Roxas City implements border control
ROXAS City – Following this city’s shift to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) yesterday, border control was also implemented.
Border checkpoints were set up in...
Aklan listed as COVID low-risk area
KALIBO, Aklan – The province of Aklan was classified a low-risk area based on two weeks (May 17 to May 30) of infection growth...
Banking hours shortened as Roxas shifts to MECQ
ROXAS City – Banking hours here are being shortened as the city shifts to modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ).
The Capiz Bankers Association issued an...
7 San Jose villages locked down
SAN JOSE, Antique – Seven barangays here are on lockdown for 14 days due to their rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
It started...
More measures vs pandemic in San Lorenzo
SAN LORENZO, Guimaras – “There is a need to impose appropriate measures to further thwart and arrest the spread of the virus.”
Mayor Ninfa Gajo stressed...
Vietnam starts mass testing as new variant emerges
HANOI – Vietnam hopes to tackle a new coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak by mass testing risk groups in Ho Chi Minh City and introducing...
Roxas City girds for MECQ as COVID cases breach 200 mark
ROXAS City – Beginning June 1, this city will be under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ).
“(This aims) nga mapunggan ang padayon nga pagsaka sang...
BURSTING AT THE SEAMS; Roxas prov’l hospital may declare ‘time out’
ROXAS City – The Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) is bursting at the seams with cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).
“Once the (RMPH) reaches full...
46 houses, 52 families in Jordan on 5-day lockdown
JORDAN, Guimaras – Beginning today, 46 houses in Sitio Lagbas, Barangay Hoskyn will be on lockdown.
“As of May 30, there were a total of...
House raid yields guns, ammunition
NEW WASHINGTON, Aklan – Police raided a house in Sitio Bogasongan, Barangay Guinbaliwan here and found the following:
* a .45 pistol (Caspian) with Serial...