capable of taking care of its coronavirus disease patients, says Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras.

Capiz guv orders 5-day closure of cemeteries

CAPIZ – Public and private cemeteries here will be closed for five days from Oct. 29 to Nov. 2 in line with the Inter-Agency...
Last month, President Rodrigo Duterte lifted the ban on casino operations in Boracay to generate taxes to augment the country’s coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic response funds. MALAY TOURISM

Boracay frontliners train on tourism industry skills

BORACAY – The Department of Tourism (DOT) Region 6 kicked off on Oct. 21 a series of training for stakeholders and frontliners as Boracay...
The people of San Jose, Antique are being enjoined to start cleaning the tombs of their dead loved ones prior to the scheduled visiting days (Oct. 25 to 28). Photo shows a man cleaning a tomb at the San Jose Catholic Cemetery. PHOTOS BY JAP FAJARDO

San Jose cemeteries open Oct. 25 to 28

SAN JOSE, Antique – Public and private cemeteries here are open from Oct. 25 to 28. In his executive order (EO) issued on Oct. 21,...