Rescuers put on a stretcher a man they pulled out from a landslide-hit area in Sitio Putol, Barangay Caticlan, Malay, Aklan on Saturday. MALAY, AKLAN BFP PHOTO

Heavy rains cause landslide in Caticlan

MALAY, Aklan – Heavy rains in northern Aklan triggered a landslide along the edge of a road in Barangay Caticlan here on Saturday afternoon. A...
Aside from the special risk allowance, the law also provides around P100,000 worth of cash aid to public and private health workers who may contract “severe” COVID-19 infection while in the line of duty, while P1 million will be given to those who will die while fighting the coronavirus. GMA

More health workers for hospital eyed

ROXAS City – The provincial government of Capiz asked district hospitals to deploy some of their healthcare workers to the Roxas Memorial Provincial Hospital...

San Jose cops disband illegal cock derby

SAN JOSE, Antique – Police arrested three persons in an anti-illegal cockfighting operation in Barangay Madrangca here on April 17. Around 8:30 p.m., the San...
Guimaras’ Gov. Samuel Gumarin (left) gets vaccinated against coronavirus. He hopes that through his example, Guimarasnons would be encouraged to also have themselves vaccinated. PHOTO FROM PROVINCIAL GOV’T OF GUIMARAS

Guimaras guv gets first shot of COVID vaccine

JORDAN, Guimaras – Gov. Samuel Gumarin received his first shot of the vaccine against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on April 16. The vaccine was Sinovac...

Doc sees ‘isolated’ cases of COVID by end of April

SAN JOSE, Antique – By the end of this month, only “isolated cases” of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) could be emerging in Antique, according...
RONNIE DADIVAS. OFFICIAL FB DADIVAS

‘No one will die from hunger’

ROXAS City – In this city, no one will die from hunger, declared Mayor Ronnie Dadivas. The city government launched “Bugas Para sa Taga-Roxas Food...
Photo courtesy of Philippine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation, Inc. (PBCFI)

Avoid flying close to Kanlaon volcano summit, pilots told

BACOLOD City – Aircraft pilots should avoid flying close to the summit of Kanlaon volcano in Negros Island, according to the Philippine Institute of...
Using a farm tiller, this man plows the muddy rice field amid the scorching heat of the sun. With the distribution of farm machineries in Aklan, the farm productions are expected to increase and the cost of production, especially in labor, is minimized. PN FILE PHOTO

Aklan farmers’ associations get machineries

KALIBO, Aklan – A total of 21 farmers' associations here received various farm machineries from the provincial government through the Office of the Provincial...
Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital in San Jose, Antique

Why did some nurses leave Antique hospital?

SAN JOSE, Antique – Some nurses of Angel Salazar Memorial General Hospital (ASMGH) have resigned. Why? It was not because of the much publicized delayed salaries...
Those experiencing symptoms similar to coronavirus disease’s should immediately isolate themselves and contact the Municipal Health Office, says Mayor Plaridel Sanchez VI of Pandan, Antique.

Pandan records first COVID-related death

PANDAN, Antique – The local government here announced the town’s first death due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). This was also its 13th case...