Personnel of Antique’s Provincial Health Office secure these vaccines made in Russia. ANTIQUE PHO PHOTO

Russian COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik lands in Antique

SAN JOSE, Antique – The province of Antique is the first in Western Visayas to get Sputnik V, a vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019...
“I don’t think I’ve met any tourism worker who did not want to get vaccinated. We want to be vaccinated because we want to restart tourism and we want to be protected,” says Tourism secretary Bernadette Romulo-Puyat.

BORACAY-WIDE VACCINATION; DOT: Herd immunity to save island’s tourism industry

BORACAY – Foreign tourists will find a “fully-vaccinated island” attractive, according to Aklan governor Florencio Miraflores, thus all of this holiday resort’s residents and...
Antique provincial government consultant for peace and order and public safety Margie Gadian says the province is left with one barangay to be declared as drug-cleared. Antique has 590 barangays. PNA file photo by Annabel Consuelo J. Petinglay

1 Antique barangay left to be cleared of illegal drugs

SAN JOSE, Antique – Antique is one village away from achieving its goal of being cleared of illegal drugs. “There is one barangay left to...
A time capsule is being lowered by Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Cirilito Sobejana and 3rd Infantry Division commander, Major General Eric Vinoya during the groundbreaking for a P100.3-million military hospital to be constructed at Camp General Macario Peralta in Jamindan, Capiz. Looking on is Architect Vicente Rabago Jr. of the Department of Public Works and Highways – Region 6. 3ID PHOTO

P100.3-M military hospital to rise in Jamindan

JAMINDAN, Capiz – A two-storey hospital will be constructed at Camp General Macario Peralta, the headquarters of the Philippine Army’s 3rd Infantry Division (3ID)...
Electrical wire some 150 meters long and five liters of gasoline are among the items recovered in in Sitio Tabiay, Barangay Buri, Tapaz, Capiz where government troops and rebels clashed on July 1, 2021.3ID PHOTOS

Gov’t troops recover landmine materials

TAPAZ, Capiz – A recent encounter between Philippine Army soldiers and New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Sitio Tabiay, Barangay Buri here led to...
The Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital Out-Patient Department Molecular Laboratory in Capiz province has finally been inaugurated. Photo shows Department of Health Region 6 director Marlyn Convocar and Capiz’s Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras cutting the ceremonial ribbon.

Roxas prov’l hospital lab gets perfect rating

ROXAS City – The Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital – Outpatient Molecular Laboratory here was given a 100-percent assessment rating in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
This is an artist’s perspective of the Sunset View Park that will be built in Barangay Maybato Sur, San Jose, Antique. The park is adjacent to the new building of the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office which is currently being constructed. DENR-6 PHOTO

‘Sunset View’ park soon to be a new destination in Antique

SAN JOSE, Antique – The provincial government of Antique recently discussed with stakeholders the proposed construction of the “Sunset View” park, expected to become...
Local government units are allowed to use specified Department of Education facilities as temporary isolation facilities as a last resort, like these classrooms at Kalibo Elementary School. PHOTO BY MELJAN TORRES

2 Kalibo schools to serve as quarantine facilities

KALIBO, Aklan – Classrooms of the Kalibo Elementary School and Kalibo Integrated School Education Center in Barangay Poblacion will be converted into quarantine facilities...
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Capiz exec cancels trip due to positive COVID test

ROXAS City – A member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Capiz tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Provincial Board member Thea Faith Reyes...
These two brand new dump trucks of the local government of Valderrama, Antique would be multipurpose. VALDERRAMA LGU PHOTO

Valderrama buys 2 dump trucks for disaster response

VALDERRAMA, Antique – The municipal government bought two dump trucks to be used for its disaster response such as transporting or rescuing people and...