This was the roadside vulcanizing shop in Barangay Mambog, Banga, Aklan where a policeman shot a charging man with a nervous breakdown.

Cop shoots vulcanizer, invokes self-defense

BANGA, Aklan – A police officer assigned with Provincial Explosives Ordnance and K9 Unit invoked self-defense in the shooting of a mentally-ill man in...

Remote Antique brgy to get farm road

SAN JOSE, Antique – Antique’s provincial engineering office is working on the detailed engineering plan of a P20-million farm-to-market road (FMR) that will be...

Rebel surrenders to Culasi police

CULASI, Antique – Tired and hungry for always being on the run, a 60-year-old member of the New People’s Army (NPA) surrendered to the...

Rape suspect caught

MANAPLA, Negros Occidental – A man charged with three counts of rape was arrested in Hacienda Napungulan, Barangay Tortosa, Manapla, Negros Occidental at about...
These five policemen appear at the National Police Commission regional office in Iloilo City for an initial investigation. They may face administrative and criminal charges. A neophyte policeman claimed he was subjected to hazing. PHOTO ATTY. JOSEPH CELIS

Napolcom probes rookie cop ‘hazing’

KALIBO, Aklan – The National Police Commission (Napolcom) in Western Visayas is investigating an alleged hazing of a rookie policeman in Aklan. Regional Director Joseph...
Alubihod Beach Area

TRAVELING TO GUIMARAS? Here are some PTO-recommended resorts and farms

THE PROVINCE of Guimaras is one of the most famous islands not only in Western Visayas but in the Philippines as a whole known...
This modernized steel vessel transports passengers from Buenavista, Guimaras to Iloilo City and back. After a sea tragedy in 2019, fiberglass and modernized boats replaced the wooden ones for a safer voyage. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Buenavista mayor vows to give priority to displaced vessel crews

BUENAVISTA, Guimaras – Displaced crews of old, wooden-hulled motorboats will be the utmost priority for hiring to work in fiberglass boats as more of...
For this year’s Manggahan Festival, majority of the mango growers say didn’t set production target. JAPHET FAJARDO/PN

Mango growers slowing down production amid COVID-19

JUST like other industries, mango production in the island province of Guimaras has been hit hard by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Guimaras is...
Personnel of the Rural Health Unit of Jordan, Guimaras are taking risks in combatting the coronavirus pandemic.

DIFFERENT ROLES, ONE GOAL; How Guimarasnon frontliners are braving the pandemic

GUIMARAS – Those on the frontlines may have walked from different segments but still are converging at one vertex – quelling the coronavirus disease...
Manggahan Festival is a yearly socio-cultural celebration of Guimaras’ culture, traditions and economy anchored on one of its most successful industries – mango cultivation. PANAY NEWS PHOTO

Guimaras celebrates ‘eManggahan’ today

GUIMARAS – This island province is marking the 2021 edition of the world-famous Manggahan Festival with no physical activities due to the coronavirus disease...