“We respectfully request for the suspension of the Motor Vehicle Inspection System until the pandemic is over,” says Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras of Capiz. IAN PAUL CORDERO/PN

‘No place for violence in civilized society’

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ROXAS City – Capiz governor Esteban Evan Contreras denounced the murder of John Heredia, municipal administrator of Pilar town. “Vicious acts of violence have no...
Mayor Christopher Piccio has ordered the lockdown of Barangay Rombang after the village recorded six coronavirus disease cases. PHOTOS FROM FACEBOOK PAGE OF MAYOR CHRISTOPHER PICCIO

Belison’s Barangay Rombang locked down

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BELISON, Antique – Barangay Rombang is on a 14-day lockdown in a bid to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Mayor Christopher Piccio...
This photo from the Facebook page of Radyo Kaabyanan 88.5 FM - Sibalom, Antique, a community radio station, shows a personnel of the Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office disinfecting an office in the town hall of Sibalom.

Sibalom shuts down town hall due to COVID

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SIBALOM, Antique – The municipal government here ordered the temporary closure of the town hall. An official tested positive for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The...
Some tricycles in Kalibo, Aklan operate in routes beyond what’s allowed in their franchises. Multi-cab drivers and operators are angry.

‘Stick to your routes or face sanctions’

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KALIBO, Aklan – Tricycles operating beyond their franchise routes risk being apprehended and fined. The Land Transportation Office (LTO) Kalibo District Office issued a warning...

11 Aklan towns set to roll out COVID vaccines

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KALIBO, Aklan – Vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 11 towns of Aklan starts this week. The vaccine to be used is CoronaVac of...
Responders check the body of the slain municipal administrator of Pilar, Capiz, John Heredia, in Roxas City. He was shot multiple times by motorcycle-riding gunmen.

Heredia slay condemned ‘to highest degree’

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ROXAS City – Mayor Ronnie Dadivas condemned the killing here of the municipal administrator of Pilar, Capiz, John Heredia. “The people of the city of...
GERI’s masterplanned tourism township of Boracay Newcoast sold the bulk of real estate sales, particularly residential and commercial lots last year even as the pandemic hit the island’s tourism industry.

GERI sells more residential projects in province

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GLOBAL-Estate Resorts, Incorporated (GERI), the Philippines’ leading developer of master-planned integrated tourism estates and a subsidiary of Megaworld, sold residential projects worth almost P12...
These frontliners make sure the surgical lockdown in Zone 5 of Barangay Manocmanoc in Boracay Island are being followed. Eight new cases of coronavirus disease 2019 were recorded in Zone 5 on April 29, according to the Municipal Health Office of Malay, Aklan. These pushed the total active cases to 28 in Zone 5. PHOTO MALAY AKLAN PNP

New surgical lockdown in Manocmanoc’s Zone 5

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BORACAY – Zone 5 of Barangay Manocmanoc here is under surgical lockdown due to rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The lockdown is from...
Authorities secure the body of 54-year-old John Heredia, municipal administrator of Pilar, Capiz, who was shot to death by gray-hooded assailants yesterday, May 2, 2021, in Roxas City. ROXAS CITY PNP

CAPIZ EXEC SHOT DEAD; Police yet to identify ‘killer on wheels’

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ROXAS City – The municipal administrator of Pilar, Capiz was shot to death by masked motorcycle-riding gunmen around 2:20 p.m. yesterday in front of...
Mayor Rigil Kent Lim of Caluya, Antique received his first dose of the vaccine against coronavirus disease on April 29 at the Caluya Gymnasium. PHOTO BY THE CALUYA LGU FACEBOOK

Remote island town starts vaccination vs COVID-19

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SAN JOSE, Antique – A total of 200 vials of the Sinovac vaccines were transported by the Antique Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) to...
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