GUIMELCO denies having ‘highest power rate on Earth’
GUIMARAS – Baseless, inaccurate and malicious. This was how Guimaras Electric Cooperative (GUIMELCO) described the assertions that it has the “highest electricity rate in...
Kalibo gets new acting police chief
KALIBO, Aklan – Police Major Jasson Belcina is the acting police chief here. He assumed his post on Sept. 9.
His predecessor, Police Lieutenant Colonel...
Quarry enforcer killed
SAN JOSE, Antique – A quarry enforcer was shot by unidentified motorcycle-riding assassins on Sunday evening, Sept. 12, along the national highway in Barangay...
Teacher reimagines face-to-face classes
ILOILO – A ninth-grade teacher wants to make sure he will recognize all his 40 students even if face-to-face classes remain suspended.
As the new...
Landslide hits Hamtic barangay
HAMTIC, Antique – A Friday night (Sept. 10) landslide in a hilly portion of Barangay Pasu-Jungao here forced 26 families (made up of 96...
Aklan all set for opening of classes
KALIBO, Aklan – The Department of Education (DepEd) Aklan is ready for today’s resumption of classes in the elementary and high school levels.
Classes will...
Roxas market rehab begins
ROXAS City – The rehabilitation of the city government-run public market here – the Teodoro Arcenas Trade Center (TATC) – started last week.
According to...
War vs drugs: 5 Guimaras brgys left to be cleared
GUIMARAS – Of this island province’s 98 barangays, only five remain to be cleared of illegal drugs as of Sept. 7.
These are barangays Rizal,...
2 flood-trapped women rescued in Valderrama
VALDERRAMA, Antique – The water level of the Cangaranan River in Barangay Canipayan rose in the afternoon of Sept. 8, trapping two women. Fortunately,...
‘Jolina’ forces evacuation
MALAY, Aklan – During the onslaught of Typhoon “Jolina” on Sept. 7, 114 people (35 families) here moved to evacuation centers.
These people were residents...