The World Travel and Tourism Council assures international tourists that Boracay Island in Malay, Aklan is safe. Boracay has reopened but only to domestic tourists for the time being due to the coronavirus disease.

Boracay safe, according to world tourism body

BORACAY – The first-ever global safety and hygiene stamp called “Safe Travels” by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) has been awarded to...
The Philippine government is looking to start mass testing persons suspected of having COVID-19 on April 14. REUTERS

COVID mass testing in Pandan sought

PANDAN, Antique – Sangguniang Bayan (SB) member Jeremy Dioso Tan has called for mass testing for residents with symptoms similar to coronavirus disease 2019’s...

Capiz OFW in Pakistan found dead in apartment

ROXAS City – A resident of Dumarao, Capiz working in Pakistan was found dead in her apartment there. Shiela Montaño Huergula had been working in...
The heavy rains may have softened and eroded the soil beneath this cracked road in Barangay Atiotes, Tobias Fornier, Antique yesterday. PHOTO BY RIZA SERILLA 

Road impassable due to land subsidence

TOBIAS FORNIER, Antique – A portion of the concrete national highway in Barangay Atiotes here cracked and became impassable due to land subsidence on...
Mambusao Mayor Leodegario Labao Jr. MAMBUSAO LGU

Capiz mayor laughs off board member’s raps

ROXAS CITY, Capiz – Mambusao Mayor Leodegario Labao Jr. laughed off the gross misconduct and grave abuse of authority accusations of Capiz provincial board...
All public utility vehicles shall be required to prepare and submit a passenger manifest that shall be surrendered to provincial border control points for contact tracing purposes, says Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras of Capiz.

Capiz limits entry to essential travel only

CAPIZ – This province, which is under General Community Quarantine (GCQ) with heightened restrictions, is limiting entry into its borders to essential travel only. Gov....
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‘WE’RE BEING BULLIED’ Cadiao: ECQ order unfair to Iloilo

ANTIQUE – It was unfair to the city and province of Iloilo to be placed under enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) following the detection of...
This is the Boracay Keyhole – a rock formation in Barangay Yapak, Boracay Island. It is fast becoming another tourist attraction in the world-famous island.

Boracay next haven for cyclists – DOT

BORACAY – This island is being rebranded as a sustainable destination and the next haven for cyclists. Banking on the island’s greener environment and rehabilitated...
“May Delta variant ron dya sa atun banwa,” says Mayor Plaridel Sanchez VI of Pandan. Antique. “Indi ron natun paghulatun pa nga magsunod kita sa India nga nangin kritikal gid ang anda sitwasyon.”

‘Be extra careful, Pandanons’

PANDAN, Antique – Noting that Western Visayas’ first two recorded cases of the Delta variant of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were from this town,...
The province of Aklan has received CoronaVac (Sinovac), AstraZeneca, Gamaleya Sputnik V, and Pfizer BioNTech vaccines against coronavirus disease. PHO-AKLAN PHOTO

2% of Aklanons fully vaccinated vs COVID

KALIBO, Aklan – A total of 13,998 residents of Aklan, as of July 11, received their second dose of the vaccine against coronavirus disease...