A test tube containing a blood sample from a COVID-positive patient. STOCK PHOTO

Roxas COVID cases spike

ROXAS City – Cases of coronavirus disease 2019 in this city are increasing again. The city has 310 active cases as of Aug. 30, data...
A barangay official in Idio, Sebaste town checks the body temperature of a resident in their barangay border control in this undated photo. PHOTO COURTESY OF ANTIQUE LNB

Antique extends border control

SAN JOSE, Antique – The strict border control in Antique has been extended until Sept. 7 upon the request of mayors. “Since the general community...
These garbage bins are hoped to make people in Pandan, Antique more responsible in managing their trash. PHOTOS FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF PANDAN

Coastguard donates garbage bins to Pandan

PANDAN, Antique – Philippine Coast Guard (PCG)-Antique donated eight garbage bins to the local government here on Tuesday morning. They will be used for waste...
People wear facemask at the public market of Kalibo, Aklan. Masks help prevent the spread of coronavirus disease.

Another Delta case in Aklan

KALIBO, Aklan – A returning overseas Filipino (ROF) worker in Aklan tested positive for the Delta variant of the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019...
Elpedio Canja (5th from right) takes his oath as first Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative before Valderrama Mayor Mary Joyce on Aug. 26, 2021. Photo courtesy of Vice Gov. Edgar Denosta

Historic first in Antique: Iraynon Bukidnon IP now has ‘voice’ in Valderrama

SAN JOSE, Antique – For the first time, Antique got an indigenous peoples (IP) representative in a municipal council. Elpedio Canja, a member of Iraynon...
Inflation in March eased from the previous month, with millions locked down in their homes to fight the coronavirus pandemic, official data released Tuesday showed. ABS-CBN

Guimaras’ July food inflation spikes to 1.8%

GUIMARAS – This island province’s annual rate of change in the prices of food commodities climbed further to 1.8% inflation in July 2021, faster...
To achieve herd immunity against the coronavirus, Aklan must fully vaccinate 279,214 or 70 percent of its 398,877 population 18 years and older. PHOTO BY THE PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICE-AKLAN

16% in Aklan fully vaxxed vs coronavirus

KALIBO, Aklan – The province of Aklan has fully vaccinated 16 percent of its eligible population as of Aug. 23. From A1 (healthcare workers), A2...
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Abattoir project to displace over 100 families

ROXAS City – An estimated 150 families in Barangay Dinginan here would be displaced by the upgrading of the city’s slaughterhouse. But the city...
To help detect Delta variant cases of coronavirus disease, the Department of Interior and Local Government has renewed the services of 84 contract tracers. Photo shows contact tracers assigned in the municipality of Belison, Antique. DILG-ANTIQUE PHOTO

83 contact tracers hired for Aklan – DILG

KALIBO, Aklan – The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) hired 83 contact tracers in Aklan to sustain the pandemic response efforts in...
Carolina Badana, 108, receives her shot of the vaccine against coronavirus disease in Pontevedra, Capiz. PHOTO BY DR. ALEX NOLASCO

Lola, 108, vaccinated vs COVID

CAPIZ – A 108-year-old woman from Barangay Yatingan, Pontevedra, Capiz got vaccinated against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recently. Carolina Badana is Capiz’s “oldest bakuna champion,” according to...