Barangay tanod shot dead in San Jose
SAN JOSE, Antique – A barangay tanod of Mojon here was shot dead at about 9:45 a.m. yesterday.
Jerry Coliquingan was 58.
A suspect had been...
Vending couple killed in Pontevedra shooting
PONTEVEDRA, Capiz – A man and his wife were shot dead in Barangay Hipona here on Wednesday night.
Nolie Navarro was 59 while wife Juara...
Ibajay closes leisure facilities due to COVID transmission
IBAJAY, Aklan – With coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections rising, Mayor Jose Enrique Miraflores ordered the temporary closure of recreation facilities here.
He directed punong barangays...
Murder suspect caught after 24 years of hiding
IBAJAY, Aklan – A wanted person in the province of Antique was arrested yesterday at around 4:45 a.m. in the mountainous area of Barangay...
Antique’s molecular lab begins COVID tests today
SAN JOSE, Antique – Today, Antique province’s pioneering P19-million molecular laboratory will be inaugurated here.
It will also start analyzing specimens – using reverse transcription...
Magnitude 4.8 tremor tests Antique’s quake readiness
SAN JOSE, Antique – Three days prior to the second quarter Nationwide Simultaneous Earthquake Drill (SMED), Antique’s earthquake readiness was tested.
A magnitude 4.8 quake...
Aklan administers 18K COVID-19 vaccines
KALIBO, Aklan – The provincial government of Aklan has so far administered nearly 18,000 first doses of vaccines against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for...
Roxas logs highest single-day spike in COVID cases
ROXAS City – This city recorded 53 new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on June 7 – 53.
Of these, 24 came from eight...
16-year-old Negros rebel surrenders
BACOLOD City – A 16-year-old lass turned herself in to the Philippine Army’s 94th Infantry Battalion in Kabankalan City, Negros Occidental on June 2.
She...
Pandemic-weary tourists resume travel to Boracay
BORACAY – Pandemic-weary tourists are steadily returning albeit in modest numbers – a sign that tourism could be starting to pick up again.
Over 2,100...