This senior citizen of Pandan, Antique receives her first shot of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019. PHOTO FROM THE FACEBOOK PAGE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PANDAN, ANTIQUE

Pandan frontliners, elderly vaccinated vs coronavirus

PANDAN, Antique – Forty-two frontliners and senior citizens here got their first shot of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on Saturday, April...

Man accused of domestic violence

NEW WASHINGTON, Aklan – In Barangay Poblacion here on April 23, a man charged with committing violence against women and children was arrested. Jerson Meñoto,...

‘Aklan hog shipments should be regulated’

KALIBO, Aklan – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) of Aklan passed a resolution calling for a cap to the volume of hogs being shipped out...

Calatrava’s 6th ‘most wanted’ collared

BACOLOD City – Calatrava, Negros Occidental’s No. 6 most wanted person has been arrested. The 34-year-old murder suspect Judy Boy Anig-ig of Barangay Malatas, Calatrava...
In Capiz province, a “CommuniTree” pantry gives out free seedlings of fruit-bearing trees for planting.

‘CommuniTree’ pantry gives out tree seedlings

ROXAS City – Not food or basic goods  but fruit-bearing trees were the main attractions of the “CommuniTree” pantry recently organized by the Capiz...
These are the suspected shabu recovered in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maybato, San Jose, Antique on April 22. Drug pushing suspect Jhowen Mandigma (in striped shirt) was arrested, too. PHOTOS FROM PDEA-6

San Jose drug suspect falls

SAN JOSE, Antique – A drug pushing suspect was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Maybato Sur here. Jhowen Mandigma, 23, was a resident...
The Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital is the only hospital in Capiz province accepting cases of coronavirus disease 2019.

Capiz prov’l hospital’s bed capacity nearing critical level

ROXAS City – The bed capacity of the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital (RMPH) here is nearing critical level. The surge in cases of coronavirus disease...
A health worker (R) puts a swab into a tube after collecting a sample for COVID-19 coronavirus testing in Gombak on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on April 22, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

In Aklan, 16 COVID-9 infections daily in a week

KALIBO, Aklan – The province of Aklan reported a seven-day average of 16 daily cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) between April 14 to...
Local and health officials of the municipality of Kalibo, Aklan pose with LISA (Logistics Indoor Service Assistant) robot (center) during the latter’s turnover at the Kalibo municipal hall on April 20. The robot will be joining other frontliners in attending to coronvirus patients. PNA, KALIBO LGU PHOTO

Robot to help care for Kalibo patients

KALIBO, Aklan – A remote-controlled robot called Logistics Indoor Service Assistant (LISA), which can deliver medicines to patients, will soon be joining frontsliners in...
With coronavirus vaccines in sight, local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas are rolling out their plans for procurement and inoculation. Four LGUs in the region are forging tripartite agreements with the national government and British vaccine maker AstraZeneca. REUTERS

151 Jordan frontliners receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

JORDAN, Guimaras – One hundred fifty-one frontliners here have so far received their first doses of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to...