Aklan hospitals report few COVID admissions
KALIBO, Aklan – The province of Aklan is seeing a 95 percent drop in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospital admissions in late September compared...
19 displaced workers of fire-hit mall get assistance from LGU
TOBIAS FORNIER, Antique – The local government unit (LGU) here recently released P5,000 cash assistance to each of its 19 residents displaced from their...
Several houses locked down in Guimaras sitio
NUEVA VALENCIA, Guimaras – Several households in Sitio Tamucol, Barangay Igang here are on lockdown.
Vice Mayor Paul Vincent Dela Cruz, officer-in-charge, ordered the lockdown...
Reds kill CAFGU member; family receives gov’t aid
SAN JOSE, Antique – The Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) member killed by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in in Barangay Igbucagay, Hamtic,...
Missing boy, 6, found dead
CAPIZ – A six-year-old boy missing for two days was found dead in the coastal sitio of Palompon, Barangay Manapao, Pontevedra town yesterday.
A drowning victim,...
Mother: My daughter didn’t kill her newborn baby
ROXAS City – The mother of a 21-year-old woman caregiver facing an infanticide charge denied her daughter killed her newborn baby.
According to the mother,...
World’s biggest, rare flower blooms in Sibalom, Antique
SAN JOSE, Antique – The world’s biggest flower Rafflesia Speciosa is in bloom in the municipality of Sibalom, Antique but in rare form.
Engineer Jonathan...
House OKs Boracay Island Dev’t Authority
BORACAY – The House of Representatives on Sept. 20 approved on final reading a measure creating the Boracay Island Development Authority (BIDA) to promote...
Pneumonia claims 126 lives in Guimaras
JORDAN, Guimaras – Guimaras’ death cases escalated by 29.32 percent during the first semester of 2021 with Severe/Community-Acquired Pneumonia as the leading causes of...
Antique posts high COVID recovery rate
ANTIQUE – The recovery rate for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in this province has risen to a high 86.54 percent, data from the Antique...