Over 100 tourists were caught with fake coronavirus disease test results since the reopening of Boracay Island to domestic tourists in October 2020.

NBI targets forgers of COVID-19 test results

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BORACAY – Justice secretary Menardo Guevarra ordered the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe incidents of falsification of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) test...
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Cadiz City fugitive caught

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CADIZ City – This city’s No. 6 most wanted person has been arrested. Richard Garcia, 26, was collared at Cadiz Heights, Barangay Tinampa-an on April 26. The...
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Valderrama posts second death due to coronavirus

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VALDERRAMA, Antique – This municipality recorded its second death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – a 73-year-old female from Barangay Buluangan 1. This woman was...
A police officer is going over the items – a gun and bullets, among others – recovered from the house of the barangay captain of Caromangay in Hamtic, Antique.

Village chief yields gun, ammos in Hamtic

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HAMTIC, Antique – The police recovered a gun and ammunition from a village chief of Barangay Caromangay on Monday night, April 26. Cops searched the...
On this site will rise a hospital and also the temporarily relocation site for the market vendors of Kalibo, Aklan?

Move vendors elsewhere, hospital asks Kalibo LGU

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KALIBO, Aklan – The Asia Pacific Medical Center (APMC) has asked the municipal government of Kalibo to reconsider a plan to temporarily relocate public...
The Roxas City police, Barangay Peacekeeping Action Team and Barangay Health Emergency Response Team distribute food packs to locked down households in Barangay Tiza. PHOTOS FROM UPOD KITA RONNIE DADIVAS FACEBOOK PAGE

35 locked down families in Roxas get food, vitamins

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ROXAS City – Thirty-five families on Chico Street, Barangay Tiza here affected by a surgical lockdown received food packs and vitamins from the city...

No active COVID-19 cases in San Lorezo, Sibunag

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JORDAN, Guimaras – The municipalities of San Lorenzo and Sibunag in Guimaras province recorded no active cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as of...

Isulan, Sultan Kudarat’s most wanted drug suspect caught in Bacolod City

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BACOLOD City – The most wanted person in the municipality of Isulan, Sultan Kudarat province was arrested yesterday at Gold Crest Subdivision, Barangay Bata...
WHERE HAVE ALL THE TOURISTS GONE? The famous “white beach” of Boracay Island used to be teeming with tourists prior to the coronavirus pandemic. Now, it is almost like a “ghost beach”. PN PHOTO

Boracay records first death due to COVID-19

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BORACAY – This island recorded its first death from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The patient was a 47-year-old male from Barangay Manocmanoc. An electric tricycle...
Now, it’s easier for fishermen to dock in the island barangay of Olotayan in Roxas City. Nearby streetlights help illuminate the shore. PHOTO FROM UPOD KITA RONNIE DADIVAS FB PAGE

Island barangay gets street lights

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ROXAS City – For the first time, street lights were put up in the island barangay of Olotayan here. Residents rejoiced. “Kapin 50 anyos na ako nga...
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