“Once our re-testing results are out, we will duly inform the public,” says Sangguniang Panlalawigan ex-officio member Julius Cezar Tajanlangit of Antique.

Antique Prov’l Board member contracts COVID-19

SAN JOSE, Antique – Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) ex-officio member Julius Cezar Tajanlangit tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). “As...

Cebu fugitive falls in Escalante City

BACOLOD City – Police Regional Office 7’s (Central Visayas) No. 10 most wanted person was arrested on May 24 at around 2 p.m. in...
Mayor Eugenio Reyes of Buenavista, Guimaras and Dr. Grace Cortez, municipal health officer, discuss with barangay captains new health protocols. Photo from Buenavista LGU

Buenavista limits people’s movements due to COVID

BUENAVISTA, Guimaras – The movement of persons, business hours and transport sector here are being regulated due to rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019...

Roxas City laboratory cited for efficient COVID testing

ROXAS City – Operating for seven months now, the Roxas City Diagnostic and Laboratory Center in Hortus Botanicus has so far processed nearly 5,000...
This wayward Ceres bus crashed into a roadside store in Barangay Casalngan, Hamtic, Antique. Luckily, no one in the store got injured.

Bus loses break, crashes into roadside store

HAMTIC, Antique – A Ceres Liner bus carrying a number of passengers from Iloilo City crashed into a store in Barangay Casalngan here on...
Four persons were taken to the hospital after this motorcycle and top-down tricycle collided in Barangay Pu-ao, Hamtic, Antique.

4 hurt in road mishap

HAMTIC, Antique – A motorcycle and a top-down tricycle collided on Monday evening in Barangay Pu-ao here. Four persons were brought to the hospital. The collision...
“Ang padayon nga pagsunod sa minimum health protocols, ang pagburuligay, kag pagtao natun it pag-intiendi sa atun mga kasimanwa ang sangka paagi agud maluwas kita tanan sa makahalalit nga kagaw,” says Mayor Plaridel Sanchez of Pandna, Antique.

Pandan village on granular lockdown

PANDAN, Antique – Barangay Baybay is on “granular” lockdown. It took effect on May 23. Mayor Plaridel Sanchez, in Executive Order No. 023 imposing the...
“Maghalong gid kita kay kon indi, basi indi lang ang mga ospital ang magutok kundi pati ang aton punerarya,” says Roxs a Coty’s Mayor Ronnie Dadivas.

Roxas City seeks MECQ

ROXAS City – The city government is requesting the National Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) to place this city under Modified Enhanced Community Quarantine (MECQ)...
Another quarantine facility would make Capiz more capable of taking care of its coronavirus disease patients, says Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras.

Probe, stop get-rich-quick schemes, PRO-6 urged

ROXAS City – Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras of Capiz urged the Police Regional Office 6 (PRO-6) to investigate and put a stop to investment...
Rescuers prepare to carry this motorist on a stretcher following an accident in Barangay Villavert-Jimenez, Pandan, Antique on May 22, 2021. Unfortunately, the motorist died.

Motorcycle rider dies in Hamtic

HAMTIC, Antique – A motorcycle rider died in Barangay Villavert-Jimenez here on Saturday evening, May 22.  At around 10:45 p.m., the 32-year old Kimberly Fernan...