No letup in anti-drug ops despite pandemic

KALIBO, Aklan – The Provincial Drug Enforcement Unit (PDEU) of Aklan assured the public of a sustained campaign against illegal drugs despite the coronavirus...

2 women fall in drug bust

ROXAS City – Two women were arrested in a buy-bust operation carried out by the Regional Drug Enforcement Unit (RDEU) in Barangay Banica. Annanette Barredo,...

Prepare for ‘Bising’, Region 6 LGUs told

ILOILO City – Local government units (LGUs) in Western Visayas or Region 6 were advised to prepare for the possible entry of a tropical...
Mayor Ronnie Dadivas’ Executive Order No.10-A has adopted new measures to stop the spread of coronavirus disease in Roxas City.

Brgy. councils’ help sought as Roxas COVID cases surge

ROXAS City – This city’s Anti-COVID-19 Task Force has sought the help of the Liga ng mga Barangay (LnB) in this city. Cases of coronavirus...
St. Peter’s Seminary is in Barangay San Pedro, San Jose, Antique. On April 11, its 34 seminarians were swabbed by the San Jose Rural Health Unit.

Antique bishop seeks prayers for 19 seminarians with COVID-19

SAN JOSE, Antique – Antiqueños have been urged to pray for the fast recovery of 19 seminarians who contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to...
Policemen stop a motorist at a checkpoint in Barangay Manocmanoc, Boracay Island. Zones 1 and 7 of the village have been on surgical lockdown since April 1 due to rising cases of coronavirus disease 2019.

ECQ, surgical lockdowns in Boracay villages lifted

BORACAY – Strict quarantine measures implemented in select areas here have been lifted. “Please be informed that the enhanced community quarantine in Barangay Balabag and...
Capiz governor Esteban Evan Contreras’ scheduled vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 yesterday was indefinitely postponed. He was diagnosed with the disease.

Capiz guv tests positive for COVID-19 anew

ROXAS City – Gov. Esteban Evan Contreras got infected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) for the second time in eight months. The result of his...

Four Sibalom barangays on lockdown

SAN JOSE, Antique – Four barangays in the municipality of Sibalom are on granular lockdown. Barangay Alangan has one active case of coronavirus disease 2019...

More stringent pandemic restrictions in Hamtic town

HAMTIC, Antique – Mayor Julius Pacificador ordered more stringent public health safety restrictions as cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rise in the municipality. “All...
“It’s my moral responsibility to show to the Antiqueños that we have to trust the vaccine,” according to Gov. Rhodora Cadiao, so she had herself vaccinated with Sinovac’s CoronaVac against coronavirus disease 2019. PHOTO FROM PIO ANTIQUE

Cadiao: Trust the vaccine, ‘wala gid ako may nabatyagan’

SAN JOSE, Antique – “In fairness, wara gid ako sang may nabatyagan,” declared Gov. Rhodora Cadiao after she was vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019...